Celestial Navigation is the art and science of navigating by the stars, sun, moon, and planets. With the rise of GPS, the knowledge of Celestial Navigation has experienced a great decline. So why should anyone study it? You may still be interested in Celestial Navigation as a backup to your GPS. Electronics may fail, batteries die, things get wet, etc. - and numerous people's lives have been saved by their knowledge of celestial navigation. Lots of people still learn it because it’s fun, it’s beautiful and like sailing itself it gives you a different perspective on life.

During his presentation, Chris will try to build up your appetite for learning Celestial Navigation by showing a few practical examples of obtaining a position at sea by using celestial bodies and a minimal amount of theory.