tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2763814666849331508.post5147549085798140018..comments2023-10-21T04:50:57.830-07:00Comments on Log of the s/v Clarity: Book Review: We the Navigators - The Ancient Art of Landfinding in the PacificThe O'Sheashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14887851548539021097noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2763814666849331508.post-52933072010519043782010-03-03T03:45:18.403-08:002010-03-03T03:45:18.403-08:00Lewis' book is very good and one of the credit...Lewis' book is very good and one of the credited sources for my own book, 'The Natural Navigator', oops, sorry. To say thank you for the opportunity of mentioning my book, which is published tomorrow, I'll point you towards a rare film by Sam Low, called 'The Navigators', which covers the same ideas as Lewis' book. I show an excerpt during courses and it is always popular. It is quite hard to get hold of, but this company are supplying it at the moment:<br />The New Film Company, Inc.,<br />7 Scott Street<br />Cambridge, MA 02138, U. S. A.<br />http://www.newfilmco.com/<br /><br />Please mention my name if you order a copy as they have helped me in the past.<br /><br />Happy Navigating,<br />TristanNavigation Writerhttp://www.naturalnavigator.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2763814666849331508.post-81274684763071180622009-08-09T12:53:45.799-07:002009-08-09T12:53:45.799-07:00That sounds a really interesting read, I'll ke...That sounds a really interesting read, I'll keep my eye out for it.<br /><br />When did the Natural Navigator course one of the things he told us was how the Polynesians used changes in swell around islands to navigate.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10749223049615363296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2763814666849331508.post-79002310542143122412009-07-14T17:33:28.176-07:002009-07-14T17:33:28.176-07:00Thanks for the references. I've got The Last N...Thanks for the references. I've got The Last Navigator queued up with Ben Finney's Sailing in the Wake of the Ancestors and Voyage of Rediscovery to read yet. <br /><br />Reviews to come.<br /><br />I'll look for those othersThe O'Sheashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14887851548539021097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2763814666849331508.post-35829666043452438252009-07-14T13:21:00.069-07:002009-07-14T13:21:00.069-07:00I have that book too. It's very good. I also r...I have that book too. It's very good. I also recommend The Last Navigator by Steve Thomas, An Ocean in Mind by Will Kyselka, and Emergency Navigation by David Burch (who also wrote Fundamentals of Kayak Navigation).Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00087089319937016247noreply@blogger.com