Mary Blewitt (1922–1999)
Author of Celestial Navigation for Yachtsmen
About the Author
Works by Mary Blewitt
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Other names
- Pera, Mary
- Birthdate
- 1922-07-20
- Date of death
- 1999-05-08
- Gender
- female
- Occupations
- Navigator
Intelligence Officer - Organizations
- Secretary of the Royal Ocean Racing Club
Chairman of the ISAF racing rules committee - Awards and honors
- Honorary Life Member of the Royal Yachting Association
- Short biography
- Mary Pera made a name for herself as a sailor and a world expert on the racing rules, racing offshore regularly in multiple Fastnet races, a Bermuda Race, and a decade of racing through the Mediterranean. Her experience helped to make her Celestial Navigation for Yachtsmen the
definitive guide of its time to navigating by the stars. - Nationality
- England
UK
Members
Reviews
Arguably, in the days of GPS, sat-nav and chart plotters, a knowledge of celestial
navigation techniques is superfluous. I disagree, and this classic little book is
probably the best short introduction to astro for the otherwise non-mathematically
minded yottie.
navigation techniques is superfluous. I disagree, and this classic little book is
probably the best short introduction to astro for the otherwise non-mathematically
minded yottie.
Statistics
- Works
- 6
- Members
- 161
- Popularity
- #131,050
- Rating
- 3.5
- Reviews
- 1
- ISBNs
- 25
- Languages
- 2