Mary S. reviewed on 9/24/2011 + 10 more book reviews

My sextant is in storage, my sailboat racing days gone, and I've forgotten how to be first over the line anyway. However, this book brought some of it back to me in a very entertaining way. I wish it had been available to me back in the old days when boredom took over in those doldrums.

Ms. Sobel has done a good job of making the longitude problem interesting. Many documentary makers could have used her input. I highly recommend this book to others who may wonder about how sailors survived without GPS and satellites for their computers.

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