Foreword
Throughout the historyof warfare at sea， navigation has been an
important basic determinant of victory. Occasionally， new members
of the fraternity of the sea will look upon navigation as a chore to
be tolerated only as long as it takes to find someone else to assume
the responsibility. In my experience， such individuals never make good
naval officers. Lieutenant Hobbs has succeeded in bringing together
the information and practical skills required for that individual who
would take the first step down the road toward becoming a competent
marine navigator.
At the outset of this book， the author stresses the necessity for safe
navigation， but there is another basic tenet of sea warfare that this
book serves. The best weapons system man has ever devised cannot
function effectively unless it knows where it is in relation to the real
world， where it is in relation to the enemy， and where the enemy
is in relation to the real world. Not all defeats can be attributed to
this lack of information， but no victories have been won by those who
did not know where they were.
W. P. MACK
VICE ADMIRAL， U.S. NAVY
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