Mission
Preservation of the Art of Celestial Navigation and related skills.

Profile
The Foundation for the Promotion of the Art of Navigation (The Navigation Foundation) is a non-profit corporation dedicated to the preservation of the art of navigation.

Information
The Navigation Foundation was started in 1981 by a group of experienced navigators who believe that navigation is a personal skill essential to the seaman, even in this age of electronics.

The Navigation Foundation strives to educate and inform its members through the publication of a quarterly newsletter featuring articles on navigational methods, history of navigation, and reviews of books on the subject. A reader's forum provides opportunities for neophytes and experts to exchange ideas and recount experiences. Frequently issues will contain a lesson in basics of navigation, designed for newcomers.

In order to raise public interest and awareness, The Navigation Foundation awards prizes for demonstrated excellence in navigation at the United States Naval Academy, Tabor Academy, and other academic institutions. It provides assistance in the development of devices and aids to the navigator.

The Foundation asks members to donate $35 each year to cover the cost of providing the services outlined. Your donation is fully deductible for U.S. income tax purposes, and goes entirely towards the objectives of The Navigation Foundation, since the officers serve without pay. This is a people-to-people organization without advertising or commercialization. As a benefit of membership, members receive a substantial discount on books, charts and publications ordered through The Foundation.

The Navigation Foundation is an all-volunteer organization. The Executive Director personally handles all email, memberships, collection of material for the quarterly newsletter and returns all telephone calls. As such there may be occasional delays in response due to travel or other reasons. The telephone answering machine message will inform the caller when he can expect a return call if the Executive Director is on travel.

Join this unique group of individuals and help preserve the ancient art of celestial navigation for future generations. Your $35 tax-deductible donation will be put toward a worthy cause. Visit our friends on the links below.

Products and Services
Members receive substantial discounts on all government charts, international and coastal, all publications from the Government Printing Office, and many more providers of navigational books and publications. If you need charts, navigational publications such as the Nautical Almanac (government or commercial), call or email The Navigation Foundation.

To join the Foundation or for questions, please contact us at
Phone: (301) 622-6448
Mail: PO Box 1126 Rockville, MD 20850 USA
Fax: (301) 622-6448
Email: navigate1@comcast.net

Links to Foundation supporters
Starpath School of Navigation — Navigation Courses, Software, and Publications
Celestaire — Navigation and astronomy books and tools, sextants, world-band radios
Paradise Cay Publications — Books on many navigation, boating and sailing topics
CelestialNavigation.net — Celestial Navigation Information and Links