Private historical celestial-navigation instruction
Learn sextant navigation through the logbooks of an Age-of-Sail voyage
ReedNavigation / Frank Reed / Clockwork Mapping
Frank Reed offers his celestial-navigation classes as private tutorials, including an Age-of-Sail course built around historical ship logbooks, sextant use and pencil-and-paper calculations. This is a specialist learning experience to arrange individually, not a sailing trip, party package or historical reenactment. ReedNavigation and the parent Clockwork Mapping business are consolidated.
Current location note / listed area: Conanicut Island, Rhode Island operator; private tutorial modality by inquiry
Confirm the private lesson’s online or in-person format, location, group size, level, materials, instrument access and date. Public online dates are not private availability; practical observation sessions depend on separate arrangements and weather. The site expressly places its Mystic Seaport workshops on hiatus. No voyage, navigational competence, professional licence, ocean-crossing readiness or safety outcome is promised.
Public-source research · 2026-10-30 · Not vendor-confirmed or independently vetted.
Original research sources
- https://reednavigation.com/
- https://reednavigation.com/age-sail-class/
- https://reednavigation.com/contact/
- https://reednavigation.com/aboutfer/
Documented state connections
Geographic evidence is retained historical research, not current service availability.
- Rhode Island · based
The owned contact page explicitly describes the current business home port as Conanicut Island in Rhode Island, rather than relying solely on its postal address. It identifies ReedNavigation as a division of Clockwork Mapping, matching Frank Reed’s current private-tutorial invitation and biography. Former Chicago operations, old course venues and possible practical-session locations are not additional state coverage.