Burch, David: - David Burch is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation in London as well as a Fellow of the Institute of Navigation in Washington, DC, from which he received the Superior Achievement Award for outstanding performance as a practicing navigator.
His articles on special topics in Navigation and weather appear at starpath.com/articles..
He continues to work on the development of online training materials, which are presented at starpath.com.
As Founding Director of Starpath School of Navigation in Seattle he has designed courses and taken part in the teaching of marine weather and Navigation for more than 30 years.
On the academic side, he is a former Fulbright Scholar with a PhD in physics.
He also navigated the only American entry in the storm-ridden 1993 Sydney to Hobart Race.
He has logged more than 70,000 miles at sea, including twelve transoceanic yacht races, with several first place victories and a passage record for boats under 36 feet that lasted 16 years.
Burch, David: - David Burch is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation in London as well as a Fellow of the Institute of Navigation in Washington, DC, from which he received the Superior Achievement Award for outstanding performance as a practicing navigator
