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This clear and accessible introduction to coastal navigation outlines most of the techniques of piloting that are still fundamental to safe navigation even with modern electronic aids. Step-by-step, the reader is guided from simple to more complex piloting solutions. In addition to dead-reckoning techniques, the author covers tides and currents and explains how to use LORAN C and GPS. There are numerous illustrations throughout the text and practice problems at the end of each chapter.
Key Advantages: fully updated new edition, perfect for sail and power, clear layout and instructions, comprehensive overage of all aspects of coastal navigation, review questions and answers, and suitable for self-study and Coast Guard or other similar courses.
Key Advantages: fully updated new edition, perfect for sail and power, clear layout and instructions, comprehensive overage of all aspects of coastal navigation, review questions and answers, and suitable for self-study and Coast Guard or other similar courses.
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Table of contents
- Introduction
- One Nautical Charts
- Two Navigational Reference Publications and Almanacs
- Three The IALA-B Aids to Navigation System
- Four How to Use the Basic Navigational Instruments
- Five Measuring and Plotting Latitude and Longitude
- Six How to Plot a True Course on a Nautical Chart
- Seven How to Measure Distance on a Nautical Chart
- Eight Military Time
- Nine Calculating Tour Dead Reckoning Position
- Ten Converting True Courses to Compass Courses
- Eleven Taking and Plotting Bearings
- Twelve Dead Reckoning
- Thirteen Piloting Exercise: A Typical Day Cruise
- Fourteen Electronic Navigation Systems
- Fifteen The Height of the Tide at Any Time
- Sixteen Compensating Your Course for Current and Other Elements
- Appendix One How to Check the Installation Accuracy of Your Compass and Install an Aiming Post
- Appendix Two How to Check Your Compass for Built-in Error
- Appendix Three How to Develop Data for a Deviation Table Using Multiple Ranges and Your Boat’s Compass
- Appendix Four How to Develop Data for a Deviation Table Using One Range and a Pelorus
- Appendix Five How to Plot Deviation on a Deviation Plotting Sheet
- Appendix Six How to Develop a Speed Curve
- Appendix Seven Navigation Forms
- Appendix Eight Coast Guard Districts and Addresses of District Commanders
- Glossary