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Navigation Exercises for Practice Underway
The Next Step Beyond Textbook and Classroom
Use these practical exercises when underway to master the basic skills of marine navigation and weather observations. They use live situations as you confront them. They are designed to be worked in any waterway, power or sail, underway or at anchor, at various times during one voyage or many. Step by step instructions provided, as well as a suggested layout for work forms that you can make in your logbook.
This exercise book has been used in onboard navigation training courses, power and sail, for many years. It was originally designed for students to carry on with practice when they were not on watch getting direct instructor training during extended training voyages. It can be used for day sails or long coastal passages.
Now available to the public, you can use this workbook to guide your own study underway to master techniques and procedures learned from classroom or home study. Once you master the skills of these exercises you can be confident you have a practical working knowledge of navigation. These are skills and procedures that every navigator should know.
Owners of the Kindle version of the book can contact Starpath for a free printable pdf file of useful plotting sheets and work forms. Helpdesk at starpath dot com. Main reference books cited are all available in Kindle format.
Contents
1. Overview and Instructions
2. Basic Chart Work
CW-1. Use of Chart Catalog
CW-2. Lat/Lon, range, and bearings
CW-3. Depths and soundings
CW-4. Buoys
CW-5. Lighthouses
CW-6. Coast Pilots and Sailing Directions
CW-7. Broadcast Notice to Mariners
3. Tides and Currents
TC-1. Tides at anchor
TC-2. Currents underway
4. Radar
R-1. Check out basic controls
R-2. Confirm GPS position using Radar Range and Bearing
R-3. Distinguish buoys and moving vessels
R-4. Closest Point of Approach
R-5. Relative motion diagram (rapid radar plotting)
R-6. Position fix with Radar
R-7. Radar piloting
5. Nav Rules
NR-1. Reading assignments
NR-2. Sound signals underway
NR-3. Vessel lights underway
NR-4. Right of way underway
NR-5. Rule 19d
6. Piloting
P-1. Bearing Fix
P-2. LOP by natural ranges
P-3. Fix by depth and bearing
P-4. COP from vertical sextant angle
P-5. Three-body fix by sextant
7. Electronic Charting
EC-1. Basic skills
EC-2. Route monitoring underway (same as GPS-2 using e-charts)
8. GPS navigation
GPS-1. Basic skills
GPS-2. Route monitoring underway
GPS-3. Confirm position accuracy
9. Dead Reckoning
DR-1. Basic terms
DR-2. ETA to Waypoints
DR-3. Magnetic variation
DR-4. Compass check on range
10. Weather
W-1. VHF Weather Sources
W-2. VHF Weather Reports
W-3. Cloud Spotting
W-4. Apparent to true wind
W-5. Barometer comparisons
11. Celestial Navigation
CN-1. Star spotting
CN-2. Twilight times
CN-3. Checking Watch Time
CN-4. Compass check from sun
CN-5. Sunline running fix
CN-6. Sun-moon fix
CN-7. Stars/planets fix
12. Navigation Challenges
13. Personal Logbook
14. Miscellaneous plotting sheets
Use these practical exercises when underway to master the basic skills of marine navigation and weather observations. They use live situations as you confront them. They are designed to be worked in any waterway, power or sail, underway or at anchor, at various times during one voyage or many. Step by step instructions provided, as well as a suggested layout for work forms that you can make in your logbook.
This exercise book has been used in onboard navigation training courses, power and sail, for many years. It was originally designed for students to carry on with practice when they were not on watch getting direct instructor training during extended training voyages. It can be used for day sails or long coastal passages.
Now available to the public, you can use this workbook to guide your own study underway to master techniques and procedures learned from classroom or home study. Once you master the skills of these exercises you can be confident you have a practical working knowledge of navigation. These are skills and procedures that every navigator should know.
Owners of the Kindle version of the book can contact Starpath for a free printable pdf file of useful plotting sheets and work forms. Helpdesk at starpath dot com. Main reference books cited are all available in Kindle format.
Contents
1. Overview and Instructions
2. Basic Chart Work
CW-1. Use of Chart Catalog
CW-2. Lat/Lon, range, and bearings
CW-3. Depths and soundings
CW-4. Buoys
CW-5. Lighthouses
CW-6. Coast Pilots and Sailing Directions
CW-7. Broadcast Notice to Mariners
3. Tides and Currents
TC-1. Tides at anchor
TC-2. Currents underway
4. Radar
R-1. Check out basic controls
R-2. Confirm GPS position using Radar Range and Bearing
R-3. Distinguish buoys and moving vessels
R-4. Closest Point of Approach
R-5. Relative motion diagram (rapid radar plotting)
R-6. Position fix with Radar
R-7. Radar piloting
5. Nav Rules
NR-1. Reading assignments
NR-2. Sound signals underway
NR-3. Vessel lights underway
NR-4. Right of way underway
NR-5. Rule 19d
6. Piloting
P-1. Bearing Fix
P-2. LOP by natural ranges
P-3. Fix by depth and bearing
P-4. COP from vertical sextant angle
P-5. Three-body fix by sextant
7. Electronic Charting
EC-1. Basic skills
EC-2. Route monitoring underway (same as GPS-2 using e-charts)
8. GPS navigation
GPS-1. Basic skills
GPS-2. Route monitoring underway
GPS-3. Confirm position accuracy
9. Dead Reckoning
DR-1. Basic terms
DR-2. ETA to Waypoints
DR-3. Magnetic variation
DR-4. Compass check on range
10. Weather
W-1. VHF Weather Sources
W-2. VHF Weather Reports
W-3. Cloud Spotting
W-4. Apparent to true wind
W-5. Barometer comparisons
11. Celestial Navigation
CN-1. Star spotting
CN-2. Twilight times
CN-3. Checking Watch Time
CN-4. Compass check from sun
CN-5. Sunline running fix
CN-6. Sun-moon fix
CN-7. Stars/planets fix
12. Navigation Challenges
13. Personal Logbook
14. Miscellaneous plotting sheets
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First published October 30, 2012
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