Course Description
This 15-day course covers every aspect of traditional navigation. Subjects include: charts and chart work, compass correction, plotting and position lines, tides and currents, logbooks and voyage planning. It also covers the theory of the earth’s magnetism and the application of variation and deviation to courses and bearings and general gyro and autopilot operating procedures.
Course Subjects
- Terrestrial Coordinates
- Nautical Charts
- Nautical Publications
- Aids to Navigation
- Using Compasses
- Electronic Navigation
- Courses and Bearings
- Speed-Time-Distance Calculations
- Plotting Techniques
- Fixing Position
- Dead Reckoning
- Running Fixes
- Effects of Current
- Leeway
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