Basic Coastal Navigation
Sheridan House (Verlag)
978-1-57409-052-9 (ISBN)
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.
Frank J. Larkin is a Master Mariner with some 30 years of boating experience. He is an instructor in boating safety and coastal navigation and was until recently District Staff Officer-Aids to Navigation with the Coast Guard Auxiliary.
Introduction
1. Nautical Charts
2. Navigational Reference Publications and Almanacs
3. The IALA-B Aids to Navigation Systems
4. How to Use the Basic Navigational Instruments
5. Measuring and Plotting Latitude and Longitude
6. How to Plot a True Course on a Nautical Chart
7. How to Measure Distance on a Nautical Chart
8. Military Time
9. Calculating Your Dead Reckoning Position
10. Converting True Courses to Compass Courses
11. Taking and Plotting Bearings
12. Dead Reckoning
13. Piloting Exercise: A Typical Day Cruise
14. Electronic Navigation Systems
15. The Height of the Tide at Any Time
16. Compensating Your Course for Current and Other Elements
Appendices
Glossary
Index
| Verlagsort | Lanham |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 260 mm |
| Gewicht | 780 g |
| Themenwelt | Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schiffe |
| Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-57409-052-6 / 1574090526 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-57409-052-9 / 9781574090529 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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