Illustrated Navigation
Published on 30. September 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
84 pages
978-1-904475-13-2 (ISBN)
Description
This beautifully illustrated manual teaches you to navigate in the traditional way - using compass, log and plotter; by means of electronic aids - like GPS, radar and chartplotter; and some basic celestial navigation - using the sun and stars to obtain your position using sextant, almanacs, tables and a watch. Within the book short, concentrated pieces of text are brought to life by numerous diagrams and graphics - making this an easy and memorable read.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Arundel
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Fernhurst Books Limited
Illustrations
265 colour diagrams
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 181 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
258 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-904475-13-2 (9781904475132)
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Book
04/2017
3rd Edition
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Person
The author has been sailing for more than 25 years and has logged 50,000 nautical miles including three Atlantic crossings.
Content
TRADITIONAL NAVIGATION. How charts are created. Latitude and longitude. Position. Using charts. Variation and deviation. The steering compass. Logs and echosounders. Plotting implements. Leeway and current. Handbearing compasses. Dead reckoning/Bearings. Miscellaneous. Night sailing. IALA buoyage system. Tide and tidal currents. Navigation lights. Summary. ELECTRONIC NAVIGATION. The GPS system. How does GPS work?. GPS receivers. Using the GPS receiver. Chart plotters. Using the chart plotter. Waypoints and routes. Display setup. Receiver setup. Radar. How the radar works. Range/Bearing discrimination. Radar operation. Adjusting the radar. Radar problems. Setting up the display. Collision avoidance. CELESTIAL NAVIGATION. The suna s geographic position. Astronomical model. Principles of celestial navigation. Hour angles. Noon sight. Measuring suna s altitude. UTC, Zone and standard time. Working a sight. Sight reduction sheet. Taking the noon sight. Plotting position lines. Finding lat. and long. directly. Corrections. Stars. Polaris (the polar star). Using a calculator. Appendix: Tables and formulae.