Learn to navigate : the no-nonsense guide for everyone / Basil Mosenthal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mosenthal, Basil, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Navigation.

Sailing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (82 p.)

Edition:

Sixth edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Adlard Coles Nautical, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Learn to Navigate has been a bestseller since first publication. It is the ideal introduction for anyone wanting to learn the basics of what navigation is all about. This fourth edition is now in full colour throughout. Covering the essentials of reading a chart, understanding tides, using navigation instruments, plotting a position and planning a passage, it is ideal for novices of all ages wanting a simple introduction to what can seem a daunting subject. This new edition has been brought fully up-to-date with a full colour presentation of diagrams and illustrations, providing the simplest,

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; INTRODUCTION; 1 CHARTS; Abbreviations and symbols; Soundings; Colours; Scale and distance; Latitude and longitude; Depths; Underwater dangers; Enough charts?; Nautical almanacs; 2 COMPASSES; Where your compass is pointing; The compass rose; The steering compass; Course and Bearing; 3 WORKING ON A CHART; Chart instruments; Distance; Measuring distance on a chart; Measuring distance in real time; Courses and bearings; Plotting courses and bearings; Using a parallel ruler; Position; Using a Portland Course Plotter; Speed; Time, Speed and Distance

Plotting GPS Lat. and Long. positions on a chartPlotting by range and bearing; Plotting by range and GPS cross track error reading; Keeping charts up to date; Taking care of charts; Check... and check again; 4 ELECTRONIC NAVIGATION; GPS - what it is; What is a waypoint?; Terminology; Go To function; Man overboard; GPS and the new navigator; Radar; Radar beacons (Racons); 5 BUOYS AND LIGHTS; Buoys; Cardinal buoys; Lights; Identifying lights; Lights on cardinal buoys; Colours of lights; Sound signals; 6 TIDES RISING & FALLING; High water and low water; Spring and neap tides; Heights and depths

Tide tablesSecondary ports; Why do we need to know the exact depth?; Calculating tidal heights; 7 TIDAL STREAMS; Tidal stream charts; Tidal information on charts; The effect of the tidal stream; A tidal stream on the beam also has an effect...; What is the stream doing?; Dodging the tide - or making the best of it; 8 NAVIGATION INSTRUMENTS; Logs; Speedometers; Echo sounder; Lead lines; Hand-bearing compass; Binoculars; 9 GETTING STARTED; Pilotage; When you are 'buoy hopping'; Plotting and steering a course; Knowing where you are; Dead reckoning; The effect of the tide; Allowing for the tide

10 FIXING YOUR POSITIONUsing a hand-bearing compass; Position lines; Fixes; Cocked hats; The running fix; Transits; The clearing bearing; Going to windward - tacking; A simple passage; 11 INTO HARBOUR; Finding the information; Doing your homework; Depths inside; Pilots and cruising guides; Information from almanacs; Approaching harbour; Commercial ports; 12 PLANNING PASSAGES; Longer passages; How far off?; Shallow water; Time and the tide; Planning for the tide; Knowing where you are; 13 MORE ABOUT YOUR COMPASS; Magnetic v true; Deviation; Correcting for deviation; The 'CADET' rule

14 SAILING AT NIGHTBusy areas at night; Night vision; Logbooks; The right course; GLOSSARY; INDEX; Acknowledgements

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4081-9450-3

1-4081-9451-1

OCLC:

875819526