50 Ways to Improve Your Navigation by Pike, Dag -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title page Table of Contents 1 Making a landfall – angle of approach 2 Deviating to shorten the distance between marks 3 The longer route can be the quickest 4 The effect of wind on the tides 5 Judging sea conditions 6 Offsetting the course in order to be sure 7 Safety margins 8 Fuel and navigation 9 Adding up the clues 10 Position fixing from sea conditions 11 Estimating your position 12 Transit bearings 13 Steering bias 14 Magnetic or true? 15 Second stage navigation 16 Conspicuous marks 17 Local knowledge 18 Checking the plotted course 19 Customising the charts 20 Using position lines 21 Looking at alternatives 22 Using depth when making a landfall 23 Depth warnings and shoals 24 Depth and distance off 25 The effect of depth on sea conditions 26 Taking short cuts 27 Distance on the electronic chart 28 Getting the scale right 29 GPS accuracy 30 Knowing where you are 31 Waypoint selection and use 32 When your GPS goes down 33 How accurate is the radar? 34 Rounding a headland on radar 35 Radar overlays 36 What the radar cannot see 37 Change of bearing 38 Which radar scale to use 39 Lost in the clutter 40 Avoiding the big ships 41 See and be seen 42 Running on autopilot 43 Speed in the fog 44 Reflections and visibility 45 Finding a buoy in fog 46 Assessing harbour entrances 47 Finding an anchorage 48 Finding a harbour entrance 49 Electronic charts for harbour navigation 50 Entering a harbour at night By the Same Author page eCopyright

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