Year: 2022 Language: english Author: Rene Weterhuis Genre: Guide ISBN: 1472990641 Format: PDF Quality: eBook Pages count: 24 Description: Whether planning a day sail or a longer passage, at home, at the wheel or at the chart table, theSkipper's Cockpit Navigation Guide is the ideal instant reference for all skippers and crew. It covers all the essential navigation skills and techniques with a user friendly, easy to follow and succinct approach. Spiral bound to lie flat, and with laminated splash-proof pages, it is the hands-free ready reckoner to help you get where you want to go. Written in clear, practical language, with clear photos, step-by-step diagrams and actual chart extracts, the book covers: - Using nautical charts - Understanding buoys, marks and lights - Using the compass, log and depth gauge - Plotting positions (including by dead reckoning), courses and bearings - Understanding tides (heights, streams, including using tide tables) and currents - Factoring in the weather - Making a passage plan, keeping a logbook, and more An essential title to have on board, this accessible book is aimed at skippers and crews of all levels, whether as a primer for those new to navigating or the perfect aide-memoire for those with prior experience.
Contents
Charts 2 Buoys, Marks & Lights 5 Using a Compass 8 Tides & Currents 12 Log & Depth Gauge 14 Passage Planning 21
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Skipper's Cockpit Navigation Guide
Language: english
Author: Rene Weterhuis
Genre: Guide
ISBN: 1472990641
Format: PDF
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 24
Description: Whether planning a day sail or a longer passage, at home, at the wheel or at the chart table, theSkipper's Cockpit Navigation Guide is the ideal instant reference for all skippers and crew. It covers all the essential navigation skills and techniques with a user friendly, easy to follow and succinct approach. Spiral bound to lie flat, and with laminated splash-proof pages, it is the hands-free ready reckoner to help you get where you want to go.
Written in clear, practical language, with clear photos, step-by-step diagrams and actual chart extracts, the book covers:
- Using nautical charts
- Understanding buoys, marks and lights
- Using the compass, log and depth gauge
- Plotting positions (including by dead reckoning), courses and bearings
- Understanding tides (heights, streams, including using tide tables) and currents
- Factoring in the weather
- Making a passage plan, keeping a logbook, and more
An essential title to have on board, this accessible book is aimed at skippers and crews of all levels, whether as a primer for those new to navigating or the perfect aide-memoire for those with prior experience.
Contents
Charts 2Buoys, Marks & Lights 5
Using a Compass 8
Tides & Currents 12
Log & Depth Gauge 14
Passage Planning 21
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