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  • Boat Navigation for the Rest of Us: Finding Your Way By Eye and Electronics: Finding Your Way by Eye and Electronics

    Boat Navigation for the Rest of Us: Finding Your Way By Eye and Electronics by Brogdon, Bill;

    Finding Your Way by Eye and Electronics

    Series: INTERNATIONAL MARINE-RMP;

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    Product details:

    • Edition number 2
    • Publisher International Marine
    • Date of Publication 16 February 2001

    • ISBN 9780071372268
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages232 pages
    • Size 233x185x15 mm
    • Weight 411 g
    • Language English
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    Short description:

    "Superb and amazingly comprehensive."--Cruising World

    "Thorough treatment of traditional and electronic methods by an expert."--WoodenBoat

    Boat Navigation for the Rest of Us is the only book that teaches navigation the way small-boat skippers actually navigate: by combining electronic aids like GPS and radar with commonsense visual piloting skills and simple chartwork. This second edition covers important developments in electronic navigation, including dramatic improvements in GPS accuracy, the growing popularity of electronic charts and plotting systems, and the increasing availability of navigation information over the Internet. It's a full course in navigation plus a whole toolbox of little-known tips and shortcuts to deal with real-life situations without a slide rule.

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    Long description:

    "Superb and amazingly comprehensive."--Cruising World

    "Thorough treatment of traditional and electronic methods by an expert."--WoodenBoat

    Boat Navigation for the Rest of Us is the only book that teaches navigation the way small-boat skippers actually navigate: by combining electronic aids like GPS and radar with commonsense visual piloting skills and simple chartwork. This second edition covers important developments in electronic navigation, including dramatic improvements in GPS accuracy, the growing popularity of electronic charts and plotting systems, and the increasing availability of navigation information over the Internet. It's a full course in navigation plus a whole toolbox of little-known tips and shortcuts to deal with real-life situations without a slide rule.

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    Table of Contents:

    List of Sidebars

    Acknowledgments

    Introduction

    1. How We Navigate

    Going to an Object in Sight

    Course, Speed, and Time: The DR

    Finding the Boat's Position

    Electronic Aid-to-Navigation Systems

    Blending Visual, Instrument, and Electronic Information

    2. Charts and Publications

    Charts

    Latitude and Longitude; Chart Scale and Projection; Chart Symbols; Direction and Distance; Depths; Chart Dates and Corrections; Great Lakes Charts; Charts for Rivers and Reservoirs

    Publications

    3. Navigation Instruments and Equipment

    The Compass

    Direction; Variation and Deviation; Bad Compass, Good Course

    Depthfinders

    Types of Depthfinders; Depth Corrections; Choosing a Depthfinder

    Speed and Distance Logs

    Time

    Binoculars

    A Navigator's Kit

    Radar

    Radar Measurements: Range and Bearing

    4. Aid-to-Navigation Systems

    Visual Aids to Navigation

    Color, Shape, Lights, and Numbers; Intracoastal Waterway Aids to Navigation

    Sound Signals

    The Global Positioning System and Loran-C

    Plotters; Additional Similarities and Differences; Accuracy; Coverage; Choosing an Electronic Navigation System; Choosing a Receiver; Differential GPS and WAAS

    Radiobeacons and Radio Direction Finders

    Racons

    Other Radionavigation Systems

    5. Finding Where You Are

    Seaman's Eye

    Radar and Seaman's Eye

    Taking Departure

    Ded (Dead) Reckoning

    Time, Speed, and Distance Calculations

    Time; Speed; Distance; Doing the Calculations Mentally; Direction and Time

    Lines of Position and Fixes

    Objects for Lines of Position; Fixes from Lines of Position; Radar Lines of Position; Line-of-Position and Fix Errors; Ranges

    Estimated Positions

    Distance Off

    Electronic Navigation Systems

    Waypoints

    Measuring and Storing Waypoints with a Receiver; Plotting GPS and Loran-C Positions on a Chart; Position with Respect to Waypoints; Using Waypoints Measured by Another Receiver; Converting Waypoints from Loran-C to GPS; Corrections to Waypoint Positions

    Avoiding GPS and Loran-C Errors

    Check before Getting Underway; Electronic Position Jumps; Out of Tolerance Signals

    6. Finding Where to Go

    Seaman's Eye

    Frozen Ranges; Steering Clear; Water Colors; Waves

    Going to Distant Destinations

    Electronic Navigation Systems

    Coping with Current

    Plotting; Calculating the Lead Angle; Shortcut Lead Angles; Practical Methods

    Following the Desired Track Using a Navigation Receiver

    Bearing to Waypoint; Cross-Track Error; Course Made Good; Estimated Time En Route; Scratch Waypoints; Staying in Good Water

    Losing Electronic Navigation

    Radar

    Blending Electronic and Visual Navigation

    Island Chains, Marshes, and Reservoirs

    River Navigation

    Night Navigation

    Navigation in Fog

    Radar for Collision Avoidance

    Collision Avoidance in Poor Visibility

    7. Special Techniques

    Riding a Line of Position

    The Deliberate Miss

    The Electronic Navigation Hook

    Look Behind You

    Things That Go Wrong

    Signs of Trouble; Data Entry Errors; Different Bearings to a Waypoint; Shifting Waypoints; Which One Is Wrong?; Onboard Interference; External Interference; Moving the Receiver Long Distances; Cross-Track Error Jumps to Zero

    Appendix A. How GPS Works

    Appendix B. How Loran-C Works

    Appendix C. Good, Bad, and Ugly Receiver Features

    Glossary

    Index

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