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The Adlard Coles Book of Navigation

The Adlard Coles Book of Navigation

Autor: Tim Bartlett
Editorial: Adlard Coles Nautical
Año de edición: 2.008
9780713689396
Encuadernación: rústica
170 pág.
17,0 x 24,5 cm.
23,75€
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Contenido:

The Adlard Coles Book of Navigation is the perfect reference for anyone following an RYA navigation course, from Day Skipper through to Tachtmaster Offshore, and for any seafarer requiring a knowledge of navigation. Previously published as The RYA Book of Navigation, this highly practical book explains everything the reader needs to know to navigate a yacht or motorboat from one port to another safely and accurately. Using clear diagrams, worked examples and colour photographs throughout, Tim Bartlett covers each stage of navigation, including:
- Charts
- Electronic navigation and equipment
- Position fixing
- Tides
- Lights, buoys and signals
- Shaping a course
- Using radar
- Pilotage
- Passage-making



Índice:

FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR

FOREWORD BY BILL ANDERSON

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

1. CHARTS AND THE REAL WORLD
Latitude and longitude
Charts

2. MEASURING DIRECTION AND DISTANCE
Measuring distance at sea
Measuring distance on the chart
Masuring direction at sea
Measuring direction on the chart

3. ELECTRONIC NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT
Echo sounders
Satnav
Waypoint navigation
Basic navigation functions
Chart plotters

4. POSITION FIXING
Compass bearings
Position lines by range
Position lines by depth
Mixed fixes
Running fixes
The simplest fix of all

5. TIDES
Thes causes of tide
Tide levels and datums
Tide tables
Tidal height examples
Finding the height required
The effect of weather
Rule of twelfths
Tidal anomalies
Tidal streams
Tidal stream atlases
Tidal stream example

6. LIGHTS, BUOYS AND FOG SIGNALS
The range of a light
Bouys and beacons
Fog signals

7. ESTIMATING POSITION AND SHAPING A COURSE
Allowing for wind
Allowing for tidal streams
Chartwork examples
Shaping a course

8. RADAR
How radar works
Basic operation
Interpreting the picture
Navigating by radar
Radar for collision avoidance

9. PILOTAGE
Buoy-hopping
Leading lines
Clearing lines
Sectores lights
Soundings
Head-up radar
North-up radar
Eyeballing
Harbour regulations and byelaws
Planning pilotage
Pilotage in practice

10. PASSAGE-MAKING
Cruise planning factors
Navigation on passage - traditional methods under sail/at low speed
Navigation on passage - traditional methods at high speed
Using electronics
Getting lost, and "finding yourself"
Landfalls
Fog
Do I need to navigate?

APPENDIX

INDEX

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