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

ISBN10: 0071372261 | ISBN13: 9780071372268

Boat Navigation for the Rest of Us: Finding Your Way By Eye and Electronics
ISBN10: 0071372261
ISBN13: 9780071372268
By Bill Brogdon

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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