The Adlard Coles Book of Navigation

by Bartlett, Tim

• ISBN13: 9780713689396
• ISBN10: 0713689390
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-02-25
• Publisher: Adlard Coles

Summary

This is the perfect reference for anyone following a navigation course and for any seafarer requiring a knowledge 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, featuring clear diagrams, worked examples, and color photographs throughout.

Author Biography

Tim Bartlett began sailing as a child on the Thames near his parents' home. After teaching sailing in commercial sailing schools he became a full time yacht skipper at the Island Cruising Club. After five years running his own engineering company he became technical editor of Motor Boat and Yachting. Tim Bartlett has written several nautical books including the bestselling Adlard Coles Book of Diesel Engines and Adlard Coles Book of Outboard Motors.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. iv
Foreword	p. v
Acknowledgements	p. vi
Introduction	p. 1
Charts and the Real World	p. 3
Latitude and longitude
Charts
Measuring Direction and Distance	p. 15
Measuring distance at sea
Measuring distance on the chart
Measuring direction at sea
Measuring direction on the chart
Electronic Navigation Equipment	p. 35
Echo sounders
Satnav
Waypoint navigation
Basic navigation functions
Chart plotters
Position Fixing	p. 51
Compass bearings
Postion lines by range
Position lines by depth
Mixed fixes
Running fixes
The simplest fix of all
Tides	p. 64
The 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
Lights, Buoys and Fog Signals	p. 85
The range of a light
Buoys and beacons
Fog signals
Estimating Position and Shaping a Course	p. 92
Allowing for wind
Allowing for tidal streams
Chartwork examples
Shaping a course
Radar	p. 106
How radar works
Basic operation
Interpreting the picture
Navigating by radar
Radar for collision avoidance
Pilotage	p. 123
Buoy-hopping
Leading lines
Clearing lines
Sectored lights
Soundings
Head-up radar
North-up radar
Eyeballing
Harbour regulations and byelaws
Planning pilotage
Pilotage in practice
Passage-making	p. 137
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	p. 164
Index	p. 168
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