Basic Coastal Navigation

Basic Coastal Navigation is a clearly written, easy to understand introduction to coastal navigation, outlining the techniques of piloting that are fundamental to safe navigation for smal boats, whether power or sail. The reader is guided from simple to more complex piloting solutions and eventually learns to plot a complete day trip.

Frank J. Larkin is a Master Mariner. He is an instructor in boating safety and coastal navigation and was until recently District Staff Officer-Aids to Navigation with the Coast Guard Auxiliary

Introduction	p. ix
Nautical Charts	p. 1
The Mercator Projection	p. 1
The Nautical Chart	p. 3
Basic Chart Information	p. 11
The North American Datum of 1983	p. 19
Symbols for Aids to Navigation	p. 19
Other Charted Features	p. 24
Metrification of Nautical Charts	p. 27
Multibeam Survey Maps	p. 31
Reader Study Note	p. 32
Reader Progress Note	p. 32
Review Questions and Answers	p. 32
Navigational Reference Publications and Almanacs	p. 35
Nautical Chart Catalogs	p. 35
Dates of Latest Editions	p. 37
Chart No. 1	p. 37
Light List	p. 39
United States Coast Pilot	p. 43
Notice to Mariners	p. 46
Tide Tables	p. 50
Tidal Current Tables	p. 53
Tidal Current Charts	p. 54
Tidal Current Diagrams	p. 55
Rules of the Road	p. 55
Reader Study Note	p. 56
Reader Progress Note	p. 56
Review Questions and Answers	p. 56
The IALA-B Aids to Navigation System	p. 59
Port Side Marks or Lateral Marks	p. 60
Starboard Side Marks or Lateral Marks	p. 61
Safe Water Marks	p. 61
Preferred Channel Marks	p. 62
Special Marks	p. 67
Intracoastal Waterway Aids to Navigation System	p. 67
The Uniform State Waterway Marking System	p. 68
Reporting Defects and Discrepancies to Aids to Navigation	p. 73
Reader Study Note	p. 74
Reader Progress Note	p. 74
Review Questions and Answers	p. 75
How to Use the Basic Navigational Instruments	p. 77
The Magnetic Compass	p. 77
Dividers	p. 79
Pencils	p. 80
Paraglide Plotters	p. 80
Parallel Rules	p. 81
A Stopwatch	p. 81
Reader Study Note	p. 82
Reader Progress Note	p. 82
Review Questions and Answers	p. 82
Measuring and Plotting Latitude and Longitude	p. 83
Latitude	p. 83
Longitude	p. 84
Technique for Measuring Latitude on a Nautical Chart	p. 85
Technique for Measuring Longitude on a Nautical Chart	p. 86
Writing and Expressing Latitude and Longitude	p. 89
The Safety Aspect of Knowing Latitude and Longitude	p. 89
Practice Problems and Answers	p. 90
Reader Study Note	p. 90
Reader Progress Note	p. 90
Review Questions and Answers	p. 90
How to Plot a True Course on a Nautical Chart	p. 92
Selecting a Proper Course Line	p. 92
How to Measure a Course Line Angle with a Paraglide Plotter	p. 93
How to Measure a Course Line Angle with Parallel Rules	p. 95
How to Walk Parallel Rules on a Chart	p. 97
Labeling Your Course on a Nautical Chart	p. 98
Practice Problems and Answers	p. 99
Reader Study Note	p. 99
Reader Progress Note	p. 101
Review Questions and Answers	p. 101
How to Measure Distance on a Nautical Chart	p. 103
Dividers: Your Measuring Tool	p. 103
Technique for Measuring a Short Distance on a Nautical Chart	p. 104
Technique for Measuring a Long Distance on a Nautical Chart	p. 104
Labeling Distance on a Nautical Chart	p. 107
Practice Problems and Answers	p. 109
Reader Study Note	p. 109
Reader Progress Note	p. 109
Review Questions and Answers	p. 110
Military Time	p. 111
How to Add Time	p. 112
Practice Problems and Answers	p. 113
How to Subtract Time	p. 113
Practice Problems and Answers	p. 114
Reader Study Note	p. 115
Reader Progress Note	p. 115
Calculating Your Dead Reckoning Position	p. 116
The Piloting Worksheet	p. 116
Terminology	p. 116
The Dead Reckoning Formula: 60D = ST	p. 118
How to Calculate Distance	p. 118
Practice Problems and Answers	p. 119
How to Calculate Speed	p. 119
Practice Problems and Answers	p. 121
How to Calculate Time	p. 123
Practice Problems and Answers	p. 123
Labeling Your DR Position	p. 125
When You Should Plot Your DR Position	p. 125
Practice Problems and Answers	p. 126
Reader Study Note	p. 127
Reader Progress Note	p. 127
Converting True Courses to Compass Courses	p. 130
Variation	p. 130
Deviation	p. 131
The Course Conversion Formula	p. 132
Course Conversion Techniques	p. 135
Practice Problems and Answers	p. 135
Reader Study Note	p. 136
Reader Progress Note	p. 136
Review Questions and Answers	p. 136
Taking and Plotting Bearings	p. 138
Terminology	p. 138
Taking Bearings	p. 142
Labeling Bearing LOPs	p. 143
Relative Bearings	p. 143
Doubling the Angle on the Bow	p. 146
Practice Problems and Answers	p. 147
Reader Study Note	p. 148
Reader Progress Note	p. 148
Review Questions and Answers	p. 151
Dead Reckoning	p. 153
Piloting Exercise: A Typical Day Cruise	p. 156
Electronic Navigation Systems	p. 167
LORAN-C	p. 167
Global Positioning System	p. 171
Screens and Readouts of Electronic Navigation Equipment	p. 179
How to Use Electronic Navigational Systems	p. 188
The Height of the Tide at Any Time	p. 189
Terminology	p. 190
The Tide Tables	p. 191
Tide Graph: "One-Quarter/One-Tenth Rule"	p. 195
Practice Problems and Answers	p. 200
The Rule of Twelves	p. 201
Practice Problems and Answers	p. 202
Height Available under a Bridge	p. 204
Summary	p. 206
Compensating Your Course for Current and Other Elements	p. 207
Correcting Your Course for Current	p. 211
Where Do You Find Information about Tides and Currents?	p. 212
The Effects of Current	p. 212
The Before and After Current Problem	p. 215
Using Tables to Correct for Current	p. 218
Correcting Predicted Speed for Weight Change	p. 223
Correcting Predicted Speed for Depth of Water	p. 228
Correcting Predicted Speed for Wind	p. 230
Estimating the Set and Drift of a Current from Buoys	p. 232
Summary	p. 232
How to Check the Installation Accuracy of Your Compass and Install an Aiming Post	p. 233
How to Check Your Compass for Built-in Error	p. 235
How to Develop Data for a Deviation Table Using Multiple Ranges and Your Boat's Compass	p. 237
How to Develop Data for a Deviation Table Using One Range and a Pelorus	p. 240
How to Plot Deviation on a Deviation Plotting Sheet	p. 244
How to Plot Magnetic Heading Deviations	p. 245
How to Plot Compass Heading Deviations	p. 246
How to Develop a Speed Curve	p. 247
Equipment You Will Need	p. 248
How the Data Collection Process Works	p. 248
Use of a Speed Curve or RPM Table	p. 250
Navigation Forms	p. 253
Piloting Practice Chart	p. 254
Piloting Worksheet	p. 255
Tide Graph	p. 256
Deviation Planning Sheet	p. 257
Deviation Plotting Sheet	p. 258
Deviation Table	p. 259
Speed Curve Worksheet	p. 260
Trip Log	p. 261
Coast Guard Districts and Addresses of District Commanders	p. 263
Glossary	p. 267
Index	p. 273
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