Coastal Navigation: The National Standard for Quality Sailing Instruction

by Cunliffe, Tom; Smith, Mark; Downing, Kim; Eckhardt, Rob; Crawford, Christy

• ISBN13: 9781882502721
• ISBN10: 1882502728
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-04-01
• Publisher: Partners Pub Group Inc

Table of Contents

Introduction to Navigation	6	(119)
Charts and Basic Chartwork
The globe and chart projections	8	(1)
The chart	9	(1)
Position	10	(1)
Chart scales	11	(1)
Direction	12	(1)
Plotting a course to steer	13	(1)
Plotting a bearing	13	(1)
Chart Types and Corrections
Types of charts	14	(1)
Pilot books	14	(1)
Keeping charts up to date	15	(1)
Living with uncorrected charts	15	(1)
Aids to Navigation
Lighthouses	16	(2)
Sound signals	18	(2)
Buoyage	20	(2)
Cardinal marks	22	(1)
Beacons	22	(1)
Navigational Inputs
The eyeball	23	(1)
The compass	23	(5)
Distance run --- the log	28	(2)
Depth	30	(2)
Tidal Heights
Why tides occur	32	(1)
Tide tables	33	(2)
Secondary stations	35	(3)
Safe clearances	38	(2)
Tidal Currents
Effects of water movement	40	(1)
Non-tidal currents	41	(1)
Tidal currents	41	(3)
Personal observation	44	(1)
Local knowledge	44	(1)
Planning a Course to Steer
Basic course to steer	45	(1)
Leeway	45	(2)
Sailing in current	47	(1)
In practice on the chart	48	(2)
Alternative plotting method	50	(3)
Estimating Your Position
The ship's log	53	(1)
Deducing where you are	54	(1)
The estimated position	55	(3)
Knowing Where You Are
Position by immediate observation	58	(1)
Positions defined by lines	58	(2)
Sources of LOP	60	(3)
Fixes from single objects	63	(1)
Running fixes	64	(1)
Defining your position	65	(1)
Electronic Navigation Aids
GPS	66	(2)
SatNav --- the transit satellite system	68	(1)
Loran C	68	(3)
Electronic navigation computers	71	(3)
Radar	74	(2)
Inshore Pilotage
The safe course or heading	76	(1)
The clearing bearing (or danger bearing)	76	(1)
Ways of defining an LOP	77	(1)
An unofficial range as a clearing bearing	78	(1)
The back bearing	78	(1)
Steering a bearing	79	(1)
Proving a compass bearing	79	(1)
Use of the fathometer	80	(1)
Objects abeam	80	(1)
Tropical eyeball pilotage	81	(1)
Practical inshore pilotage	82	(1)
Night entries	83	(1)
Navigational Strategy
The upcurrent arrival	84	(2)
Upwind tactics	86	(2)
Downwind tactics	88	(1)
Light and darkness	88	(1)
The dawn landfall	88	(1)
Navigation in Poor Visibility
Navigation in fog	89	(1)
Safety action in fog	89	(1)
Fog tactics	89	(1)
Running the contour	90	(1)
Buoy hopping	90	(1)
Radar in fog	91	(1)
Fog and electronic fixing aids	91	(2)
Planning a Passage
Charts	93	(1)
Coast Pilot books	93	(1)
Distances and time probabilities	93	(1)
Viable alternatives/ports of refuge	94	(1)
Waypoints	94	(1)
Weather	94	(1)
Tidal currents	95	(1)
Off-lying dangers and obstacles	96	(1)
Tidal heights	97	(1)
Basic courses to steer	97	(1)
Provisioning	97	(4)
Navigating in Heavy Weather
Use of electronics	101	(1)
Organization	101	(1)
Passage Navigation
Charts	102	(1)
Passage plan	102	(8)
Appendix
Plotting Examples	110	(2)
Table: Tide Time and Height Differences by Ratio	112	(1)
Table: Tide Time and Height Differences by Feet	113	(1)
Table: Speed of Current at Any Time	114	(2)
Table: Current Time and Speed Differences by Ratio and Direction	116	(1)
Table: Distance Off by Vertical Sextant Angle	117	(4)
Table: Distance of Horizon for Various Heights of Eye	121	(1)
Table: Lights --- Distance Off When Rising or Dipping	121	(1)
Table: Light List examples	122	(2)
Table: Chart symbols	124	(1)
Index	125