Frank J Larkin

Basic Coastal Navigation

An Introduction to Piloting for Sail and Power

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Press
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Januar 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 262mm x 184mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 844g
• ISBN-13: 9781574090529
• ISBN-10: 1574090526
• Artikelnr.: 21821378

Autorenporträt

Frank J. Larkin is a Master Mariner with some 30 years of boating experience. 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.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Nautical Charts 2. Navigational Reference Publications and
Almanacs 3. The IALA-B Aids to Navigation Systems 4. How to Use the Basic
Navigational Instruments 5. Measuring and Plotting Latitude and Longitude
6. How to Plot a True Course on a Nautical Chart 7. How to Measure Distance
on a Nautical Chart 8. Military Time 9. Calculating Your Dead Reckoning
Position 10. Converting True Courses to Compass Courses 11. Taking and
Plotting Bearings 12. Dead Reckoning 13. Piloting Exercise: A Typical Day
Cruise 14. Electronic Navigation Systems 15. The Height of the Tide at Any
Time 16. Compensating Your Course for Current and Other Elements Appendices
Glossary Index