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Table of Contents

Instructions for Students Meet Your Instructors 1. Getting Started   Introduction to Coastal Navigation; Latitude, Longitude and Nautical Miles; The Nautical Chart; Publications; The Navigator's Toolbox; Test Yourself; Answers 2. Navigational Aids and Chart Symbols   The Aids to Navigation System; Chart Symbols; Test Yourself; Answers. 3. The Navigator's Compass   Compass Basics; Magnetic North and Variation; Test Yourself; Answers.

4. Correcting the Compass   Deviation; The Deviation Table; TVMDC; Practice Deviation Table; Test Yourself; Answers 5. Plotting Basics   Plotting a Course; Distance, Speed and Time; Dead Reckoning and Fixes; The Log Book; Test Yourself; Answers; Step by Step - Dead Reckoning; Plot it! with Answers; Plotting in Action 6. Getting Your Bearings   Bearings; The Line of Position; The Estimated Position; Two- and Three-Bearing Fixes; A Fix from a Bearing and a Sounding; Step-by-Step - The Two-Bearing Fix; Plot it! with Answers

7. More on Bearings   Running Fix; Checking Deviation on a Range and Plotting a Danger Bearing; A Little Cruise; Step by Step - Running Fix from one object; Step by Step - Running Fix from two objects; Step by Step - Checking Deviation on a Range; Plot It! with Answers   8. Coping with Current and Leeway   Current; Finding Set and Drift; Plotting a Course to Steer; Leeway; Step by Step - Finding Set and Drift; Step by Step - Plotting a Course to Steer; Plot It! with Answers   9. Tidal Waters   Tidal Height and Current; Tide Tables; Subordinate Tide Stations; Tidal Current Tables; Subordinate Tidal Current Stations; Practice Tide and Tidal Current Tables; Test Yourself; Answers   10. Navigation and Cruising   A Fifty-Mile Cruise, with Answers.

Appendix   Glossary of Nautical and Navigational Terms Abbreviations and Conventions Bibliography and Suggested Reading