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Instructions for Students on how to proceed through the course
Meet Your Instructors
1.
Getting Started
Introduction to Coastal Navigation; Latitude,
Longitude and Nautical Miles; The Nautical Chart; Publications;
The Navigator's Toolbox; Passage and Piloting Plans; Test Yourself; Answers
2.
Navigational Aids and Chart Symbols
The Canadian 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; Waypoints and GPS; 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; Two- and Three-Bearing Fixes; The Transit Range; Clearing Bearings; Step-by-Step - The Two-Bearing Fix; Plot
it! with Answers
7.
Practice Cruise
Plot a cruise on Chart 9997
8.
Tidal Waters
Tidal Height and Current; Tide Tables; Secondary
Tidal Ports; Current Tables; Secondary Current Stations; "Tidal Diamonds"; Practice
Tide and Current Tables; Test Yourself; Answers
Basic Coastal Navigation: EXTENDED
This is important bonus material beyond the curriculum of the Basic Coastal Navigation Standard. If you're planning on cruising where there's current, these lessons will help you to get safely to your destination!
Estimated Positions, Coping with Current and Leeway
Plotting Estimated Positions; 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
Appendix
Glossary of Nautical and Navigational
Terms
Abbreviations and Conventions
Sail Canada Uniform Navigation Symbols and Terms
13 Top Mistakes Students make when writing the Basic Coastal Navigation Exam
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