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Tom Cunliffe is one of Britain's leading authorities on yacht navigation. He is an RYA instructor Examiner and has worked as a consultant for US Sailing. Aside from professional seafaring, cruising his own yachts has taken him from the Caribbean to Russia and from Rio to Greenland. Having taught navigation through the electronic revolution, his grasp of modern techniques is unusually well-balanced. He currently sails a traditional 40-foot cutter built of composite materials in North America."Providing you will [with] a solid foundation in the art of coastal and offshore navigation." (Boat Mart)
“Provides a solid foundation in the practicalities of plotting your route to a destination... worth its weight in gold.” (All at Sea)
Considerable effort has been made to indicate the sort of accuracy that can reasonably be expected in the various facets of small craft navigation, so that the reader can sensibly evaluate their results. All the threads with which the navigator weaves his patterns are drawn together at the end of the book in chapters on passage planning and navigational practice. These explain what you actually do, while the earlier chapters give you the knowledge and expertise with which to do it, in reality, out at sea.
Coastal and Offshore Navigation 3rd Edition guides you through all the techniques you need to master - and shows you how to draw them together in practice to ensure a smooth trip and safe landfall.
Includes:
- A review of the basic arts of navigation
- How to predict the tide - and make it work for you
- How to keep a realistic check on your navigational accuracy and modify your tactics accordingly
- Safe and constructive use of electronic aids to navigation
- Passage planning for an enjoyable, satisfying voyage
- Passage making: a systematic, no-nonsense approach
1. Charts, publications and essential chartwork.
2. Lights, buoys and night navigation.
3. The rise and fall of the tide.
4. Tidal streams.
5. The steering compass.
6. The estimated position.
7. Traditional position fixing.
8. Shaping a course.
9. Electronic navigation techniques.
10. The electronic chart plotter.
11. Pilotage.
12. Passage planning
13. Practical passagemaking.
Conclusion.
Coastal and Offshore Navigation delivers a solid foundation in the art and science of not only knowing where you are, but also plotting the route to your destination, safely and without fuss. Tom guides you through the theory to be mastered, and shows how to piece the picture together in practice to ensure a smooth trip and a safe landfall.
• A review of the basic arts of navigation.
• How to predict the tide and make it work for you.
• How to keep a realistic check on your navigational accuracy and modify your tactics accordingly.
• An analysis of the vital relationship between the fix and the estimated position.
• Safe and constructive use of electronic aids to navigation.
• Passage planning for an enjoyable, satisfying voyage.
• Passage making – a systematic, no-nonsense approach.
Discover what the modern yacht navigator needs to know for stress-free work along the coast and out of sight of land.