Skipper's Cockpit Navigation GuideAuthor :
Published : Thursday 20 January 2022
Description
Whether planning a day sail or a longer passage, at home, at the wheel or at the chart table, the Skipperâ?Ts Cockpit Navigation Guide is the perfect at-a-glance handbook for all skippers and crew. It covers all the essential navigation skills and techniques with a user friendly, easy to follow and succinct approach. Spiral bound to lie flat, and with laminated splash-proof pages, it is the hands-free ready reckoner to help you get where you want to go. Written in clear, practical language, with clear photos, step-by-step diagrams and actual chart extracts, the book covers:- Using nautical charts- Understanding buoys, marks and lights- Using the compass, log and depth gauge- Plotting positions (including by dead reckoning), courses and bearings- Understanding tides (heights, streams, including using tide tables) and currents- Factoring in the weather- Making a passage plan, keeping a logbook, and moreAn essential title to have on board, this accessible book is aimed at skippers and crews of all levels, whether as a primer for those new to navigating or the perfect aide-memoire for those with prior experience.
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