Basic Coastal Navigation : An Introduction to Piloting for Sail and Power

Introduction ix One Nautical Charts 1(34) The Mercator Projection 1(2) The Nautical Chart 3(8) Basic Chart Information 11(8) The North American Datum of 1983 19(1) Symbols for Aids to Navigation 19(5) Other Charted Features 24(3) Metrification of Nautical Charts 27(4) Multibeam Survey Maps 31(1) Reader Study Note 32(1) Reader Progress Note 32(1) Review Questions and Answers 32(3) Two Navigational Reference Publications and Almanacs 35(24) Nautical Chart Catalogs 35(2) Dates of Latest Editions 37(1) Chart No. 1 37(2) Light List 39(4) United States Coast Pilot 43(3) Notice to Mariners 46(4) Tide Tables 50(3) Tidal Current Tables 53(1) Tidal Current Charts 54(1) Tidal Current Diagrams 55(1) Rules of the Road 55(1) Reader Study Note 56(1) Reader Progress Note 56(1) Review Questions and Answers 56(3) Three The IALA-B Aids to Navigation System 59(18) Port Side Marks or Lateral Marks 60(1) Starboard Side Marks or Lateral Marks 61(1) Safe Water Marks 61(1) Preferred Channel Marks 62(5) Special Marks 67(1) Intracoastal Waterway Aids to Navigation System 67(1) The Uniform State Waterway Marking System 68(5) Reporting Defects and Discrepancies to Aids to Navigation 73(1) Reader Study Note 74(1) Reader Progress Note 74(1) Review Questions and Answers 75(2) Four How to Use the Basic Navigational Instruments 77(6) The Magnetic Compass 77(2) Dividers 79(1) Pencils 80(1) Paraglide Plotters 80(1) Parallel Rules 81(1) A Stopwatch 81(1) Reader Study Note 82(1) Reader Progress Note 82(1) Review Questions and Answers 82(1) Five Measuring and Plotting Latitude and Longitude 83(9) Latitude 83(1) Longitude 84(1) Technique for Measuring Latitude on a Nautical Chart 85(1) Technique for Measuring Longitude on a Nautical Chart 86(3) Writing and Expressing Latitude and Longitude 89(1) The Safety Aspect of Knowing Latitude and Longitude 89(1) Practice Problems and Answers 90(1) Reader Study Note 90(1) Reader Progress Note 90(1) Review Questions and Answers 90(2) Six How to Plot a True Course on a Nautical Chart 92(11) Selecting a Proper Course Line 92(1) How to Measure a Course Line Angle with a Paraglide Plotter 93(2) How to Measure a Course Line Angle with Parallel Rules 95(2) How to Walk Parallel Rules on a Chart 97(1) Labeling Your Course on a Nautical Chart 98(1) Practice Problems and Answers 99(1) Reader Study Note 99(2) Reader Progress Note 101(1) Review Questions and Answers 101(2) Seven How to Measure Distance on a Nautical Chart 103(8) Dividers: Your Measuring Tool 103(1) Technique for Measuring a Short Distance on a Nautical Chart 104(1) Technique for Measuring a Long Distance on a Nautical Chart 104(3) Labeling Distance on a Nautical Chart 107(2) Practice Problems and Answers 109(1) Reader Study Note 109(1) Reader Progress Note 109(1) Review Questions and Answers 110(1) Eight Military Time 111(5) How to Add Time 112(1) Practice Problems and Answers 113(1) How to Subtract Time 113(1) Practice Problems and Answers 114(1) Reader Study Note 115(1) Reader Progress Note 115(1) Nine Calculating Your Dead Reckoning Position 116(14) The Piloting Worksheet 116(1) Terminology 116(2) The Dead Reckoning Formula: 60D = ST 118(1) How to Calculate Distance 118(1) Practice Problems and Answers 119(1) How to Calculate Speed 119(2) Practice Problems and Answers 121(2) How to Calculate Time 123(1) Practice Problems and Answers 123(2) Labeling Your DR Position 125(1) When You Should Plot Your DR Position 125(1) Practice Problems and Answers 126(1) Reader Study Note 127(1) Reader Progress Note 127(3) Ten Converting True Courses to Compass Courses 130(8) Variation 130(1) Deviation 131(1) The Course Conversion Formula 132(3) Course Conversion Techniques 135(1) Practice Problems and Answers 135(1) Reader Study Note 136(1) Reader Progress Note 136(1) Review Questions and Answers 136(2) Eleven Taking and Plotting Bearings 138(15) Terminology 138(4) Taking Bearings 142(1) Labeling Bearing LOPs 143(1) Relative Bearings 143(3) Doubling the Angle on the Bow 146(1) Practice Problems and Answers 147(1) Reader Study Note 148(1) Reader Progress Note 148(3) Review Questions and Answers 151(2) Twelve Dead Reckoning 153(3) Thirteen Piloting Exercise: A Typical Day Cruise 156(11) Fourteen Electronic Navigation Systems 167(22) LORAN-C 167(4) Global Positioning System 171(8) Screens and Readouts of Electronic Navigation Equipment 179(9) How to Use Electronic Navigational Systems 188(1) Fifteen The Height of the Tide at Any Time 189(18) Terminology 190(1) The Tide Tables 191(4) Tide Graph: "One-Quarter/One-Tenth Rule" 195(5) Practice Problems and Answers 200(1) The Rule of Twelves 201(1) Practice Problems and Answers 202(2) Height Available under a Bridge 204(2) Summary 206(1) Sixteen Compensating Your Course for Current and Other Elements 207(26) Correcting Your Course for Current 211(1) Where Do You Find Information about Tides and Currents? 212(1) The Effects of Current 212(3) The Before and After Current Problem 215(3) Using Tables to Correct for Current 218(5) Correcting Predicted Speed for Weight Change 223(5) Correcting Predicted Speed for Depth of Water 228(2) Correcting Predicted Speed for Wind 230(2) Estimating the Set and Drift of a Current from Buoys 232(1) Summary 232(1) Appendix One How to Check the Installation Accuracy of Your Compass and Install an Aiming Post 233(2) Appendix Two How to Check Your Compass for Built-in Error 235(2) Appendix Three How to Develop Data for a Deviation Table Using Multiple Ranges and Your Boat's Compass 237(3) Appendix Four How to Develop Data for a Deviation Table Using One Range and a Pelorus 240(4) Appendix Five How to Plot Deviation on a Deviation Plotting Sheet 244(3) How to Plot Magnetic Heading Deviations 245(1) How to Plot Compass Heading Deviations 246(1) Appendix Six How to Develop a Speed Curve 247(6) Equipment You Will Need 248(1) How the Data Collection Process Works 248(2) Use of a Speed Curve or RPM Table 250(3) Appendix Seven Navigation Forms 253(10) Piloting Practice Chart 254(1) Piloting Worksheet 255(1) Tide Graph 256(1) Deviation Planning Sheet 257(1) Deviation Plotting Sheet 258(1) Deviation Table 259(1) Speed Curve Worksheet 260(1) Trip Log 261(2) Appendix Eight Coast Guard Districts and Addresses of District Commanders 263(4) Glossary 267(6) Index 273