What you'll learn:
- Learn the navigational theory and best practices to safely navigate a sailing vessel in coastal or inland waters
- Safely plan and chart day-sail and multi-day courses, with consideration for winds, weather, tides, currents and other factors
- Gain new navigational skills, including quick and accurate dead reckoning plots, chart appreciation and value, use of navigation instruments, the US Aids to Navigation (ATON) system, Light lists, variation and deviation, transits and more
- Gain the knowledge and preparation to ACE your 105 sailing exam.
- Demonstrate best practices and proper conventions to plot dead reckoning positions quickly and accurately
This is a comprehensivesailing course in coastal navigation, It is also a prep course for ASA 105 Coastal Navigation and a prerequisite for 106, It ispacked with navigation learning and helpful for mastering seamanship. Itis divided into 9 chapters – several with practice navigation practice problems and solutions, plus 7 appendices of supplemental content. Additionally it is salted with the author's hard-won tips and insights on how to remain safe and smart under sail...