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Illustrated Navigation Ivar Dedekam

Illustrated Navigation By Ivar Dedekam

Illustrated Navigation by Ivar Dedekam


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Summary

This beautifully illustrated manual teaches you to navigate in the traditional way - using compass, log and plotter; by means of electronic aids - like GPS, radar and chartplotter; and some basic celestial navigation - using the sun and stars to obtain your position using sextant, almanacs, tables and a watch.

Illustrated Navigation Summary

Illustrated Navigation by Ivar Dedekam

This beautifully illustrated manual teaches you to navigate in the traditional way - using compass, log and plotter; by means of electronic aids - like GPS, radar and chartplotter; and some basic celestial navigation - using the sun and stars to obtain your position using sextant, almanacs, tables and a watch. Within the book short, concentrated pieces of text are brought to life by numerous diagrams and graphics - making this an easy and memorable read.

About Ivar Dedekam

The author has been sailing for more than 25 years and has logged 50,000 nautical miles including three Atlantic crossings.

Table of Contents

TRADITIONAL NAVIGATION. How charts are created. Latitude and longitude. Position. Using charts. Variation and deviation. The steering compass. Logs and echosounders. Plotting implements. Leeway and current. Handbearing compasses. Dead reckoning/Bearings. Miscellaneous. Night sailing. IALA buoyage system. Tide and tidal currents. Navigation lights. Summary. ELECTRONIC NAVIGATION. The GPS system. How does GPS work?. GPS receivers. Using the GPS receiver. Chart plotters. Using the chart plotter. Waypoints and routes. Display setup. Receiver setup. Radar. How the radar works. Range/Bearing discrimination. Radar operation. Adjusting the radar. Radar problems. Setting up the display. Collision avoidance. CELESTIAL NAVIGATION. The suna s geographic position. Astronomical model. Principles of celestial navigation. Hour angles. Noon sight. Measuring suna s altitude. UTC, Zone and standard time. Working a sight. Sight reduction sheet. Taking the noon sight. Plotting position lines. Finding lat. and long. directly. Corrections. Stars. Polaris (the polar star). Using a calculator. Appendix: Tables and formulae.

Additional information

GOR003638216
9781904475132
1904475132
Illustrated Navigation by Ivar Dedekam
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Fernhurst Books Limited
20040930
84
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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