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The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Boating and Sailing, Second Edition
Buoy, Oh Buoy ....................................................................................164
Navigation by Degree ..........................................................................164
Longitude Lines Are Long-Ways ........................................................165
The International Date Line ................................................................166
Avoiding Platitudes About Latitudes ..................................................166
“X” Marks the Spot ..............................................................................166
A Fading Acronym—LORAN ............................................................166
The Compass Rose ..............................................................................167
Variables of Variation ..........................................................................168
What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You: Bottom Conditions ..............168
Scale Models ........................................................................................169
Measuring Chart Distances ..................................................................170
Digital Navigation ................................................................................170
12 Rules of the Marine Road 171
Where the Buoys Are—Aids to Navigation ........................................172
Shaping a Course ..................................................................................173
Sound Decisions ..................................................................................174
Heading Out to Sea ..............................................................................174
Special Situations ..................................................................................175
Inland Buoyage ......................................................................................175
Other Navigational Aids ......................................................................175
Pleased to Meet You—Meeting Situations ..........................................176
Making a Pass ........................................................................................178
Who Has the Right of Way? ................................................................178
Other Situations—Sailboats and Ships ................................................178
Other Ship Cautions ............................................................................179
Night Moves—Signals After Sundown ..............................................180
13 Tools and Tricks of Navigation 183
The Unfailing Compass ......................................................................184
Variable Variation ................................................................................185
Devious Deviation ................................................................................186
“Can Dead Men Vote Twice?” ............................................................186
Electronic Navigation ..........................................................................187
LORAN Waves Good-Bye ..................................................................187
GPS—The Ultimate Navigator ..........................................................188
Do-It-All Chart Plotters ......................................................................189
Navigating in Depth—Depth Finders ................................................191
In Living Color......................................................................................192
A Handy Extra—Radio Direction Finders ..........................................192
Radar Shows It All ................................................................................192