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Introduction | |
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Nautical Charts | |
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The Mercator Projection | |
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The Nautical Chart | |
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Basic Chart Information | |
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The North American Datum of 1983 | |
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Symbols for Aids to Navigation | |
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Other Charted Features | |
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Metrification of Nautical Charts | |
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Multibeam Survey Maps | |
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Reader Study Note | |
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Reader Progress Note | |
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Review Questions and Answers | |
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Navigational Reference Publications and Almanacs | |
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Nautical Chart Catalogs | |
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Dates of Latest Editions | |
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Chart No. 1 | |
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Light List | |
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United States Coast Pilot | |
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Notice to Mariners | |
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Tide Tables | |
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Tidal Current Tables | |
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Tidal Current Charts | |
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Tidal Current Diagrams | |
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Rules of the Road | |
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Reader Study Note | |
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Reader Progress Note | |
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Review Questions and Answers | |
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The IALA-B Aids to Navigation System | |
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Port Side Marks or Lateral Marks | |
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Starboard Side Marks or Lateral Marks | |
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Safe Water Marks | |
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Preferred Channel Marks | |
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Special Marks | |
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Intracoastal Waterway Aids to Navigation System | |
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The Uniform State Waterway Marking System | |
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Reporting Defects and Discrepancies to Aids to Navigation | |
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Reader Study Note | |
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Reader Progress Note | |
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Review Questions and Answers | |
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How to Use the Basic Navigational Instruments | |
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The Magnetic Compass | |
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Dividers | |
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Pencils | |
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Paraglide Plotters | |
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Parallel Rules | |
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A Stopwatch | |
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Reader Study Note | |
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Reader Progress Note | |
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Review Questions and Answers | |
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Measuring and Plotting Latitude and Longitude | |
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Latitude | |
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Longitude | |
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Technique for Measuring Latitude on a Nautical Chart | |
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Technique for Measuring Longitude on a Nautical Chart | |
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Writing and Expressing Latitude and Longitude | |
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The Safety Aspect of Knowing Latitude and Longitude | |
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Practice Problems and Answers | |
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Reader Study Note | |
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Reader Progress Note | |
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Review Questions and Answers | |
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How to Plot a True Course on a Nautical Chart | |
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Selecting a Proper Course Line | |
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How to Measure a Course Line Angle with a Paraglide Plotter | |
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How to Measure a Course Line Angle with Parallel Rules | |
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How to Walk Parallel Rules on a Chart | |
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Labeling Your Course on a Nautical Chart | |
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Practice Problems and Answers | |
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Reader Study Note | |
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Reader Progress Note | |
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Review Questions and Answers | |
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How to Measure Distance on a Nautical Chart | |
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Dividers: Your Measuring Tool | |
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Technique for Measuring a Short Distance on a Nautical Chart | |
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Technique for Measuring a Long Distance on a Nautical Chart | |
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Labeling Distance on a Nautical Chart | |
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Practice Problems and Answers | |
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Reader Study Note | |
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Reader Progress Note | |
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Review Questions and Answers | |
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Military Time | |
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How to Add Time | |
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Practice Problems and Answers | |
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How to Subtract Time | |
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Practice Problems and Answers | |
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Reader Study Note | |
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Reader Progress Note | |
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Calculating Your Dead Reckoning Position | |
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The Piloting Worksheet | |
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Terminology | |
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The Dead Reckoning Formula: 60D = ST | |
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How to Calculate Distance | |
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Practice Problems and Answers | |
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How to Calculate Speed | |
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Practice Problems and Answers | |
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How to Calculate Time | |
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Practice Problems and Answers | |
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Labeling Your DR Position | |
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When You Should Plot Your DR Position | |
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Practice Problems and Answers | |
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Reader Study Note | |
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Reader Progress Note | |
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Converting True Courses to Compass Courses | |
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Variation | |
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Deviation | |
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The Course Conversion Formula | |
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Course Conversion Techniques | |
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Practice Problems and Answers | |
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Reader Study Note | |
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Reader Progress Note | |
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Review Questions and Answers | |
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Taking and Plotting Bearings | |
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Terminology | |
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Taking Bearings | |
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Labeling Bearing LOPs | |
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Relative Bearings | |
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Doubling the Angle on the Bow | |
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Practice Problems and Answers | |
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Reader Study Note | |
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Reader Progress Note | |
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Review Questions and Answers | |
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Dead Reckoning | |
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Piloting Exercise: A Typical Day Cruise | |
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Electronic Navigation Systems | |
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LORAN-C | |
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Global Positioning System | |
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Screens and Readouts of Electronic Navigation Equipment | |
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How to Use Electronic Navigational Systems | |
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The Height of the Tide at Any Time | |
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Terminology | |
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The Tide Tables | |
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Tide Graph: "One-Quarter/One-Tenth Rule" | |
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Practice Problems and Answers | |
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The Rule of Twelves | |
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Practice Problems and Answers | |
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Height Available under a Bridge | |
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Summary | |
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Compensating Your Course for Current and Other Elements | |
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Correcting Your Course for Current | |
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Where Do You Find Information about Tides and Currents? | |
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The Effects of Current | |
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The Before and After Current Problem | |
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Using Tables to Correct for Current | |
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Correcting Predicted Speed for Weight Change | |
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Correcting Predicted Speed for Depth of Water | |
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Correcting Predicted Speed for Wind | |
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Estimating the Set and Drift of a Current from Buoys | |
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Summary | |
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How to Check the Installation Accuracy of Your Compass and Install an Aiming Post | |
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How to Check Your Compass for Built-in Error | |
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How to Develop Data for a Deviation Table Using Multiple Ranges and Your Boat's Compass | |
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How to Develop Data for a Deviation Table Using One Range and a Pelorus | |
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How to Plot Deviation on a Deviation Plotting Sheet | |
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How to Plot Magnetic Heading Deviations | |
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How to Plot Compass Heading Deviations | |
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How to Develop a Speed Curve | |
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Equipment You Will Need | |
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How the Data Collection Process Works | |
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Use of a Speed Curve or RPM Table | |
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Navigation Forms | |
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Piloting Practice Chart | |
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Piloting Worksheet | |
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Tide Graph | |
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Deviation Planning Sheet | |
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Deviation Plotting Sheet | |
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Deviation Table | |
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Speed Curve Worksheet | |
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Trip Log | |
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Coast Guard Districts and Addresses of District Commanders | |
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Glossary | |
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Index | |