Celestial Navigation For Deck Officers And For Yachtmasters Ocean: A South African Maritime Safety Authority. Part 1 - Navigation

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Yachtmaster Ocean Services, 1999, 135 pagesApproved courseThe syllabuses for the Royal Yachting Association, Australian Yachting Federation, and SA Sailing/the Cruising Association of South Africa Yachtmaster Ocean' shorebased courses (there is no official practical Yachtmaster Ocean course) are almost identical. The syllabus, with recommended minimum time (in hours) to be spent on each aspect, and the detail of each, is contained in the RYA YACHTSMAN'S LOGBOOK, and is copied by the Australian and South African Associations.These course notes may be used as a teach yourself book, or with the course delivered by your course presenter. They are, nevertheless, complete notes and no extra reading is necessary.The sextantThe noon or meridian passage sightThe logic of non-meridian passage sightsThe almanac for sun's gha and decSight reduction tables'Concise' tables (almanac) The spherical or pzx triangleThe "sine/cosine" method Plotting lines of position: position fixing The moon, planets and starsThe moonPlanetsStarsPlanning star sightsPrecession and nutationPolaris, the pole starGreat circle sailing Compass checking Appendix: use of marine sight reduction tablesMeteorologyAppendix: synoptic chart; northernNorth atlantic oceanAppendix: synoptic chart; southernSouth atlantic and indian oceansSynoptic chart of my area Weather bulletin schedule Fog prediction Berg winds Passage planning and passage making 241 appendix a: suggested victualling record layout Appendix: duty roster exampleSatellite navigation systems GeneralSolutions to examples in part 1 extracts from the nautical almanacDate pagesPolaris tablesConcise sight reduction tables'Yellow pages"; arc to time conversion table incrementsAltitude correction tables, moon

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