Marine Navigation for Seafarers
Principles and Practicles of Navigation
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Principles and Practicles of Navigation
Navigation is a safe way of maneuvering vessels (E.g. ships, boats, tugs, fishing vessels or any water craft) from one place to another on the water. This course explains about navigation on the water.
Navigation is an Art and a Science of conducting a ship from one place to another. Navigators must refer to various nautical publications and operate different types navigational equipment carried onboard a vessel for this purpose.
Every navigator must have thorough knowledge about the ROR (Rules of the road - The International Regulations for the Prevention of Collision at Sea, 1972). He or she should remember these rules by heart and should know how to apply the rules when a vessels are in sight of one another during a head on situation, crossing situation, overtaking situation, towing situation, not under command situation, passing seperation zones, passing narrow channels and at anchor. These rules must be used by each and every navigator effectively for safe navigation at sea.
Entered into force 15th July 1977.
Course is devided into various Lectures. They are
Definition of Navigation,
Rules of the road (ROR),
Latitude , Longitude, Distance at sea and on land,
Distance at sea from one port to another, calculate ETA
British Admiralty Metric Charts
Marine Navigation Technique
Course and Distance calculation between two way points (Mercator Sailing)
Course and Distance calculation between two way points (Great Circle Sailing)
Methods of Navigation (Position fixing, Celestial Navigation, Coastal Navigation and GPS Navigation))
Methods of Navigation (Gyro Compass and Magnetic Compass)
Methods of Navigation (Compasses Error)
Methods of Navigation (True course to compass course conversion)
Radar (Introduction)
Fixing vessels position using Radar
Pilotage and Navigation
REQUIRED BOARDING ARRANGEMENTS FOR PILOT
IALA buoyage system Region A and B
