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  Adventures on Boats

Navigation


Navigation is the art of getting from one place to another safely, in our case there is a lot of water between the places and they are hundreds of miles apart. Learning to navigate includes maps (called charts), compass, instruments (both mechanical and electrical), your PC or tablet and a few things I didn't mention. I don't want to scare you away.

 Articles
  • ​Introduction to Marine Navigation 
  • How to Use Vector Charts Safely
  • 8 Things to Consider While Doing Nautical Chart Plotting On Ships
  • Mean High Water and Vertical Clearance - Can I slip through the bridge right now?
  • When is High Tide?
  • When the Ocean is a River: Ocean and Tidal Current Basics
  • True & Magnetic
  • A simple guide to understanding tides when passage planning
  • Why paper charts still have a place alongside iPad and electronic navigation 
  • Measuring distance on a nautical chart
  • Celestial Navigation – Plotting Your Position
  • Tidal Streams – Theory tips

Books
  • Marine Navigation: Piloting and Celestial and Electronic Navigation 
  • How to Read a Nautical Chart

Apps
  • ​Boating Apps: An Overview

Links
  • NOAA Coast Survey - The Nation's Nautical Chartmaker
  • NOAA chart downloader
  • Open Plotter

Videos
  • The Maryland School of Sailing and Seamanship 
  • Paper and Pencil Navigation- An Essential Skill
  • Getting Started in Celestial Navigation (The Marine Sextant)
  • Introduction to OpenCPN Part 1
  • Ship's Computer, how much tech does a sailing yacht need?
  • 10 GREAT SAILING APPS
  • Revised Course To Steer - Day Skipper​
  • Electronic Marine Navigation, Part 1 of 5
  • Sailing To A New Country | Sailing Britican

Classes 
  • ​On-Line Navigation Course
  • Android App
  • Classes taught around the world​
  • School of Sailing - Learn to Sail or Improve Your Skills on-line

Also check out Boat Gear -> Electronics

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  • Home
    • About
    • The Plan - FAQ
    • Contact
  • Before Your First Boat
    • Places to Go >
      • Books
      • Videos and Movies
      • Place Videos
    • Boat Knowledge
    • - Boat Things >
      • Boating and Safety
      • Navigation
      • Weather
      • Maintenance
      • Marine Engines
      • Marine Electric Motors
      • Sailing
      • Anchoring
    • - Other Things >
      • Amateur Radio - SSB
      • Blogging
      • Captain's License
      • Diving
      • Fishing
      • Photography
      • Sewing
      • Video Blogging
    • - Sources of Information >
      • Books
      • Forums
      • On-line Magazines
      • Boating Organizations
      • Product Videos
      • Reference Sites
    • Boats >
      • Buying a Boat
      • New Boats
      • Used Boats
      • Catamarans
    • Boat Gear >
      • General
      • Chandeliers
      • Dinghies
      • Electrical
      • Electronics
      • Plumbing
      • Refrigeration
      • Rigging
      • Sails
      • Winchs
      • Water
    • Boating Skills
    • Shipmates
    • Money
    • Goals
    • Plans
  • Now That You Have Your Boat
    • You Bought a New Boat
    • Refitting
    • Outfitting
    • Provisioning
    • Fixing
    • Maintaining
    • Learning
  • Adventures in Progress
    • Boat Blogs >
      • Boat Blogs - More
      • Boats With Kids
      • Blogs - Hans Christian
      • Boat Blogs - Unsorted
    • Video Blogs
    • Podcasters
  • My Blog