Hosted by World renowned expert John Rousmaniere and produced in cooperation with the U.S. Coast guard. Learn Navigation Rules Plotting Bearings Chart & Compass Radar & GPS & much more! This program teaches the step-by-step techniques for navigating with both classic dead reckoning piloting and electronic navigation instruments. Clear demonstrations are shown on the water and the simulator in a Coast Guard certified navigation school. Detailed close-ups graphics and imaginative presentations of how objects appear on the chart radar scope and water are shown in both good and bad visibility. Subjects Covered Include: The chart and compass. GPS satellite navigation. Radar for navigating & avoiding collisions. The navigation rules. Taking & plotting bearings. Allowing for tidal current. Navigating in fog & at night. Tips & tricks for making quick decisions.
John Rousmaniere sailing aboard a Hinckley Sou'wester sloop in the Caribbean shows the techniques and equipment for mastering very tough sailing conditions. This volume includes boat and crew preparation how to avoid falling overboard trimming and shortening sails in fresh strong and gale winds storm tactics including heaving to and drogue deployment. Plus exciting footage from the 1981-82 Whitbread Round-The-World Race.
John Rousmaniere with a look at the art of sailboat navigation.
John Rousmaniere continues his series on seamanship by looking at safety at sea. This volume studies boat and crew preparation staying on board going aloft in a bosun's chair realistic man-overboard equipment demonstrations heaving to the use of flares government regulations and the inflation of a life raft.
In the course of a coastal passage with two friends John Rousmaniere demonstrates navigation sailing and seamanship skills in a clear easy-to-follow way. This volume features basic navigation sail-handling and sail trim anchoring and docking steering and boat-handling safety at sea what to wear moving around on deck knots and rope work and much more.
A tuition programme for the novice and intermediate sailor of small keel boats.
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