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Well had an interesting evening at college doing DR, TS's, and calculating EP's. We have been calculating positions using the tidal streams, wind and leeway, I guess it is keep awake or get left behind /forums/images/icons/wink.gif. I have certainly found a good use for my Portland Course Plotter and sharp pencils /forums/images/icons/wink.gif All serious stuff I must say, no jokes, but the time flies.
I have found it very interesting but have been studying books including Coastal Navigation by Gerry Smith, Inshore Navigation by Tom Cunliffe, Yachtmaster advanced navigation theory, safety and seamanship by the RYA (part of the learning pack) and A seaman's guide to the rules of the road. I also read the practical course notes for Sea survival (just out of interest), revised on the practical course notes from my powerboat training, and read the fourth edition of Tom Cuncliffe's The complete Yachtmaster. I think these as well as other books including Dayskipper have given me a little knowledge that has helped me survive so far. They certainly throw you in at the deep end with exercise after exercise, but then again they warn you that you should be ready for that. Reading the charts so much does make you get used to them and notice so much information, and make you aware of what you perhaps before took for granted. I will certainly be alert to this whilst I do my weekend practical homework out on the coast. I am looking forward to the high speed navigation techniques, the GPS electronic navigation lessons and the sextant training (for use on steel boats). Anyway I think it is great stuff, I just hope I last the course.
<hr width=100% size=1><font color=purple> "You only see what you recognise, and you only recognise what you know" <font color=purple>
I have found it very interesting but have been studying books including Coastal Navigation by Gerry Smith, Inshore Navigation by Tom Cunliffe, Yachtmaster advanced navigation theory, safety and seamanship by the RYA (part of the learning pack) and A seaman's guide to the rules of the road. I also read the practical course notes for Sea survival (just out of interest), revised on the practical course notes from my powerboat training, and read the fourth edition of Tom Cuncliffe's The complete Yachtmaster. I think these as well as other books including Dayskipper have given me a little knowledge that has helped me survive so far. They certainly throw you in at the deep end with exercise after exercise, but then again they warn you that you should be ready for that. Reading the charts so much does make you get used to them and notice so much information, and make you aware of what you perhaps before took for granted. I will certainly be alert to this whilst I do my weekend practical homework out on the coast. I am looking forward to the high speed navigation techniques, the GPS electronic navigation lessons and the sextant training (for use on steel boats). Anyway I think it is great stuff, I just hope I last the course.
<hr width=100% size=1><font color=purple> "You only see what you recognise, and you only recognise what you know" <font color=purple>
