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Pt. Judith, Rhode Island

 
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“BASIC COASTAL NAVIGATION”

 

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Course overview; names and definitions of various types of navigation; steps of voyage planning and underway navigation; earth's coordinate system and its use to specify location; how direction can be measured on the surface; conversion of direction (true, magnetic, compass and relative) to another.

 

 

 

                      Basic Coastal Navigation Page Updated on 03/21/2009

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