Celestial navigation for deck officers and for yachtmasters ocean: A south african maritime safety authority. Part 1 - Navigation

Yachtmaster Ocean Services, 1999, 135 pages Approved course The syllabuses for the Royal Yachting Association, Australian Yachting Federation, and SA Sailing/the Cruising Association of South Africa Yachtmaster Ocean' shorebased courses (there is no official practical Yachtmaster Ocean course) are almost identical. The syllabus, with recommended minimum time (in hours) to be spent on each aspect, and the detail of each, is contained in the RYA YACHTSMAN'S LOGBOOK, and is copied by the Australian and South African Associations. These course notes may be used as a teach yourself book, or with the course delivered by your course presenter. They are, nevertheless, complete notes and no extra reading is necessary. The sextant The noon or meridian passage sight The logic of non-meridian passage sights The almanac for sun's gha and dec Sight reduction tables 'Concise' tables (almanac) The spherical or pzx triangle The "sine/cosine" method Plotting lines of position: position fixing The moon, planets and stars The moon Planets Stars Planning star sights Precession and nutation Polaris, the pole star Great circle sailing Compass checking Appendix: use of marine sight reduction tables Meteorology Appendix: synoptic chart; northern North atlantic ocean Appendix: synoptic chart; southern South atlantic and indian oceans Synoptic chart of my area Weather bulletin schedule Fog prediction Berg winds Passage planning and passage making 241 appendix a: suggested victualling record layout Appendix: duty roster example Satellite navigation systems General Solutions to examples in part 1 extracts from the nautical almanac Date pages Polaris tables Concise sight reduction tables 'Yellow pages"; arc to time conversion table increments Altitude correction tables, moon