How to Navigate with a Traditional Nautical Chart

Name: How to Navigate with a Traditional Nautical Chart
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Using Nautical Tools and Charts to Find Your Way at Sea

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Created byChristopher D. Nolan

Last updated 6/2021

English

What you'll learn

How to navigate with a traditional nautical chart and tools

Course content

5 sections • 10 lectures • 1h 45m total length

Welcome to the Course!0:53
This is a short welcome video to the course.

Plotting Position with Latitude and Longitude24:40
This video shows you how to plot GPS coordinates of latitude and longitude on a nautical chart.
Plotting Position with Radar Ranges4:34
This video shows you how to plot your position on a nautical chart using bearings and radar ranges to an object.
Plotting Position with Visual Bearings7:22
Broadening Your Understanding with Compasses and Magnetism17:15
This is a more academic lecture describing how compasses and magnetism can affect your use of a nautical chart. Consider this lecture optional for anyone interested in that topic.

Requirements

There are no prerequisites!

Description

In this course, you will learn the basics of how nautical charts are made to represent a portion of the Earth's surface, as well as how to use nautical tools to help you navigate on a chart. You'll learn how to plot your position with latitude and longitude, or with bearings and radar ranges to objects. Finally, you'll begin to understand compasses and magnetism and how they can affect your journey at sea.

Who this course is for:

Boaters
Sailors
Junior professional mariners

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Course and Instructor Introduction1 lecture • 1min

What is a Nautical Chart?1 lecture • 11min

Using Nautical Tools3 lectures • 39min

Navigating on a Nautical Chart4 lectures • 54min

End of the Course1 lecture • 1min

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