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Instructions for Students Meet Your Instructors Student Notice Board Course Evaluation Questionnaire     1. Getting Started   Introduction to Coastal Navigation; Latitude, Longitude and Nautical Miles; The Nautical Chart; Publications; The Navigator's Toolbox; Passage and Piloting Plans; Test Yourself; Answers   2. Navigational Aids and Chart Symbols   The Canadian Aids to Navigation System; Chart Symbols; Test Yourself; Answers.   3. The Navigator's Compass   Compass Basics; Magnetic North and Variation; Test Yourself; Answers.

4. Correcting the Compass   Deviation; The Deviation Table; TVMDC; Practice Deviation Table; Test Yourself; Answers   5. Plotting Basics   Plotting a Course; Distance, Speed and Time; Dead Reckoning and Fixes; Waypoints and GPS; The Log Book; Test Yourself; Answers; Step by Step - Dead Reckoning; Plot it! with Answers.   6. Getting Your Bearings   Bearings; The Line of Position; Two- and Three-Bearing Fixes; The Transit Range; Clearing Bearings; Step-by-Step - The Two-Bearing Fix; Plot it! with Answers

7. Practice Cruise   Plot a cruise on Chart 9997   8. Tidal Waters   Tidal Height and Current; Tide Tables; Secondary Tidal Ports; Current Tables; Secondary Current Stations; "Tidal Diamonds"; Practice Tide and Current Tables; Test Yourself; Answers   Information on receiving proof of completing this course     Basic Coastal Navigation: EXTENDED   This is important bonus material beyond the curriculum of the Basic Coastal Navigation Standard. If you're planning on cruising where there's current, these lessons will help you to get safely to your destination! Estimated Positions, Coping with Current and Leeway   Plotting Estimated Positions; Current; Finding Set and Drift; Plotting a Course to Steer; Leeway; Step by Step - Finding Set and Drift; Step by Step - Plotting a Course to Steer; Plot It! with Answers

Appendix   Glossary of Nautical and Navigational Terms Abbreviations and Conventions Sail Canada Uniform Navigation Symbols and Terms 13 Top Mistakes Students make when writing the Basic Coastal Navigation Exam Bibliography and Suggested Reading