keb
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Is there a website tool to input a starting point, bearing and speed to approx distance traveled in a given time?
I'm having a "moment" this morning ... so 6.5 knots x 24 hours = 156nm? And in a bit of a rush.
Yes. If you averaged 6.5 knots over a 24 hr period, you will have covered 156nm.
Is there a website tool to input a starting point, bearing and speed to approx distance traveled in a given time?
The Navionics app will do this with its route planner on an iPad or iPhone. It will even give you fuel burn if you enter all the vessels details.
If you can't do basic time-speed-distance calculations, with or without a calculator, you probably shouldn't go out of the harbor.
For god sake don't tell that to a Polynesian fisherman
If you can't do basic time-speed-distance calculations, with or without a calculator, you probably shouldn't go out of the harbor.
If you can't do basic time-speed-distance calculations, with or without a calculator, you probably shouldn't go out of the harbor.
Take a course through the Coast Guard Auxiliary.
Great suggestion for those with the time. However there must be some basic resources out there. Most folks here are smart enough to figure things from reading. Although my son's generation can only seem to learn by watching a YouTube video.
Great suggestion for those with the time. However there must be some basic resources out there. Most folks here are smart enough to figure things from reading. Although my son's generation can only seem to learn by watching a YouTube video.
Digging through Amazon's offerings I found two books that should give a good intro to the fundamentals of traditional coastal navigation as well as electronic navigation.Can anyone offer up a good, basic resource for the beginner on how to plot course, bearing, distance with a navigation chart?
Digging through Amazon's offerings I found two books that should give a good intro to the fundamentals of traditional coastal navigation as well as electronic navigation.
Boat Navigation for the Rest of Us: Finding Your Way By Eye and Electronics 2nd Edition and Coastal Navigation Using GPS: For Sail and Power
If you want to dig deeper into learning navigation consider Boater's Bowditch: The Small Craft American Practical Navigator
I find it comforting to have the fundamental skills to navigate with paper charts and minimal tools. It's come in handy occasionally when the fancy gizmos take an unscheduled break. I also think that having a working knowledge of the basics helps me get more out of the electronics.
Hard to imagine there isn't someone around the marina that can't help with the basics...especially a licensed captain should be able to handle showing the very basics.
I would certainly do it over a couple cool ones and a burger on the grill....