Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Chart and Publication Secrets; A Navigator's Most Trusted Companion; Chart Tints and Coloring; Flat Beach, High Cliffs, or Soaring Peaks?; How to Interpret Water Depths and Seabed Characteristics; Height Measurements for Safe Passage; Symbols That Shout "Danger!" and "Beware!"; Solve the Mystery of Aid-to-Navigation Symbols; Ranges Lead You to Safety; The Five Secrets for Visualizing Any Aid to Navigation; Chart Notes: Nuggets of Hidden Gold; Are Your Charts Up-to-Date?; Free Code-Breaker for 36,000 Mariners' Friends.
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3 Easy Calculations and AdjustmentsLightning Fast Arrival Time Estimates; How to Make a Speed Graph in Three Easy Steps; Navigation Solutions in Less than 5 Seconds; Harness the Power of the 3-Minute Rule; How to Select and Calibrate a New Compass; How to Choose and Adjust Marine Binoculars; How to Adjust a Sextant in Three Steps; How to Adjust Your Radar for the Best Picture; 4 Piloting Tips and Techniques; DR Plotting and the Boat-Trackline Connection; How to Become Piloting Sequence Savvy; How to Determine When You Will Make Landfall; Secrets of the Most Accurate LOP on Earth.
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A Simple Solution to Running-Fix ConfusionLongshore Piloting When Landfall Is in Doubt; How to Avoid Hazards with Danger Bearings; How to Clear Hazards without Plotting on a Chart; Depth Contour Secrets; Magic Boat Markers for Distance Off; Make a GPS Grid Highway to Avoid Dangers; How to Plot a GPS Position in Less than 5 Seconds; Sail a Tacking Cone to a Windward Destination; ICW Secrets: Channel Jogs and Marker Silhouettes; 5 Tides, Currents, and Leeway; How to Predict Tides Anywhere in the World; The Secret to Understanding Tidal Currents; Tap the Magic of the 50-90-100 Rule.
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Free Cruising Guides to Take You Anywhere2 Chart Plotting and Preparation; Skipper's Navigation Tools; Quick-and-Easy Review of Latitude and Longitude; How to Choose the Chart Scale You Need; Box-Plot Your Position; How to Convert Minutes, Seconds, or Degrees to Miles; True versus Magnetic Directions and Two Ways to Find Variation; Check Your Steering Compass in Three Easy Steps; Bulletproof Your Charts for Longer Life; Paper Chartlets for Cockpit Ease; Complete 90% of Your Navigation by Annotation; Save Time with Custom Distance Scales; Invaluable Copilot: The Navigator's Log.
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Slack Intervals: Nature's Gift to MarinersHow to Measure the Effect of Current in Three Easy Steps; How to Cross the Gulf Stream or Any Other Ocean Current; How to Correct for Leeway Wind Drift; 6 Bridges, Night Passages, and Other Tricky Navigation Situations; Cracking the Mystery of Bridge Lighting; Use the Secret of "Triple Timing" to Verify a Lighted ATON; How to Use S.T.O.P. for Easy Orientation; Range Sector Strategy Secrets; Red Sectors Give Instant Danger Bearings; 7 Avoiding Collision by Eye or Radar; Bearing Drift: A First Sign that Danger Exists.