Overall Course Objectives
On Completion of the course, students should satisfactory understand the basic principles of Navigation, familiar with the nautical charts and it’s symbols and capable of plotting co-ordinates, courses, bearings and distance (POSITION) on the charts.
Knowledge and Understanding
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
• Realize the importance of NAVIGATION, Understand its terminologies and their usage.
• Understand and determinate the meanings of earth''s directions and earth''s coordinates (latitude and longitude).
• Describe the types of compasses and understand their uses.
• Classify types of chart projections.
• Define position lines and understand the methods to determine ship’s position.
Course content
• Introduction to Navigation and the earth''s true shape.
• Navigation Definitions
• Units of measurement
• Practices on the d.lat and d.long calculations.
• Marine Compasses and Directions on the earth’s surface
• Marine Compasses and Directions on the earth’s surface
• Applications on Marine compasses error and relative bearings.
• Chart Projection (Mercator Charts)
• Nautical paper charts & chart 5011 (Symbols and Abbreviations)
• Plotting and measuring Co-ordinates on the chart
• Plotting and measuring Courses and Distance on the chart
• Applications on plotting on the charts
• Position lines – straight, relative, circular
• Applications on straight and relative position lines
• Applications on circular position lines
• Methods of fixing
• Applications on Method of fixing
