At the end of the course, students should be able to:• understand the effect of wind and current on ship’s position.• distinguish between course to steer and heading, course line. Leeway track and course made good.make different responses to different situations during sailing with regards to wind and current effect• deal correctly with the different situations during approaches and navigating in confined waters.make use of the Gained chart work practice to handle various cases related to wind effect, current effect and combined effects on ship’s position and tracks.• differentiate between , plot and extract various types of ship position (E.P / Sea position / Fix)
• Practices on dead Reckoning, Methods of fixing• Wind effect and Sea Position (S.P)• Practices on wind effect and sea position (S.P)• Counteracting wind effect• Practices on counteracting wind effect• Current effect and Estimated Position (E.P)• Practices on current effect and estimated position (E.P)• Revision & Assessment• Counteracting current effect• Practices on counteracting current effect• Wind and current combined effect on ship's position• Applications on wind and current combined effect on ship's position• Running fix• Applications on running fix cases• Actual current• Practices on actual current• Revision & Final Assessment
