L E S S O N   T O P I C S

SECTION I:  MARINE NAVIGATION

Lesson 1:    Introduction / Piloting Team & Terrestrial Coordinate System

Lesson 2:    Chart Projections and Numbering

Lesson 3:    _{Navigational Publications and Chart Reading}

Lesson 4:    Visual Navigation Aids

Lesson 5:    Navigation Instruments

Lesson 6:    Lines of Position (LOPs) / Fixes

Lesson 7:    Dead Reckoning

Lesson 8:    Running Fixes

Lesson 9:    Magnetic Compass / Gyrocompass:  Theory and Error

Lesson 10A: Tides

Lesson 10B: Ocean Currents

Lesson 10C: Current Sailing

Lesson 10D: Voyage Planning and Time

Lesson 11:  Precise Piloting and Anchoring

Lesson 12: Practical Piloting Exercise

SECTION II: Introduction to Electronic Navigation

Lesson 13A:  Celestial Theory

Lesson 13B:  Navigational Triangle

Lesson 13C:  Altitude Intercept Method

Lesson 14:   Electronic Navigation (GPS Bath)

Lesson 15: Electronic Charts and ECDIS-N

Lesson 16:  Radar Navigation

Lesson 17:  Weather

Lesson 18: USS Gonzales (DDG 66) Grounding Case Study and Powerpoint

SECTION III:  Laws of Vessel Operations/Rules of the Road

Lesson 19-21:  Rules of the Road

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