Lesson 1 OVERVIEW AND CHART HANDLING
Types of charts, cost, media, installation, organization
GPS features and functions related to e-nav
Chart viewing (selection, scrolling, zooming, panning, quilting, etc)
Waypoints and routes (selection, organization, storage)
Lesson 2 TIDES, CURRENTS, AND A FEW BASICS
Use of electronic tides and currents
optimizing routes in wind and current
Sorting out true vs magnetic and rhumbline vs great-circle outputsyou may not have thought this was a problem!
Monitoring position underway More on waypoint selection
Lesson 3 DERIVED FUNCTIONS
Distinctions and uses of SOG, SOA, SMG, and VMG
The supreme value of COG this is why we need GPS
How to monitor COG most efficiently
Role of XTE (cross track error) Measuring current set and drift Slick, quik ways to plot GPS position on a paper chart
Lesson 4 PILOTING AND DR
Range and bearing measurements GPS tricks that save much time
Getting in and out of dangerous passages and harbors
Setting up danger circles on the e-chart
Interpreting the track line More on waypoint selection
Lesson 5 MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS
Storing and exporting routes and tracks
Setting up tacking angles and laylines (for sailors)
Protecting your equipment underway
Incorporating radar and sounder into your routine e-nav More on waypoint selection
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