Learn practical, easy-to-use techniques for navigating the sea safely and confidently. Instructor Ray Killen explains plotting your course for a safe and smooth sea adventure. He teaches you dozens of essential navigation procedures specially adapted to the needs of sea kayakers. Emphasizing the importance of pre-trip planning, Killen shows you how to plot your course and how to make adjustments to it when unexpected situations arise. You'll also get advice on navigating in fog and wind, compensating for currents, avoiding collisions, and taking bearings.
You'll also learn how to: Use GPS to plan routes and determine heading, speed, and position. Make sense of nautical charts and maps. Interpret buoys, lights, and other aids to navigation. Make the best use of both deck-mounted and hand-held compasses. Use tides and currents to your advantage.
Author Biography: Ray Killen is an American Canoe Association-Certified Coastal Kayak Instructor/Trainer/Educator and the former chair of its Coastal Kayaking Committee. Killen also cowrote many of the organization's coastal kayak courses. A former British Canoe Union level three coach, he holds a four-star rating and was given the BCU's Canoe Safety Award. Format: BC 128 pages. Pub Date: 2006-04-10. Copyright: 2006
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