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TimeZero Navigator. Admiralty Vector Chart Service. Admiralty Raster Chart Service. Hazmat Training. Marine Surveying. Compass Adjustment. The Mariner's Blog. Maritime Resource Directory. Notices to Mariners. Instructional Videos. My shopping cart. The decision is yours! It concerns a young Englishman who ships aboard an American whaler as able seaman in the s. During the course of the voyage, he rises to the rank of 4th officer in the ship.
It is a very descriptive narrative of the dangerous job of whale hunting from open boats propelled by sail and oar. I have no particular interest in whaling, but having read the first page online, I was immediately hooked on it and read it through with great enjoyment. Joined May 23, Messages Points Hi Bob, Thanks for the reminder about these free ebooks. There are a several titles that I ended up getting print versions of which are much easier to have in pdf form.
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There is also a glossary explaining the terminology used throughout the text of the publication. The passage plan shall be prepared for all vessels and it shall cover the complete voyage starting from the berth of departure and up to the berth of the arrival. The content of the plans shall also be following the navigational practices and standards established within the SMS, i.
The vessels of particular company will most probably use the same format when preparing their passage plans, though the variations commonly cause by the types of cargo and of the vessel, as their as of the commercial agreements are also possible.
The passage plan that has been used within this publication is not compliant with the instructions of any specific shipping company and has been presented to serve as an example of preparation. The passage plans usually differ with their layouts.
Generally, the documents specific to the particular shipping company are used when preparing the voyage plans. The authors of this work have used the general layout for the plan, balancing on the information on the charts with the other documents relating to the passage plan. Do not forget to use all documents related to the passage plans together with the navigational charts The content of this navigation textbook is primarily aimed at modern navigators working under significantly increased workload which demands very clear working methods as well as concise but comprehensive instructions.
Note that the working methods that have been selected for inclusion in this volume are quite easy to understand for both students of maritime colleges and schools and for people working onboard vessels. The text of the book is supplemented with numerous worked examples and informative plots, and there are also many exercises to allow navigators gain some fundamental and advanced marine navigation skills.
The publication covers regulatory requirements and provides instructions on proper passage planning, ocean routeing and sailing, bridge procedures to be implemented and followed, celestial and radar navigation, extreme weather issues, e-navigation, tidal streams, marine communications including GMDSS, AIS and reporting systems, SAR activities and many other important aspects. There is also a brief glossary of terminology used throughout the volume.
As noted above, the book is highly recommended to the future navigators as well as for the professionals willing to improve their marine navigation skills. This volume by A. Saunders was released to serve as a valuable reference tool for the students of navigation. It will be equally useful for the professional experienced mariners and the novices. The publication will provide both categories of readers with the detailed and understandable explanations supplemented with the hundreds of informative illustrations and nautical charts to make sure that the learners have duly grasped the essentials of marine navigation.
The text part of the volume presents all required info so the readers will find all they need in the pages of a single title.
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