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Modern Navigation Tools and Electronic Charts
Explore GPS, chartplotters, and AIS, and understand their limitations and integration with…
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Seamanship
Reading Weather for Safe Sailing
Identify cloud formations, wind shifts, and barometric trends to anticipate storms and…
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Naval History
The Golden Age of Sail and Trade Routes
Examine how clippers and East Indiamen revolutionized global commerce, and the navigational…
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Knots
Seamanship
Essential Knots for Sailors
Learn the bowline, cleat hitch, clove hitch, and reef knot, with step-by-step…
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Navigation
Coastal Navigation with Paper Charts
Discover how to use paper charts, parallel rules, and dividers for dead…
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Rig Types
Seamanship
A Guide to Common Sailboat Rig Types
Compare sloop, cutter, ketch, and yawl rigs, and learn how sail plan…
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