School of hard knocks
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A boater can use a radar's cursor on a down-current buoy to tell whether the boat is in danger from cross-currents in a channel. Techniques for checking position without a chart and safely negotiating an unknown channel are described.
Publication Name: Boating
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0006-5374
Year: 1993
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Blind ambition: neither you nor your electronics can see. Now what?
Article Abstract:
Boat pilots can navigate through areas they often pass through even without electronic navigation systems and poor visibility. They use their watches to calculate turns needed to navigate across such areas.
Publication Name: Boating
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0006-5374
Year: 1995
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