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Day Skipper Theory Course


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RYA Cruising Scheme

Shorebased/Theory

Day Skipper

Coastal Skipper /Yachtmaster

Yachtmaster Ocean

Practical

Start Yachting

Competent Crew

Day Skipper

Coastal Skipper

Yachtmaster


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Day Skipper : whats involved ?

Navigation and Chartwork Regulations (IRPCS)

Safety

Meteorology

Passage planning & pilotage

Seamanship

Passage planning and Pilotage

Crew management Sailing

Manoeuvring


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Day Skipper

Having completed the theory andpractical courses, you should be ableto

safely skipper a yacht in familiarwaters, during daylight hours.


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Week 1

Some Nautical Terms

Latitude / Longitude

The Chart Position, Distance and Direction

Buoyage and Visual Aids to Navigation


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Nautical Terms and Charts


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Nautical Terms

Please ask orrefer to yourDay SipperHandbook

p4-10

TURNBUCKLE

PORT

LEECH

BAGGYWRINKLE

CLEW

HALYARD

STANCHION

DOWNHAUL

STARBOARD

GOOSENECK

MIZZEN

UPHAULBINACLE

WINCH

SHEET

STEM

TRANSOM

LUFF


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Direction

Port

Fore

Aft

BOW

WIND

Windward

LeewardSTERN

Starboard


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Latitude (position north/south)


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Latitude and Distance

1o = 60 nM

1 = 1 nM

!must be measured on latitudescale adjacent to position!


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1o = 60 M (nautical miles)

1 = 1 M

= 1.15 Statute M= 1.853 km

= 10 cables

!must be measured on latitude

scale adjacent to position!

1 cable = 0.1 M = 200yds


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Longitude (position east/west)


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Latitude and Longitude


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Types of Projection

Mercator

Gnomonic

Mollweides

Large scale andcoastal charts. Goodfor direction

Small scale, polarand planning charts

School atlas ?


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Chart Projections

Distortion greater near

the polar region

Less distortion near the equator

Longitude

Longitude

LatitudeScale

Light

Source


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Chart Information

RYA Training Chart 3


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Chart Corrections

Weekly Notices to Mariners

National Hydrographic Office Website

Chart Agent

Some magazines and club journals


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Chart Corrections

Example:

Extract from Admiralty Notice to Mariners (2000)

INDEX OF CHARTS AFFECTED

Admiralty Chart Number Notices

RYA Chart 2 6251

6251 England South Coast Channel Depth

Delete depth 6m in position 50o24.8N 04o32.2W

Replace with 5m.

RYA Chart 2: (9752/98)


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Chart Information


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Levels , Depths and Heights


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Drying Areas


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Compass Rose


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Chart Information (tidal streams)

Data for determining the movement of tidal streams(direction and speed) for this chart..more next week.


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Chart Symbols

Any ideas ?

Admiralty Chart 5011 Full listing


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Position:

4540.40 N

00548.10 W


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Plotting PositionWhat features can be found at the following positions:

45o40.7N 006o13.8W

45o38.0N 006o12.8W

45o49.3N 006o20.4W

45o44.5N 006o12.4W

Quaker SWM

Mouse Is. WCM

Tidal Diamond M

Warsash Rock (ID)

Extension exercise 2 (p8): Q5a,b,c,d


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Symbol Positions


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Give Position of:

Pt. Victoria lighthouse

Chaplin Peak

Tidal Diamond E

46 27 . 80 N006 15 . 30 W

46 24 . 80 N006 11 . 70 W

46

10 . 50N006 16 . 10W

(see chrt)


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1o = 60 M (nautical miles)

1 = 1 M

= 1.15 Statute M

= 1.853 km

= 10 cables

!must be measured on latitude

scale adjacent to position!

1 cable = 0.1 M = 200yds


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Distance

Seal Island PentireLt.

Beauty Pt LtLinards Pt Lt.

Whaler Rk Islandoff Renown Pt.

6.8 miles

3.5 miles

10.5miles


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Direction and the Plotter


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First Class Sailing


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First Class Sailing


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First Class Sailing


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Direction

Johnson Pt Lt ->Port Rampton(water tower)

Whale Bay marina -> Holm Point Lt

Johnson Pt Lt ->MacArthur LANBY

119(T)

256(T)

351(T)


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First Class Sailing

Laying off a course of 073

(T) from sp2


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Position by range & bearing

What features are in the following positions?

326(T) from Lawrence RW Lanby. 6.05 miles

015(T) from Colville Pt Lt Ho. 11.3 miles

South Head Light

Cape Woodward CG station

Extension exercise 2: Q6 and Q7


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Position by range & bearing

What is depth in the following positions?

042(T) from Louisa Rks Lt. 2.7 miles

27m 214(T) from Outer Fraser. 4.1 miles

4.2m

295(T) from Elm Peak Radio Mst . 5.1 miles

Drying 0.6m

Extension exercise 2: Q6 and Q7


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Buoyage & Lights


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Lateral buoyage (Region A)

Starboard Hand

Any G except (2 + 1)

Port Hand

Any R except (2 + 1)

DirectionofBuoyage

KEEP TO PORT OR STARBOARD

MARKS CAN BE BUOYS OR ON POSTSCOLOUR DEFINES PURPOSE

Stay in the Channel ?


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Stay in the Channel ?


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Other Buoyage

Preferred Channel

to Stbd Fl (2 + 1)R

Safe Water

Iso, Occ,

L Fl 10s or Mo(A)

Special Marks

Yellow, rhythm not

used for white lights

Preferred Channel

to Port Fl (2 + 1)G

Emergency Wreck Mark

Fl Al Bu Y


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Cardinal marks

ContinuousFlashing

3 Flashes

6 Short + 1 Long

9 Flashes2 Flashes

DANGERSafe

WaterSafe

Water


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Light Characteristics

Objects which carry a light, will have a magenta plingattached to their symbol, along with an abbreviationof how the light is lit.


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Lights


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Lights


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Lights


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Lights


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Lights


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Lights


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Lights


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Lights


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Lights


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Lateral Buoyage


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Light Characteristics

Fl. R. 2.5s Flashing Red every 2.5 seconds

Fl. G. 5s

Flashing Green every 5 seconds

2 F.G (vert)

Two fixed green lights one above the other Mo (U)

Flash morse U (..-)

Oc. R. 10s

Occulting Red (flashing off) every 10s

Iso. WRG. 3s 9m 8M Isophase 1.5s each phase, sectored white red and green, 9

metres high, visible from 8 miles

Write down and describe the


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Write down and describe thelights of the following:

Holm Point Light

Red Can Buoy off Johnson Point

Pow Head South Head Light

Beauty Point Light

Christopher Point Light

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