Motorboating

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 Contents
 Title
 Copyright
 Getting started
 1: Basic principles
 Powerboat types
 Hull shapes
 Displacement hulls
 Semi-displacement hulls
 Planing hulls
 Cathedral hulls
 Catamarans
 Parts of the boat
 Propulsion systems
 Outboards
 Inboards
 Inboard/outdrives
 Waterjets
 Buying a powerboat
 Transporting and launching trailable powerboats
 Trailing abroad
 Planning
 Recovery
 Knots, ropes and running rigging
 2: Preparing to sail
 What to wear
 What to wear offshore
 Safety gear
 Lifejackets
 Use of lifelines
 Kill cord
 Safety briefing
 Essential equipment & safety briefing. Getting onboard from dinghy and dockDinghies
 Offshore motor cruisers
 Rules of the road
 Shipping
 Sound signals
 3: First voyage
 Boat handling and trim --
mooring and anchoring
 Pivot points
 Prop walk/wash
 Turning --
twin shaft, outboard or outdrives
 Outside elements
 Trim
 Trim adjustors
 Fenders
 General notes on mooring
 Rafting up on a buoy
 Tripping line
 Using a windlass
 Choosing an anchorage
 Speed
 Tides and weather
 Tidal height and flow
 The combination of wind and tide
 Clouds --
what are they and what do they mean?
 Frontal systems and weather maps. High-pressure systems and their interaction with low-pressure systemsFog
 Sea breezes
 Wind shadows and funnelling
 Basics of navigation
 Nautical charts --
there is no substitute
 Chart projections
 Title information on charts
 Chart corrections
 Reading positions
 Measuring a course on a chart
 Electronic navigation techniques
 Buoys, lights and how to use them
 Compass corrections
 Magnetic variation
 Magnetic deviation
 Applying compass corrections
 Compass heading example
 Checking your compass
 Position fixing
 Satellite navigation system fixes
 Electronic pilotage techniques. Visual fixesThree-point fixes
 Transit fixes
 Using depth contours
 Radar range fixes
 Tidal flow calculation
 Tidal diamonds
 Logbooks, dead reckoning and estimated position --
keeping track of progress
 Plotting a course to steer
 Journey times and estimated times of arrival
 Relationship between water track and ground track
 The running fix
 'Where am I?' and 'Where am I going?' --
The 6 minute rule
 Tide tables
 Secondary ports
 Pilotage
 Clearing bearings
 Use of depth contours
 Approaching the port
 Detailed pilotage plan
 Back bearings
 Passage planning and execution
 Alternative ports. Calculating the overall tidal influence for an individual legRadio etiquette
 VHF channel allocation
 Testing your VHF
 Calling other vessels
 4: Safety at sea
 Passage planning
 Navigating in restricted visibility
 Preparation
 Contouring
 Speed and distance:
 Boat handling in heavy weather
 Stability
 Tactics in large waves
 Towing
 Tug
 Towed vessel
 Towing
 Standby
 In harbour
 Fire prevention and control
 Galley
 Electrical
 Engine room
 Cabins
 Outside elements
 Fire fighting
 Abandon ship
 Man overboard
 Recovery of Casualty
 What to do if you are overboard.