Navigation Flashcards
VMS
Voyage management system
GPS
Global positioning system
True bearing
Bearing relative to true north
Relative bearing
Bearing relative to the Ship
Fix
The ships position determined without reference to any former position
D.R.
Dead reckoning
Why is DR important?
It helps determine possible encounters with hazards to navigation.
Ex: Buoys, fish Havens and shipwrecks
SET
The direction the ship is being pushed off course
Drift
The speed at which the ship is being pushed off course
Rules of the road
Manual used to determine how to safely navigate through inland an international waters
Who publishes the rules of the road?
Coast Guard
day shapes
Shapes used to communicate to other ships our circumstance so that they can make measures to keep safe
The night time equivalent to ball?
Red light
What is the nighttime equivalent to diamond?
White light
DIW
Dead in the water
Who orders abandon ship?
CO
Arc of visibility for the mast light?
225 degrees
What is the arc visibility for the port and starboard running lights?
112.5 degrees each
What is the arc of visibility for the stern light?
135 degrees
How many bouyage systems are there?
2
What are the names of bouyage systems?
Lateral and cardinal
COLREGS
Collision regulations at sea
What do COLREGS dictate?
The lines of inland and international waters
SOPA
Senior officer present a float
Latitude
Lines that run east to west
Measured north to south
Longitude
Lines that run north to south are measured east to west.
Reference for all lines of latitude?
The equator