Maritime navigation
With this course, trainees will gain knowledge about buoyage systems, terrestrial, electronic and celestial navigation. Maritime navigation course is a prerequisite to basic watchkeeping and acts as a great refresher for anyone interested in tuning their navigation skills.
Curriculum
Buoyage systems
They are used to denote the port and the starboard side of the waterway or channel.
Terrestrial navigation
Loxodrome is a curve on the surface of the Earth which cuts all the meridians at the same angle.
Electronic navigation
RADAR (Radio Detection And Ranging) is a device that serves to detect objects and measure their distance with radio waves.
Celestial navigation
Methods of astronomical navigation are an assemblage of mathematical principles which, by following the regular position changes of celestial bodies, enable orientation on the open sea.
