A Small Boat Guide to Electronics Afloat

Tim Bartlett

96 pages, parution le 30/04/1992

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Résumé

From the simplest echo-sounder to the computerised instrument network installed on an offshore racing yacht, electronics have become a fact of life aboard modern yachts and powerboats. You can buy electronic devices to pinpoint your position, steer you to a waypoint, plot your track, keep tabs on the weather, monitor the wind, boatspeed and distance covered, and even check your sailing performance and tell you when you should be doing better!

But how accurate are these systems? How do they work, and what do you need to know to get the best out of them? Which devices should you invest in first, and how can you build up a system to suit your particular needs? How do you use them, in practice, out there in the wind and waves? This book will tell you.

Includes:

Electronic navigators: GPS, Transit, Loran, Decca *
Chart plotters *
Depth sounders *
Flux-gate compasses *
Logs and wind indicators *
Autopilots *
Interfacing *
Performance computers *
Power supplies and installation *

As an ex-officer in the Royal Navy, a practising yachtsman and a navigation instructor, Tim Bartlett has had ample opportunity to get to grips with all manner of electronic devices aboard all types of vessels. Now technical editor of the magazine Motor Boat and Yachting, he spends much of his time testing and using the very latest equipment and techniques developed for small craft under power and sail.

Sommaire

Introduction
Satellite navigation
Hyperbolic systems
The navigator's computer
Accuracy
Navigating with electronics
Charts and plotters
Electronic compasses
Other equipment
Interfacing
Performance sailing
Choice and installation
Conclusion

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Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Fernhurst Books
Auteur(s)	Tim Bartlett
Parution	30/04/1992
Nb. de pages	96
Format	17 x 24
Couverture	Broché
Poids	250g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780906754726
ISBN13	978-0-906754-72-6