Résumé
Radar is the ultimate in electronic nauigation aids. Other equipment may help you find your way across open water, but only radar will see you safely through a thick fog, showing you the ships that may run you down, the rocks that you are trying to auoid, or the buoys that mark the channel to your berth.
This practical guide shows you how to get the best possible picture and how to interpret it. nil the major techniques are explained in simple terms and illustrated with dual photos of the chart and radar screen - to help you understand their similarities and differences. Radar afloat the perfect introduction to this wonderful aid to nauigation and saftey.
Includes:
- Understanding the system
- Interpreting the screen
- Dauigating by radar
- Collision auoidance
- Blind pilotage
- Installation and maintenance
As an ex-officer in the Royal dairy, a practising yachtsman and a nauigation instructor, Tim Bartlett has been using radar at sea in all types of uessel for more years than he cares to admit. Formerly Technical Editor of the magazine motor Boat 6 Yachting, he spends much of his time testing the uery latest equipment in small craft under power and sail.
Sommaire
- Why Radar?
- First Principles
- Switching On
- Interpreting the Picture
- Improving the Picture
- Navigating by Radar
- Collision Avoidance
- Blind Pilotage
- North-up Radar
- Special Features
- Installation and Maintenance
- Conclusion
- Glossary
Caractéristiques techniques
| PAPIER | |
| Éditeur(s) | Fernhurst Books |
| Auteur(s) | Tim Bartlett |
| Parution | 23/11/2000 |
| Nb. de pages | 96 |
| Format | 19 x 21 |
| Couverture | Broché |
| Poids | 431g |
| Intérieur | Noir et Blanc |
| EAN13 | 9781898660712 |
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