Chartplotter and Electronic Navigation
Using a chartplotter and electronic charts safely: electronic charts and their data quality, GNSS and its failures, the safety contour and anti-grounding alarms, planning and checking routes, monitoring a passage, watchkeeping and equipment failures, with hands-on exercises in the Chartplotter Trainer.
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Your instructor talks you through the films in every lesson. You can change at any time.
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Foundations
Electronic aids and the rulesWhat the electronic aids are, and what the rules expect of you when you use them.
Electronic Charts
Electronic chartsRaster and vector charts, how ENCs are displayed, datums and updates, and how good the data is.
Position
GNSS and your positionHow GNSS works, how accurate it is, how it fails, and checking it by other means.
Using the Plotter
Setting up the displayDriving the unit, the safety contour and depth, and alarms and the anti-grounding look-ahead.
Route planning and checkingBuilding a route, checking it across its corridor, and planning for the tide.
Navigating
Monitoring a passageCross-track error, fixing by other means, and the echo sounder and log.
Watchkeeping
Watchkeeping and failuresHanding over a watch, keeping records, and what to do when equipment fails.
Passage Practice
Passage practicePutting it all together: plan, check and run a passage on the trainer.
Final Test
Final testA self-marking test on the whole course: electronic charts, GNSS, the plotter's safety settings, routes, monitoring and watchkeeping.