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RADAR AFLOAT.
By Tim Bartlett. Pbk, 185mm x 215mm, 96 pages. Monochrome photographs and drawings.
Radar is the ultimate in electronic navigation aids. Other equipment may help to find the way across open water, but only radar will see the watchkeeper safely through thick fog, showing other vessels and also navigational dangers.
In addition to being a most useful pilotage aid, radar is invaluable for coastal navigation especially in poor visibility and along low-lying coastlines.
To a greater degree than any other common navigational aid, the ability to set up and interpret the equipment is essential for optimum use. Mistakes in interpreting the relative movement of other vessels or in understanding the differences between targets as displayed and as charted can lead to catastrophic errors. Failure to set up the picture correctly can lead to a large reduction in the potential for displaying and detecting targets.
This practical guide shows how to get the best possible picture and how to interpret it. All of the techniques are explained in simple terms an illustrated with dual photos of screen and reality to aid comprehension. Candidates for work-boat type radar courses and examinations are recommended to buy this book.
NZ$30.00 + delivery.
A BOATER'S GUIDE TO VHF AND GMDSS, Including Information on Digital Selective Calling (DSC). By Sue Fletcher. Pbk, 150mm x 230mm, 161 pages, monochrome photographs and drawings.
This is a little book that users of VHF radio will find very useful in a practical way. Radio has the potential to become a very academic study and in few other boating areas in there such a large difference between what a textbook can write about, and what an operator really needs to know!
There is no doubt that factors such as antenna design and transmitter/receiver technology, and environmental influences on propagation have all the influence in the world on the use of radio. In modern radio installations, however, they are maximised and the user can do little. Thus in the use of a normal radio set the emphasis of a good text needs to be soundly on the operational factors. This book meets those needs and comes as close as reasonably possible to a universal user's handbook for the practical operation of VHF radio. It is also the most up-to-date text that we know of, beyond technical manuals and specialised radio editions of official hydrographic publications.
NZ$36.00 + delivery.
GPS FOR MARINERS. By Robert J Sweet. Pbk, 185mm x 235mm, 170 pages. Monochrome photographs and drawings.
There are a lot of people out there who have trouble with chart work relating to their GPS, and while there are other books about covering this subject this one may well be one of the most practical yet. History and Perspective seems like a very good place to start and it really does put you in the picture for understanding the basics and we all know that knowing the basics is very important.
From the begining you will be able to start putting in your waypoints but at the same time learning of the typical errors that can be made causing concern, or worse still finding yourself in amongst rocks before you know it because you did not keep a look out, and this book does stress the importance of using visual aids along with the GPS. (yes there are some who think using a GPS means one does not have to keep a look out)
Once the basics are covered you can go as involved as you want, right to connecting the GPS with your PC with electronic charts, and all this is connected to your Auto Pilot and Radar.
The author is a Navigation Instructor and sailor so the information in the book is definitley written from practial use. The text is well set out with boxes highlighted showing the major points of the chapter.The menu pages on the GPS are shown in the book as you would see them on the GPS so it is very clear reading. The illustrations are also clear and are a great help when deciphering the written instructions, like the one showing how to place an alarm area around an object, and the reason for doing so, really anyone can use this book with confidence.
NZ$36.00 + delivery.
UNDERSTANDING BOAT COMMUNICATIONS.By John Payne. Paperback, 136mm x 215mm, 106 pages, monochrome illustrations.
This book covers the following major topics:
NZ$36.00 + delivery.
NAVIGATION - A NEWCOMER'S GUIDE.By Sara Hopkinson. Paperback, 172mm x 240mm, 95 pages, full colour illustrations.
Navigators have only two questions: Where am I? and Where do I go now?
This book shows the simplest way to answer these questions. It starts from scratch, uses no jargon and features graphics instead of words wherever possible.
Navigation is fun, keeps you safe and speeds you to your destination. With this book in one hand and your trusty dividers in the other, you need never be lost again!
NZ$25.00 + delivery.
HOW TO USE DEPTH SOUNDERS AND GPS.By Fred Studden. Softback, 180mm x 260mm, 80 pages, full colour.
How to Use Depth Sounders and GPS goes into detail explaining how these modern, essential tools of anglers work and how to use them to gain an understanding of where you are and what the watery world beneath you contains.
If you are trying to determine what is the best unit for your type of fishing then this book will help you to unravel the mystique surrounding these electronic marvels and to make your decision and to install your equipment.
NZ$35.00 + delivery.
POWERBOAT NAVIGATION DVD.
By John Rousmaniere. DVD, 68 minutes running time.
This program teaches step-by-step techniques for navigating with both classic dead reckoning piloting and today's electronic navigation instruments. Clear demonstrations are shown on the water and with the simulator of a Coast Guard-certified navigation school. Detailed close-ups, helpful graphics and imaginative presentations of how objects appear on the chart, radar scope and water are shown in both good and bad visibility.
Step-by-step lessons include:
NZ$60.00 + delivery.
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