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    The document provides a record of topics covered in a Chief Mate Phase I navigation course over 90 hours. It details the topics of voyage planning, coastal and ocean navigation, position determination through terrestrial and celestial means, and related exercises. Competencies covered include planning voyages and navigation, determining position and accuracy of fixes, terrestrial navigation, great circle sailing, and celestial navigation. Calculation of tides, currents, courses, and positions using various methods are addressed.

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    The document provides a record of topics covered in a Chief Mate Phase I navigation course over 90 hours. It details the topics of voyage planning, coastal and ocean navigation, position determination through terrestrial and celestial means, and related exercises. Competencies covered include planning voyages and navigation, determining position and accuracy of fixes, terrestrial navigation, great circle sailing, and celestial navigation. Calculation of tides, currents, courses, and positions using various methods are addressed.

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    The document provides a record of topics covered in a Chief Mate Phase I navigation course over 90 hours. It details the topics of voyage planning, coastal and ocean navigation, position determination through terrestrial and celestial means, and related exercises. Competencies covered include planning voyages and navigation, determining position and accuracy of fixes, terrestrial navigation, great circle sailing, and celestial navigation. Calculation of tides, currents, courses, and positions using various methods are addressed.

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    RECORD OF TOPICS COVERED

    COURSE: CHIEF MATE (F.G) - PHASE – I


    BATCH NO.
    SUBJECT: NAVIGATION

    TOPICS Time Faculty


    allotted in initial & Date
    hrs Sign
    Competence No. 1: Plan a voyage and conduct navigation
    1.1 Voyage Planning and Navigation for all Conditions
    5

    1.1.1/ 1.1.2 Coastal Navigation / Ocean Voyages :


    Describe
    - Ocean passages for the world, and Sailing directions,
    - Routeing charts, and routeing in accordance with
    general provisions of ship’s routeing
    - Reporting procedures in accordance with general
    principles for ship reporting systems and with VTS
    procedures. 5
    - Planning navigation and plotting courses taken into
    account restricted waters, meteorological conditions,
    Ice, Restricted visibility, Traffic separation schemes,
    vessel traffic service (VTS) areas, and Area of
    extensive tidal effects.
    Explain
    - Various stages of Passage Planning (Appraisal,
    Planning, Execution, Monitoring)
    Define:
    - Current, leeway, tidal stream, set, drift. 5
    Explain:
    - Effect of wind and current and determine course and
    distance made good.
    - Course to steer allowing for tidal stream or current or
    wind.
    - How to determine distance off by vertical sextant angle
    Exercises:
    - Determine position by bearings and ranges.
    - Determine position by plotting astronomical position
    lines. 5
    - Transferring of position lines
    - Determine position by running fix with leeway and
    current.
    - Plan a passage between two ports from berth to berth
    using the procedures for passage planning.
    (No questions on resolution of cocked hat)

    (Total = 28 hrs)

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    Competence No. 2: Determine position and the accuracy of resultant position fix by any means
    2.1 Position Determination
    5

    2.1.1 Terrestrial navigation: Ability to use appropriate charts,


    errors in position lines, notices to mariners and other
    publications.
    Explain
    - How errors may occur in position fixing and how they
    are minimized.
    Exercises on
    - Chart correction and other nautical publications
    including T&P notices using information from Notices to
    Mariners and corrections using tracings.
    - Mercator Sailing
    5

    (Total = 17 hrs)

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    5
    2.1.2 Great-circle sailing:
    Explain
    - Spherical triangle
    - Napier’s Rules
    - How to transfer GC course to Mercator chart
    Describe
    - Gnomonic, Mercator, Transverse Mercator and
    Universal Transverse Mercator Chart Projections
    Calculate
    - Position of vertex of GC track
    - Initial course, final course, distance with the stated
    limiting latitude

    (Total = 20 hrs)

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    2.1.3 Celestial navigation: 5
    State
    - Kepler’s laws of motion
    Define
    - Civil, Nautical and Astronomical Twilights,
    Explain
    - Conditions necessary for twilight all night, continuous
    daylight or continuous darkness
    - Influence of latitude on duration of twilight
    - Relationship between time and longitude
    - Relationship between time and hour angle
    - Magnitude of Star 5
    - How to identify stars by means of star chart and star
    finder
    Calculate
    - Time of meridian altitude of sun
    - Position lines by means of observations of:
    Sun, Planets and Stars including Pole Star
    - Stars suitable for observation in the twilight period
    - Position based on staggered / simultaneous
    observations
    (No questions on resolution of cocked hat. No calculations shall
    be based on ambiguity of time or date, incorrect application of 5
    chronometer error, index error or dip, etc.)

    (Total = 25 hrs)
    Total duration = (28 + 17 + 20 +25 = 90): 90 hrs

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