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Chart Navigation Tips

These articles show you how to navigate the fast, easy way along any coastline in the world.

Learn the secrets to adjusting your boat compass, turn your GPS into a powerful tacking tool, or tune your radar for peak performance.

Chart Navigation Tips - How Far Away Will You Sight that Light?
Chart Navigation Tips - How Far Away Will You Sight that Light? In a pitch black night, you squint through the binoculars to try and pick up the small lighthouse at the harbor entrance. The nautical GPS shows you dead on track and the light visible from 12 miles. You are that far away now! What could be wrong with your sailing navigation?.. . . . keep reading
Sailboat Cruising Secrets - How to Steer with Pinpoint Accuracy
Sailboat Cruising Secrets - How to Steer with Pinpoint Accuracy Have you noticed how new sailing crew struggle to "keep the course" after only 2 to 3 minutes at the wheel? Did you know that there's a much easier, more accurate method? Put this sailboat cruising tip into play on your boat today! . . . keep reading
Sailboat Cruising Tips - How to Steer an Accurate Sailing Course
Sailboat Cruising Tips - How to Steer an Accurate Sailing Course If you are anything like me, steering a compass course while sailboat cruising can be a daunting task in a seaway. These five steps will show you how easy it can be on all points of sail in any type of sailing weather . . . keep reading
Chart Navigation Tips - Bridge Secrets for Sailing Skippers!
Chart Navigation Tips - Bridge Secrets for Sailing Skippers! Do you know the four main bridge chart navigation symbols used throughout the sailboat cruising world? Could you find the center span of a bridge in the middle of the night? Now you can, with this step-by-step skipper's guide that unlocks the mystery of bridges forever! . . . keep reading
Chart Navigation Tips - How to Identify Landmass Chart Symbols
Chart Navigation Tips - How to Identify Landmass Chart Symbols You look at your nautical chart and see shark's-teeth just inside the beach line? What do these mean and how can your best use them to advantage in your chart navigation? Unlock the mystery of land profile chart symbols to pump up your skipper-skills sky-high! . . . keep reading
Chart Navigation Tips - Do You Know Your Sailboat's Leeway?
Chart Navigation Tips - Do You Know Your Sailboat's Leeway? Did you realize that your cruising or racing sailboat slips sideways on any sailing course? And that this could add time and miles anytime you go sailing? Watch this video to learn the secrets of how to use leeway to your advantage when cruising or racing . . . keep reading
Chart Navigation Tips - Do You Know These Special Markers?
Chart Navigation Tips - Do You Know These Special Markers? You are approaching an unfamiliar channel just after dusk. A light ahead blinks twice. It flashes once more--and then darkness. Does a danger lie ahead? Or a turn in the channel? Boost your chart navigation skills to the next level with these secrets of the special buoys and beacons . . . keep reading
Chart Navigation Secrets - How to Master the Magic of Ranges
Chart Navigation Secrets - How to Master the Magic of Ranges Did you know that you can use a navigation range to locate your exact position along any compass course? And you can do this without plotting anything onto your nautical chart. Here are five secrets you will want to add to your navigation skills today! . . . keep reading
Navigation Compass Tips - Find Compass Error Without Any Math!
Navigation Compass Tips - Find Compass Error Without Any Math! When was the last time you checked your navigation compass for compass error? Did you know that you can compare your nautical gps to your sailboat compass and know what course to steer in an instant? Follow these five simple steps to take your nautical navigation to the next level! . . . keep reading
Sailing Chart Secrets VI - Chart Navigation Depth Symbols
Sailing Chart Secrets VI - Chart Navigation Depth Symbols Discover five ways to use depth contours for chart navigation, with your nautical GPS, or chart-plotter. Learn an easy technique more than a century old--to find your way home in pea-soup fog. Boost your sailing navigation skills to the next level with these tips from the pros! . . . keep reading
Sailing Chart Secrets V - Seabed Symbols for Chart Navigation
Sailing Chart Secrets V - Seabed Symbols for Chart Navigation Did you know that if you can read sea bottom chart navigation symbols, this will help you when you anchor or go aground. This skill could even save you lots of money if you choose to clean and paint your bottom--without a haul out! Read on to learn these little-known secrets . . . keep reading
Sailing Chart Secrets IV - Chart Navigation Buoyage Symbols!
Sailing Chart Secrets IV - Chart Navigation Buoyage Symbols! Did you know that every buoy or beacon chart navigation symbol has five parts that will tell you what it looks like before you even see it? Or that you can use a simple keyword to time a navigation light with pinpoint accuracy--without a watch or stopwatch? Follow these easy tips to learn the secrets of the pros . . . keep reading
Sailing Chart Secrets III - Chart Navigation Danger Symbols!
Sailing Chart Secrets III - Chart Navigation Danger Symbols! Would you like to download a FREE booklet that contains all the symbols and abbreviations used on a sailing chart? Could you tell the difference between a submerged wreck that's safe to sail across and one hidden just below the surface? Read on to learn the most vital chart symbols you need to know for chart navigation safety . . . keep reading
Sailing Chart Secrets II - How to Use Title Blocks and Chart Notes
Sailing Chart Secrets II - How to Use Title Blocks and Chart Notes Did you realize that the title block gives you five vital pieces of information that can boost your sailing safety by 50% or more? Or that chart notes--often ignored--give you information that's vital to the safety of you and your sailing crew? Read on to learn all you need to know about chart title blocks, notes, and soundings . . . keep reading
Sailing Chart Secrets I - Chart Choices for Small Boat Cruising
Sailing Chart Secrets I - Chart Choices for Small Boat Cruising Did you know that you can find the latest sailing chart with a free internet site that's updated every day of the year? Or how--in a matter of seconds--you can select the charts you need aboard for small boat cruising anywhere in the world? Read on to learn these fast, easy tips that will save you lots of time and money! . . . keep reading
Choose the Perfect Hand Bearing Compass for Sailing Navigation
Choose the Perfect Hand Bearing Compass for Sailing Navigation Should you carry a backup hand bearing compass aboard just in case your steering compass goes on the blink? Add this remarkable tool to your "must have" sailing navigation tools today. Make sure your compass passes these two simple tests first! . . . keep reading
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