50 ways to improve your navigation [[electronic resource] /] / Dag Pike

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463251803321
• Autore: Pike Dag
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Adlard Coles Nautical, 2008
• ISBN: 1-4081-2723-7
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (97 p.)
• Collana: 50 Ways to Improve Your
• Disciplina: 623.89
• Soggetti: Boats and boating; Navigation; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Copyright; Contents; PREPARATION; 1 Making a landfall - angle of approach; 2 Deviating to shorten the distance between marks; 3 The longer route can be the quickest; 4 The effect of wind on the tides; 5 Judging sea conditions; 6 Offsetting the course in order to be sure; 7 Safety margins; 8 Fuel and navigation; VISUAL NAVIGATION; 9 Adding up the clues; 10 Position fixing from sea conditions; 11 Estimating your position; 12 Transit bearings; 13 Steering bias; 14 Magnetic or true?; 15 Second stage navigation; 16 Conspicuous marks; 17 Local knowledge; PAPER CHARTS; 18 Checking the plotted course19 Customising the charts; 20 Using position lines; 21 Looking at alternatives; DEPTH, TIDES AND CURRENTS; 22 Using depth when making a landfall; 23 Depth warnings and shoals; 24 Depth and distance off; 25 The effect of depth on sea conditions; 26 Taking short cuts; ELECTRONIC CHARTS; 27 Distance on the electronic chart; 28 Getting the scale right; 29 GPS accuracy; 30 Knowing where you are; 31 Waypoint selection and use; 32 When your GPS goes down; RADAR FOR NAVIGATION; 33 How accurate is the radar?; 34 Rounding a headland on radar; 35 Radar overlays; 36 What the radar cannot seeCOLLISION AVOIDANCE; 37 Change of bearing; 38 Which radar scale to use; 39 Lost in the clutter; 40 Avoiding the big ships; 41 See and be seen; NIGHT AND FOG NAVIGATION; 42 Running on autopilot; 43 Speed in the fog; 44 Reflections and visibility; 45 Finding a buoy in fog; HARBOUR NAVIGATION; 46 Assessing ; harbour entrances; 47 Finding an anchorage; 48 Finding a harbour entrance; 49 Electronic charts for harbour navigation; 50 Entering a harbour at night
• Sommario/riassunto: This is a book about practical navigation - packed with practical ways to make navigation safer, easier and better. It is a book for anyone - whether driving a power boat or sailing a yacht. And the techniques cover both electronic as well as visual navigation. This book starts where others finish. Once you have the important basics of navigation, you'll want to see how to translate these into practical navigation techniques to use when planning before going to sea and once you're out there. 50 Ways to Improve Your Navigation distils Dag Pike's experience gained from over 50 years of navigatin

Canadian annual review of politics and public affairs . 1991 / / edited by David Leyton-Brown

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910818131803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1998; ©1998
• ISBN: 1-282-02555-4; 9786612025556; 1-4426-7204-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (340 p.)
• Collana: Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs
• Disciplina: 971.064
• Soggetti: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Reference; Electronic books.; Canada Politics and government 1945-; Canada Foreign relations 1945-; Canada Economic conditions 1945-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Contents -- Contributors -- Canadian calendar 1991 -- ; Editor's introduction -- THE FEDERAL PERSPECTIVE -- Parliament and politics -- PARLIAMENT AND NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- THE CONSTITUTION -- THE ECONOMY -- NATIONAL PARTIES -- WOMEN AND POLITICS -- ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS -- SELECTED POLICY FIELDS -- PERSONALITIES, CONTROVERSIES, AND SCANDALS -- Ottawa and the provinces -- THE CONSTITUTION: PROMISES AND THREATS IN THE WAKE OF MEECH LAKE -- OTHER ISSUES -- External affairs and national defence -- DEVELOPMENTS IN CANADIAN EXTERNAL RELATIONS -- DEVELOPMENTS IN CANADIAN DEFENCE AND SECURITY POLICY -- CONCLUSIONS -- THE PROVINCIAL PERSPECTIVES -- ONTARIO -- Problems and controversies -- Cabinet personnel -- Policy reversals -- Other government initiatives -- Government institutions -- Political party activity -- The economy -- QUEBEC -- Politics -- Legislation -- The economy -- Intergovernmental affairs -- NOVA SCOTIA -- Politics -- The legislature -- The economy -- Intergovernmental relations -- NEW BRUNSWICK -- Politics -- Progressive Conservatives struggle on -- The economy -- The general election -- Confederation of Regions: post-election leadership convention -- Proposed school reforms -- MANITOBA -- The legislative session -- The economy and economic developments -- Politics and political parties -- BRITISH COLUMBIA -- Social developments -- The economy -- Public finance -- Political developments -- PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND -- The economy -- The legislature -- Other issues -- SASKATCHEWAN -- The legislature and government -- The election -- Political parties -- The economy -- Around the province -- ALBERTA -- The legislature -- The economy -- MagCan and NovAtel -- The parties -- Natives and the justice system -- Miscellaneous -- NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR -- The legislature and government -- Economy and economic development -- Politics and political parties -- Federal-provincial relations -- Conclusion -- THE YUKON AND THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES -- The territories in the Canadian Federation -- Yukon: politics and government -- land claims process -- economic conditions and policy -- social and environmental conditions and policy -- The Northwest Territories -- politics and government: elections and new leadership -- fiscal restraint and devolution -- land claims and territorial division -- economic conditions and policy -- social conditions and policy -- Obituaries -- Index of Names -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Index of Subjects -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
• Sommario/riassunto: The year 1991 found Canada at a crossroads. The nation faced the aftermath of the Oka crisis and failure of the Meech Lake Accord; the Bloc QuTbTcois sought official party status in the House of Commons and the Reform Party decided to become a national party; talks began for a North American free trade agreement. On the international front, Canada went to war in the Persian Gulf and responded to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Featuring essays on Parliament and politics, Ottawa and the provinces, and external affairs, the Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs provides a comprehensive account of the year's events. The Canadian Annual Review has long been praised for its excellence. Known for its accuracy, readability, and insight, it offers a synoptic appraisal of the year's crises, controversies, and developments from both federal and provincial perspectives.