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Junior Navigation begins the study of offshore (open-ocean) navigation -- integrated electronic positioning systems, sight-taking with a mariner's sextant on the sun, moon, planets, and stars, how to reduce sights using the nautical almanac to determine position and passage planning with unique open-ocean charts.

COURSE OUTLINE

1. Getting To Know Your Sextant
2. How To Use a Sextant
3. Identifying Stars & Planets
4. Correcting Sextant Altitude
5. Getting the Correct Time
6. Finding Where & When
7. Using the Nautical Almanac
8. The Celestial Line of Position
9. Solving Navigational Triangles
10. Plotting LOPs and Fixes
11. How to use the Star Finder
12. The M-T Sight on the Sun
13. Charts for the Navigator
14. Special Charts for Voyaging
15. Compute the Sailing Triangle
16. Traverse Sailing
17. Mercator Sailing
18. Keeping a Plot & Deck Log
19. Duties of the Navigator
20. Closed Book Exam