Product Details

• Format: Color, Full length, Full Screen, NTSC
• Studio: Magic Lamp Productions
• VHS Release Date: January 1, 1989
• ASIN: 1882629272
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #614,738 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

From the Actor

Gene Grossman practiced law for 20 years before becoming a special-interest video producer. His numerous Magic Lamp productions such as this one and others on Depositions, Bankruptcy, Stand-up Comedy, Boating, Sailing, Celestial Navigation, Sign Language and others topics are all available through Amazon.com.

Product Description

This program is equivalent to a six-week evening course in Coastal Navigation, as given by various boating organizations, like the U.S. Power Squadron or CG Aux. After covering the Rules of the Road, Sound Signals, the "Pecking Order" for right-of-way at sea, and different types of navigation (electronic, dead reckoning, celestial, coastal), skipper Gene Grossman goes into how to read a chart, with a discussion about Latitude, Longitude, the Nautical Mile, Scale and how to use it all for charting purposes, including proper use of the Parallel Ruler and Dividers.

Next is the difference between the 3 "Norths," and how to handle Compass Correction (T-V-M-D-C). Then, some thorough treatments of Plotting, the Running Fix, Chart Notation, Speed-Time-Distance problems, Bow Bearings, Beam Bearings, using an RDF and Beacons, Fathom Curves, Current Diagrams, Aids to Navigation, Estimated Position, 6 main rules of Dead Reckoning and some test questions to see how you can handle what your were taught. Included with this video is a practice chart (the same one used in the video).

This program teaches you Everything you need to know for navigating within sight of land!