Principals

Question 1

After plotting the first fix what is the next step for finding tide experienced?

Answer 1

Lay off the water track for the distance run

Question 2

After the water track, what’s next for a tide experienced?

Answer 2

Plot the second fix

Question 3

After the second fix, what’s next on a tide experienced?

Answer 3

End of water track to second fix is the tidal vector (tide experienced)

Question 4

If given a time, what is first on a course steered?

Answer 4

Plot the first fix

Question 5

After the first fix, what must you plot on a course to steer when given the time?

Answer 5

Destination (EP)

Question 6

After the destination what must you plot on a course to steer when given a time?

Answer 6

Ground track from fix to EP

Question 7

After the ground track, what’s next on a course to steer when given a time?

Answer 7

Tidal vector from first fix

Question 8

After the tidal vector what’s next on a course to steer with a given time?

Answer 8

Tidal vector to EP is water track

Question 9

In a course to steer with a given time, which track is used to find speed?

Answer 9

Water track

Question 10

What do you do first when finding an EP?

Answer 10

Plot the first fix

Question 11

After plotting the first fix what’s next when finding an EP?

Answer 11

Lay off the water track for the distance run

Question 12

After the water track what is next in finding an EP

Answer 12

Tidal vector from the water track

Question 13

What’s at the end of the tidal vector when finding an EP?

Answer 13

The EP

Question 14

What’s the first step of a running fix?

Answer 14

Plot the first LOP

Question 15

After the first LOP, what’s next in a running fix?

Answer 15

Choose a start point and make it an EP

Question 16

After you’ve chosen a start point what happens next in a running fix?

Answer 16

Lay off the water track from the EP

Question 17

After the water track in a running fix comes a….?

Answer 17

Tidal vector

Question 18

After plotting the tidal vector in a running fix what comes next?

Answer 18

Transfer the first LOP though the EP at the end of the tidal vector

Question 19

After transferring the first LOP what’s next in a running fix?

Answer 19

Plot the second LOP. where it crosses is the fix

Question 20

First step of a course to steer with no time given

Answer 20

Plot the first fix

Question 21

Course to steer with no time given after the first fix…

Answer 21

Plot destination as an EP

Question 22

After the destination what happens next in a course to steer without a given time

Answer 22

Ground track is fix to EP

Question 23

After ground track what’s next in a course to steer with no time given?

Answer 23

Tidal vector from first fix

Question 24

After tidal vector in a course to steer with no time given?

Answer 24

Scribe an arc on the ground track from the end of the tidal vector to the distance run. This is the water track and an EP.

Question 25

First step of plotting a tide experienced?

Answer 25

1. Plot the first fix