The Yachtsman's Handy-book for Sea Use: And Adapted for the Board of Trade Yachting Certificate |
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The Yachtsman's Handybook for Sea Use: And Adapted for the Board of Trade ... William Henry Rosser No preview available - 2015 |
The Yachtsman's Handybook for Sea Use, and Adapted for the Board of Trade ... W. H. Rosser No preview available - 2010 |
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anchor angle Azimuth bearing boom bowsprit chart circle column Compass Course course and distance Dead Reckoning decimal degrees Departure Deviation Diff direction Dist Distance Signals divided downhaul East equator Error of Compass fathoms fore foresail gaff gaff topsail gives Green haul heeling error helm high water hoist horizon horizon-glass hour angle instrument knot Latitude leeway light Long longitude LONGITUDE BY CHRONOMETER mainsail mast Mercator's meridian altitude miles minutes Naut Nautical nautical mile Navigation needle noon North P.M. tide required parallel Parallel Sailing pennant pole reckoned reef rhumb line rigging sail screw Semaphore sextant sheet ship ship's head side square flag standard port starboard subtract sun bears Sun's Table tack tackle take their difference topsail Trav True Course trysail uppermost Variation vernier vertical vessel Vulgar Fractions West wind