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Emergency Navigation Card
New and updated edition of a product that has been in use since 1987.
This card is intended as an addition to a back-up nav kit or just as a quick reference to emergency techniques of navigation without conventional instruments. With it you can find your way across an ocean or across a desert. The card includes techniques of steering without a compass, finding boat speed without a knotmeter, and how to find latitude from sun and stars without sextant or watch. It also includes methods of enhancing your navigation with a watch that has lost the correct time.
It also includes a method of sight reduction devised for this card using the included almanac and low-angle “sextant sights” made with the scales on the edge of the card. Called the N(x) table, this is doubtless the world’s shorted sight reduction table. This reduction method takes more steps than conventional tables, but they will get the answers. It is much quicker, however, to use it for other purposes such as finding the bearing of the sun or a star at any time. It does this very nicely. This table and our long term almanac for sun along with key star data makes this card a complete navigation solution in an emergency.
For best use of the card, the methods it presents should be practiced before they are needed—an exercise that is rewarding in its own right.
This card is intended as an addition to a back-up nav kit or just as a quick reference to emergency techniques of navigation without conventional instruments. With it you can find your way across an ocean or across a desert. The card includes techniques of steering without a compass, finding boat speed without a knotmeter, and how to find latitude from sun and stars without sextant or watch. It also includes methods of enhancing your navigation with a watch that has lost the correct time.
It also includes a method of sight reduction devised for this card using the included almanac and low-angle “sextant sights” made with the scales on the edge of the card. Called the N(x) table, this is doubtless the world’s shorted sight reduction table. This reduction method takes more steps than conventional tables, but they will get the answers. It is much quicker, however, to use it for other purposes such as finding the bearing of the sun or a star at any time. It does this very nicely. This table and our long term almanac for sun along with key star data makes this card a complete navigation solution in an emergency.
For best use of the card, the methods it presents should be practiced before they are needed—an exercise that is rewarding in its own right.
Specifications
Format:
Laminated Card
Pages:
1 pages
Dimensions (IN):
8.5 x 11
ISBN:
9780914025566
Supplier/Publisher:
Starpath
Date Added:
Sept 2016
Published Date:
2016
Material Options
 Our paper charts are printed on high resolution, heavyweight, water-resistant paper, using state of the art printing technology. The paper and printing process has been certified by NOAA and deemed to be suitable to withstand the rigors of use in the marine environment. FULL SIZED PAPER CHARTS ARE CERTIFIED FOR CARRIAGE ABOARD COMMERCIAL VESSELS |
 Our waterproof charts are printed on a TIP: If you plan to frame or laminate a chart using heat, then do not choose waterproof because the material can melt under heat. FULL SIZED WATERPROOF CHARTS ARE CERTIFIED FOR CARRIAGE ABOARD COMMERCIAL VESSELS |
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 These are up-to-date, NOAA charts simply enlarged in size so that the small dimension of the chart is 42”, the long dimension is proportionally enlarged. These charts are printed beyond full size, therefore the scale is not the same as the full size NOAA chart, however the scale bars on the charts are proportionally enlarged in size, and can be used for reference. LARGE FORMAT CHARTS ARE NOT CERTIFIED FOR CARRIAGE ABOARD COMMERCIAL VESSELS |
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 Made to help recreational boaters locate themselves on the water. It has been reduced in scale for convenience, but otherwise contains all the information of the full-scale nautical chart. The bar scales have also been reduced, and are accurate when used to measure distances in these BookletCharts. • Professionally printed and staple-bound using high quality, durable paper. • Includes Notices to Mariners • Printed on-demand with the latest data from NOAA BOOKLET CHARTS ARE NOT CERTIFIED FOR CARRIAGE ABOARD COMMERCIAL VESSELS |
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This is a unique line of decorative charts prepared by Paradise Cay Publications.
The short side of the chart is always printed at 36" and the long side will vary depending on the chart - please do not order framing prior to receiving the chart. These will memorialize your favorite coastal area in vintage style and we have added to the standard border of the typical NOAA chart to allow for a more professional, frame-ready presentation. DECORATIVE CHARTS ARE NOT CERTIFIED FOR CARRIAGE ABOARD COMMERCIAL VESSELS |
