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4.  How do we get there?
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Okay - we’ve learned how to plot positions, - we know where we want to go, - the question is, -  how do we get there?

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Here we look at:-

Planning a course and plotting positions on a chart having converted bearings to allow for variation and deviation

Time Speed and Distance

Dead Reckoning (the ‘DR’ position)

‘Observed’ positions

Fixing your position by cross bearings

The ‘Cocked Hat’  -  What is it?
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-  -  -  by the time you complete this section you will be able to navigate competently.

The sections from here on in will hone those skills and make you an even BETTER -

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