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Terrestrial Navigation C (1 cr)

Code: MM14O103GMC-3003

General information


Enrollment

07.09.2024 - 06.10.2024

Timing

07.10.2024 - 30.12.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

1 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Faculty of Technology and Seafaring

Campus

Åbo, Hertig Johans parkgata 21

Teaching languages

  • English

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Maritime Management, Captain

Teacher in charge

Tony Karlsson

Objective

The student is able to
• perform chart plotting through marking courses on a navigational chart and making position controls and course corrections on the basis of current and drift.
• make entries into the ship´s logbook
• perform rhumb line calculations

Content

• Leeway and corrections caused by it
• Drift
• Construction of and calculating drift angles
• Rhumb line calculations/`average latitude´ method
• Ship’s log and other relevant bridge documentation

Evaluation scale

H-5

Qualifications

Terrestrial Navigation B