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Navigation 101: How To Establish Your LOP

Here’s some great basic navigation advice from Practical Sailor about keeping track of your Line of Position. Hint: It’s a good idea to look over your shoulder. Read on: When the two charted objects line up as viewed from your boat – say a church spire behind a tank – you have a range (also known as a transit). A range provides a flawless line of position (LOP). When planning a cruise, look ahead, behind, and to the sides of your track for pairs of charted objects that will line up as you proceed. Natural ranges help you stay on…

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Take This Boating Safety Quiz from the Coast Guard. Let’s Hope You Pass

How good is your memory? Do you remember all the basics, and the nuances, of the rules of the road from your Power Squadrons or Coast Guard boating courses a few years ago? Now that the spring boating season is here, it never hurts to brush up, to give all those brain cells a refresher course. Here are some questions about basic boating safety from the U.S. Coast Guard. See how you do. (You’ll have to click below for the answers.) 1.You’ve left the dock well before dawn on an offshore trip to fish the canyons. It’s still dark, but…