Yachtmaster Course Downloads
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Yachtmaster Week One
Revision
Datum, latitude and longitude. Position, course and distance. Use of plotters and dividers. Navigational terms. Charts, chart projections and chart corrections. Navigational publications.
Buoyage
IALA A & B and cardinals
Visual aids to navigation
Ligthouses, beacons and light characteristics.
Yachtmaster Week Two
Position Fixing
Sources of position lines. Potential accuracy of fixing methods. 3 point fix. Transit. Bearings and soundings. Range and bearing. Dipping distance.
GPS
Principals of operation. Position fixing. Accurancy and limitations.
Tidal Flow
Tide tables.
Use of tidal stream atlases and diamonds for chartwork.
Interpolation of tidal rates.
Chartwork 1
Dead reckoning and basic Estimated Positions.
Yachtmaster Week Three
Chartwork 2
Advanced EP's, projected EP's, tacking EP's.
The running fix.
Collision Regulations 1
Dead Reckoning and Estimated Position
Day Shapes.
Yachtmaster Week Four
Chartwork 3
Calculating Course to Steer (CTS).
ETA.
Electronic ChartsRaster and Vector charts, uses, limitations. AIS
Collision Regulations 2
Lights.
Yachtmaster Week Five
Meteorology 1
Beaufort scale.
Knowledge of highs lows and fronts.
Interpreting forecasts, weather fax and satellite info.
Local effects. Sea state.
Tidal heights 1
Standard port calculations.
Anchoring and clearance questions.
Yachtmaster Week Six
Tidal heights 2
Secondary port calculations.
Anchoring and clearance questions.
Collision Regs 3
Sound signals.
Meteorology 2
Forecast sources and terminology.
Fog / Restricted Visibility
Causes. Navigation. IRPCS rule 19. Sound signals.
Yachtmaster Week Seven
Pilotage
Pilotage plans and harbour entry.
Use of transits, leading lines and clearing lines.
Use of sailing directions. Harbour regulations.
Pilotage in restricted visibilty
IRPCS Mock Exam
Yachtmaster Week Eight
Passage Planning
Appraisal, Planning, Execution and Monitoring
Weather. Strategy. SOLAS Ch V
IRPCS Exam
Yachtmaster Mock Chart Exam 1
Yachtmaster Mock Chart Exam 1
3 pt Fix, Course to Steer, Estimated Postion, Tidal Heights at Secondary Ports
Chartwork Paper 1 Answers
Full worked answers for the above paper.
