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Become an Expert Small-Craft Radar Operator

Nothing beats radar for guiding your boat through the darkest night or the thickest fog. Radar enables you to plot a fix from just a single buoy or landmark, and it is the only navigation tool that tells you not just where you are, but who else or what else is out there with you. Today’s smaller, affordable, more powerful radars make more sense than ever for sailors and powerboaters.

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Overview

Become an Expert Small-Craft Radar Operator

Nothing beats radar for guiding your boat through the darkest night or the thickest fog. Radar enables you to plot a fix from just a single buoy or landmark, and it is the only navigation tool that tells you not just where you are, but who else or what else is out there with you. Today’s smaller, affordable, more powerful radars make more sense than ever for sailors and powerboaters.

This complete, in-depth manual shows you how to:

  • Choose the best radar model for your sail- or powerboat
  • Install, adjust, and operate your system
  • Interpret the images on your radar screen
  • Pilot your boat and track the movements of vessels around you
  • Use radar to track and avoid squalls, to outmaneuver competitors in a yacht race, and for other specialized tasks
  • Interface your radar with a digital compass, GPS, or electronic chart

Radar for Mariners comes with a Radar Resources CD-ROM that includes a “field guide” to screen and target images, plotting sheets for printing, an e-book copy of the complete Navigation Rules, sample radar manuals, and more. It also includes a free trial version (30-day period) of the Starpath Radar Trainer simulator, plus an encrypted copy of the Full Radar Trainer you can purchase at a discount nearly equal to the price of this book! (See the enclosed CD-ROM for details.)

Praise for David Burch’s Emergency Navigation:

"A standout from the otherwise faceless navigation texts that pass through our offices. Anyone venturing offshore should read this book thoroughly."—Yachting

Praise for David Burch’s Radar Trainer navigation program:

"The Starpath Radar Trainer course is excellent! It is comprehensive and thorough . . . I would not hesitate to recommend it. . . . Any skipper can profit by using this course."—Elbert S. "Mack" Maloney, author of Chapman Piloting & Seamanship

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780071398671
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
  • Publication date: 11/12/2004
  • Edition description: Book & CD-ROM
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 256
  • Sales rank: 402,072
  • Product dimensions: 7.30 (w) x 9.20 (h) x 0.43 (d)

Meet the Author

David Burch (Seattle, WA) is director of the Starpath School of Navigation. He has been teaching navigation and seamanship since 1977.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part One. Working Knowledge of Radar


Chapter 1. How Radar Works


Ranges, Bearings, and Buoys


Head-Up Display Mode


Marking and Reading the Screen by Hand


Chapter 2. Operation and “Tuning”


Warm-Up


Standby Mode


Picture-Quality Controls


Measurement Controls


Other Controls and Features


Summary and General Adjustment Tips


Chapter 3. Interpreting the Radar Screen


How Far Does the Radar See?


Three Views of the World


Chapter 4. Radar for Position Navigation


Radar versus GPS


Radar and GPS: Using Radar Underway


Chapter 5. Radar Piloting


Maintaining a Channel Position


Rounding a Corner at Fixed Distance Off


Using the Heading Line to Identify Landmarks Ahead


Identifying an Entrance Channel


Detecting Current Set


Offset Tracking


Anchoring with Radar


Chapter 6. Radar for Collision Avoidance


Working with Moving Targets


Relative Motion


Evaluating Risk of Collision


North-Up versus Head-Up in Traffic Observations

Part Two. Beyond the Basics


Chapter 7. Installation, Specifications, and Performance

Installation


Specifications


Performance


Chapter 8. Special Controls and Features


Special Controls


Features


Chapter 9. False Echoes and Interference


Side-Lobe Interference


Radar-to-Radar Interference


Ghost Targets from Reflections


Abnormal Radar Ranges


Rain and Squalls


Bridges


Chapter 10. Advanced Navigation and Piloting


Calibrations


Fix from Multiple Ranges


Range and Visual Bearings


Optimizing Radar Fixes


Parallel Indexing


Making Landfall


Chapter 11. Radar Maneuvering


Target Vessel Aspect


Relative Motion Diagram


E-Chart Programs for Vector Solutions


Rules of Thumb


Squall Tactics


Sailboat Racing with Radar


Course to Steer for Desired CPA


Chapter 12. Radar and the Navigation Rules


Rule 2. Responsibility


Rule 5. Look-Out


Rule 6. Safe Speed


Rule 7. Risk of Collision


Rule 8. Action to Avoid Collision


Rule 19. Conduct of Vessels in Restricted Visibility


The Cockcroft-Lameijer Diagram


Chapter 13. Looking Ahead


PC Radar


Automated Identification System (AIS)


Trends


Performance Monitoring


Appendix


Glossary


List of Abbreviations


References


Index
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