aid to navigation
Any fixed object that a navigator may use to find his position, such as permanent land or sea markers, buoys, radio beacons, and lighthouses.
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aid to navigation, navigation aid
A buoy, daybeacon, lighthouse, range, or other charted object in or near the weather that identifies channels and helps a crew navigate safely.
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Long Range Aid to Navigation (LORAN) - Pairs of Radio beacons that has a distance of 800 Miles. Difference in receiving time of each signal indicates your line of position ...
Beacon Aid to navigation, lighted or unlighted, radio or racon, set on the shore or rocks.
Beam 1) Extreme width of a vessel. 2) Athwartships timber on which the deck is laid.
BEACON: A lighted or unlighted fixed aid to navigation attached directly to the earth's surface. (Lights and day beacons both constitute "beacons.")
BEAM: The width of the boat at its widest point, usually the middle ...
Buoy - floating aid to navigation.
Can - cylinder shaped buoy used for mooring
Capsize - turn upside down or (what increases as your boat gets nicer.)
Cast Iron Genoa- a sail boat's engine
Cavitate- The entry of air into the prop ...
Poor functioning also affect their performance, nevertheless they offer a precious aid to navigation. RCDS Raster Chart Display System
The electronic chart display in use by the British Admiralty.
The International version adds that you must not use a signal that could be mistaken for an aid to navigation. This prohibition aims to stop the use of flash tubes or "strobe lights" to attract attention.
Anything that serves as a signal or indication for guidance or warning. A fixed (non-floating) aid to navigation.
Beam
The extreme width of a ship. A horizontal, athwartship support for the deck.
Any light to attract the attention of another vessel shall be such that it cannot be mistaken for any aid to navigation. For the purpose of this Rule the use of high intensity intermittent or revolving lights, such as strobe lights, shall be avoided.
 See also: Light, Navigation, Boat, Forward, Anchor
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