landmark - A distinctive reference point that can be used for navigation.
lanyard - A line attached to a tool.
lash - To tie something with a line.
Take note of a landmark to help you judge if you are dragging your anchor and drifting.
The type of anchor you use depends on whether the bottom is rock, sand, mud, or seaweed. A good multipurpose anchor is a Danforth.
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AIDS TO NAVIGATION: Artificial objects external to the boat, that supplement natural landmarks, assisting safe passage by indicating safe and unsafe waters.
Backstaff a navigation instrument used to measure the apparent height of a landmark whose actual height is known, such as the top of a lighthouse. From this information, the ship's distance from that landmark can be calculated.
Aids To Navigation - Artificial objects to supplement natural landmarks indicating safe and unsafe waters.
Alee - Away from the direction of the wind. Opposite of windward.
Aloft - Above the deck of the boat.
A boat's location as plotted on a chart in terms of geographic position (longitude and latitude) or relative to landmarks and aids to navigation. Position finding is the science (and often the art) of finding where you are on the water.
place to another; to ascertain one's position by reference to landmarks or to the compass; hence (Fig.), to ascertain
the condition of things when one is in trouble or perplexity.
Bow & Beam Bearings - Distance traveled when a stationary landmark moves from 45° off the bow to 90° (abeam) is the distance from the landmark when boat was abeam the landmark (you can double any angle from 15° to 45°) ...
A position or fix determined by observing landmarks or other objects to find the position.
Occulting Lights
A navigational light which turns on and off in a regular pattern, but is on more than it is off. The opposite of a blinking light.
Identifying marks, islands, channels (ICW), landmarks (KLSC's microwave tower), and other navigation aids. How to secure a sailboat safely.
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To sail downwind rapidly towards another ship or landmark.
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If a crewman is standing watch on the weather side of the bow, he will be subject to the constant beating of the sea and the ocean spray. He will be under the weather.
fix: a boat's position as marked on a chart, established by taking bearings on two or more known landmark's (visual fix) or two or more radio sources (electronic fix).
A bearing taken by visually observing the location of known landmarks.
visual fix
A fix taken by visually observing the location of known landmarks.
Not that it left off natural landmarks like rivers or roads, lakes or harbors; it's just that as a Church of Ireland parson, ...
Tell where you are: (what navigational aids or landmarks are near).
State the nature of your distress
Give number of persons aboard and conditions of any injured.
This is to include cross bearings or direct "from" bearing from a landmark to guide you out of the anchorage.
Danger Angle: A piloting angle, in which on both chart and the water a measured angle between the directions to two points, such as buoys, landmarks or rocks, indicates to the mariner an unsafe limit for his/her vessel.
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Because of the tidal currents, the course to steer is often not the same as the course to make good. One should use a range (lining up two landmarks on shore) or satellite navigation system to maintain a proper heading.
horizontal angle - When using a sextant, it is the angle established between landmarks, thus providing a line of position.
They give useful information to boaters, especially on water depth, the type of bottom, the type of shoreline, current direction, coastal altitude, easily identifiable landmarks and aids to navigation.
When all anchor line has been let out, back down on the anchor with engine in idle reverse to help set the anchor.
When anchor is firmly set, use reference points (landmarks) in relation to the boat to make sure you are not drifting.
We sailed fairly close to the wind and it was obvious from landmarks ashore that we were tracking effectively. That's where the 6-foot daggerboard really pulls its weight.
 See also: Boat, Current, Navigation, Light, Wind
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