navigator
The person responsible for navigating a boat.
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Navigator: The crewmember who monitors the yacht's location and progress relative to the racecourse and the other yachts.
Off the Wind: Sailing away from the wind, also downwind, reaching or running.
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The crewmember assigned to keep track of the boat's position, determine courses, and monitor other aspects of navigation. A navigator's (nav) light is the light used to view charts.
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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. Anchor locker A locker used to store the anchor rode and anchor.
CHART: A map for use by navigators.
CHINE: The intersection of the bottom and sides of a flat or v-bottomed boat.
CHOCK: A fitting through which anchor or mooring lines are led. Usually U-shaped to reduce chafe.
The equivalent of a map for use by navigators.
Chart Datum - The water level used to record data on a chart. Usually the average low tide water level.
Chart table- - A table designated as the area in the boat where the navigator will study charts and plot courses.
Chart -A map for use by navigators.
Experienced local navigator who advise the master about the peculiarities of the port and its approaches. Practically the pilot directs himself the manoeuver of the vessel by giving steering orders to the helmsman and engine orders to the ship mate.
Also known by the acronyms NAVSAT or TRANSIT, it consists of a constellation of orbiting satellites, a ground system of tracking station, and any number of user stations (navigators).
The navigator uses the magnetic bearing of this line to warn him when his course is leading him too close to the danger. daymark: the colored and numbered or lettered sign placed on many beacons to identify them.
sails Sails bent to masts abaft the foremast aground When the hull or keel of a boat touches the bottom [Top of Page] [Bottom of Page] aids to navigation A charted mark, such as a buoy, beacon, or light, used to assist navigators ...
I like that there is not a full bulkhead directly forward of the chart desk, as it helps keep the interior open and doesn't enclose the navigator. Both versions include a second head aft to port.
Buoy: A metal or wooden floating object usually anchored or moored on a dangerous rock or shoal at the entrance of a harbor, or at the edge of a channel, as a guide to navigators.
It is the responsibility of the navigator to ensure that the yacht does not go aground. This happens often.
CHART - A map for use by navigators.
CHINE - Joint of freeboard and hull bottom.
CHOCK - A fitting through which anchor or mooring lines are led. Usually U-shaped to reduce chafe.
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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Markers on land or sea which are located to enable navigators to avoid danger and fix their position
Alee
Away from the direction of the wind. Opposite of windward.
Richard K. Hubbard, Boater's Bowditch: The Small Craft American Practical Navigator.
International Marine, Camden, Maine.
Badham, Michael and Robinson, Robby, Sailors' Secrets International Marine, Camden, Maine.
A table designated as the area in the boat where the navigator will study charts and plot courses.
cheek block
A block with one end permanently attached to a surface.
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Some experts even say that this mistake happens to all sailors at least once. Even the best navigators eventually run into land. As a sailor, the two goals you have when this happens are: get off quickly and minimize damage to your sailboat.
A ship's navigator would often draw or shape a course around a dangerous lee shore. His ship, working off that shore, trying to avoid going downwind in the offing, would point up and shape up to his course.
 See also: Navigation, Boat, Sailing, Course, Light
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