Amazing video and very well discribed. I never touched a boat until 6 months ago and today i got assessed and signed off on crew for marine rescue in Australia. 12 meter stabber twin inboard 840hp. Rated to 200nm. The instructor asked about my hours because i could operate and navigate / dock it fine and that i should go for my master cert. The only peice im missing is charting and hours on board. I only have 90 of the 150 for up to 3nm and 300 for over 3nm. Sorry for the rant. But you helped me so much and im genuinely excited.

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

Жыл бұрын

Thank you John and congratulations. I am absolutely delighted. All the best and good luck.

Very clear description of how to proceed. I just touched on Navigation in my ASA103 course which I completed today. Very much appreciating your enthusiasm for sailing.

Absolutely brilliant. Great refresher. I agree I loved teaching this subject when I was in the navy. Every time you managed find yourself exactly on the same position as your fix, there was always a personal sense of achievement. Sounds silly but true. I cannot recommend this great tutorial enough. It is so easy to get used to electronic navigation and finding yourself uncomfortable when having to resort to manually plotting your fix and course. Thank you once again for this great tutorial.

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

3 жыл бұрын

As ever thanks for all your wonderful comments Paulo

I'm seeman i mean I'm maritime operator in MOC Puntland somalia (Maritime operation centre), your video is helpful 👌 👍

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Hassan. Glad to hear it!

Your videos are superb. Thank you for the great work and for sharing this with everyone!

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them! Thank you for the great comment

I am new to this. We are from South Africa and nearly finished building a Wharram Tiki 38 so i need to get ahead of navigation. Great Explanation. Thanks Chris

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment Chris. I'm glad that you found it helpful. BTW I was born in Cape Town and lived in Milnerton until I was 13 years old when my parents immigrated to Canada

Thank you so much for this overview of plotting. I've got a basic idea now. But much more to learn.

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Thank you for the comment Bennett, I appreciate the support!

DR - simply a hash on a line or x. Marked as "DR". GPS "fix" - lat and long "cross" with a circle around it. No "GPS" (unless you want to). Radar - bearing from land with a hash at distance. "Radar" not necessary as its clearly a bearing and range (or more correctly, 3 ranges). 35 years of commercial "sailing" with a dozen nationalities, world wide, all done the same. Rather than use the CR - just use the long lines with the bottom to the Parallel Ruler. LOP has arrows at both ends. "Advanced/Transferred" LOP has double arrows at each end. The correct position in your cocked hat - is the position that puts you in the most danger, not the centre. PS you're videos are extremely well done.

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your detailed comment Canadian Texan. I am familiar with the labeling you describe though I’ve never seen an LOP labeled with arrows at both ends in any nav publication. I struggled with which standard of labeling to use. I finally settled on the standard I used since that is what we use in Sail Canada at this time, and this was further reinforced by the Annapolis Book of Seamanship, an American publication.

Amazing explanation. Thank you so much!

Thank you so much for this. Your videos are very concise and informative. I've always loved looking at maps and globes since I was a child. Little did I know that I would be armchair-sailing (hopefully will transition soon to actual sailing). There's something very satisfying about being able to locate oneself using a compass, map and a timepiece! I hope the Part 2 video will be coming along soon. Thanks and god bless you sir

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them! I am working on Part 2 as we speak (type :-)

Thank you very much! This is very clear and we'll explained.

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

7 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you! That was a great review for me!

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Just completed my Basic and obtained my PCOC next is this stuff. It truly scares me but at the same time a sailor with no baring is not much of a sailor. You short video has taken some of the daunting edge off what awaits me. All I can say after watching Jessica Watson's netflix special dyslexia means a will to survive a world of wolves everyday of your life and come up shining. Thanks again for your dedication to your craft.

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

Жыл бұрын

You got this!

@SnikerB1

Жыл бұрын

@@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine I better hadn’t I. Love to meet with you someday. I’m in Vancouver and once or twice a summer I pull my bike out and ride the island. If you’re friendly like that..? I’m looking for a sailing mentor as I have a dream to sail the globe within the next 5 years if that’s do able.

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

Жыл бұрын

@@SnikerB1 It would be my pleasure. What do you ride?

@SnikerB1

Жыл бұрын

@@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine KLR 650 (a tracker but I love her)thank you for being so welcoming.

Very clear lecture thank you from Stuart from England

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

2 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome It was my pleasure. Thank you for the kind comment Stuart!

Fantastic presentation

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Many thanks for the information shared with us

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure. Thank you Orhan

Very informative!

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it

Love ur video ...great job thanks

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Thanks for the kind comment

Anxiously waiting for part 2.

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tim, Happy to hear that. Hoping to get that one out in early sailing season once I get the boat out again.

@timnoneya811

2 жыл бұрын

@@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine great because so far you're my paper chart teacher. I even ordered a sighting compass and a protector as shown in this video. I've only sailed via GPS with navionics and opencpn on my baba 40. The charts are gonna be a fun addition!!

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

2 жыл бұрын

To whet your appetite I’m planning to cover running fixes and circular lines of position. BTW have you seen my other navigation videos?

@timnoneya811

2 жыл бұрын

@@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine no i actually haven't but i will definitely do so.

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

2 жыл бұрын

My Navigation Playlist: kzread.info/head/PL0ZXXuQk__sgq2ZtBfuft9_iiUvekk0hB

Thanks for the great videos Marco! I've been sailing dinghies and cats out of Jericho, and slowly getting into keelboats. Your many videos have been awesome to help me learn all the different skills for keelboats. A massive bonus that we sail the same waters, see you out there!

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Joey. Always great to hear from a fellow BC boater. Look forward to meeting you out here one day.

Yeah boi!! Getting back to business!!

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to comment. I appreciate it. Hope you liked it.

Great video: clear, direct and simple. If I use parallel roller s than they should be brass as that will be heavier than plastic and less likely to move as you “walk them on”. Where did you get your protractor? You may have referenced that somewhere but I missed it. Thanks

Excellent, thank you ..

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Michael. I appreciate the support!

Love your videos (and your calmness). Would have loved to join your school if I was in BC. I am currently talking the asa courses here in SF, and feel that the instructors are not thorough, brash, and expected you to know everything. Thanks for these videos as they have helped me tremendously.

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful! So happy to hear it. Feel free to reach out anytime if I can be of any help

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

3 жыл бұрын

PS You're going to love my singlehanded videos coming up. Just spent a few days in some really good wind getting great footage!

@JohnICGomes

3 жыл бұрын

@@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine looking forward to it!

So easy to understand

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

3 ай бұрын

I'm delighted to hear it. Thanks

Great video…

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the visit

Great episode! Thank you. When will you publish Part 2?

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

Жыл бұрын

Good question Mark. Working on it as we speak. Part 2 will be on the Running Fix. Hope to get it up soon. Thanks for the support

thank you

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome

1. Dead Reckoning 2. Running 3.Radar 4. GPS Learning DR for when the lights go out.

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

2 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree with you more. Good work.

I’m going for a big license so every help is welcome. Thank you.

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome. Glad to be of assistance

Fun!

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Keern. Glad you enjoyed it.

good material, maybe as next part guidance including wind and currents too...

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

Жыл бұрын

Working on it! Thanks for the comment

is it weird to verify ones location with the GPS instead of trusting physical measurements? is it more likely that the GPS is right or that ones measurements taken in real time are more accurate?? can you get both answers to agree and still be in a different place??? new to subject just curios what should be trusted more.

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

4 ай бұрын

No it is not weird. I use GPS and physical measurements. Prudent navigation dictates to use as many systems and techniques as you have available. Generally GPS will be more accurate, certainly quicker, however there are times where GPS is too accurate and the charting isn't which means if you just trust in GPS you could get into trouble.

Question please: You explained that you plotted your LOPs after converting them from magnetic to true but, if I remember correctly, you them labeled them as magnetic. What am I missing? Tx.

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

Жыл бұрын

You're not missing anything. It is simply a preference. You can label them either way as long as you differentiate, you will notice the M after the bearing. It's the way I was taught and you would be correct to label in true. I do mention in the video that I prefer not to label my LOPs at all as I find that it clutters up the chart and the info is in my navigator's notebook. Thanks for the question.

Not much to add to that. If I'm on a dead reckoning course (with nothing to bear towards) and especially in a sailboat, I'd assign a safety bearing to the flashing mile marker on your port side, which must not be exceeded else we are too far to port. I'm a line mark only guy for plotting, to reduce confusion, as is the Royal Norwegian Navy. Bearings to LOPs I always mark with a small greek letter "phi". The course line I only mark with course and leg distance, unless it is bearing towards something in which case I add an arrow.

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Steffen. Those are great points. Thanks for sharing. I believe the Can Navy follows same the charting protocols you describe.

Are magnetic bearings cyclical? Would old charts reflect magnetic bearings in time?

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

2 жыл бұрын

I do not believe that they are cyclical and certainly the changes are so small that it wouldn't practically apply to old charts. The changes come from the molten centre of the earth shifting

Hey, Marco. I hope you are well.

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

Жыл бұрын

Hi Stuff. Yes I am well. Just getting ready to head out for a week to work on more videos. Thanks for the check in

Can I download your entire series and save for reference ?

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

Жыл бұрын

Are you asking for permission or whether it’s available for download? You should be able to download from KZread

🌎👍❤

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

4 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

Do you offer "on the water" courses? Our VdS 34 is at Mosquito creek and I would like a few days on the water for you to cruise with us or just with my partner so she can learn all this. Also, what is that notebook you are using and where to get one? And is that a staedler pen what model? Thank you!

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

Жыл бұрын

Sorry Alain, Not sure if I responded to your request. Apologies if I have not. I do offer private instruction on personal vessels. Go to my website www.carpediemsailing.com for more info and contact info. The notebook I got from the Canadian Navy many years ago. Not sure where to find one now. I also use Rite in the Rain notebooks which are waterproof. The pencil is a 2 mm Staedler mechanical pencil in 2 B lead available online or at any art supply store (ie Opus in North Van)

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

Жыл бұрын

www.amazon.ca/Rite-Rain-All-Weather-Side-Spiral-Universal/dp/B009F1E28G/ref=asc_df_B009F1E28G/?tag=googleshopc0c-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=292953475094&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16366575555646349220&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1001890&hvtargid=pla-350588865984&psc=1

I have also heard of "navigational triangles", which can replace both parallel rulers and protractors. 7:32 - That's actually a custom-printed chart. There are no charts in the CHS catalogue with that scale and those limits.

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. I have too but have no experience with them. For me the protractor works.

No tidal stream input?

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

9 ай бұрын

Basic plotting!! Tidal stream input determines set and drift, which is definitely not basic

@ratusbagus

9 ай бұрын

@@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine Drat. I realised after making that comment that you did mention drift later. I was going to delete it but your next vid came on. I like the pace of your vids, they're punchy and not over verbose. Stick to reality and not an unnatural syllabus. Good to pick up tidbits and revisit everything but without the tedium and fuss. I'm working my way through in my spare time.

2B or not 2B?

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

Жыл бұрын

Are we asking a question about pencil leads 🤔 or being jocular? 😂

I would not trust these products... The only thing that was good from them for me was there mini blender and solar lantern... everything else I purchased sucked...

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

Жыл бұрын

I think you've got the wrong channel??

Just point the boat south and show us the icewall

@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine

3 ай бұрын

Game of Thrones? 🤣