Course preview · Shorebase CT
Coastal Theory Interactive (Archive)
The original interactive Shorebase coastal theory courseware, restored and playable in the browser with the lesson text alongside.
- Modules
- 7
- Lessons
- 35
- Materials
- 0
- Syllabus outcomes
- 0
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01 Overview1 lesson · 0 items
Introduction to the archived Shorebase coastal theory courseware. 1 interactive screens from the original courseware.
General
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02 Navigation8 lessons · 0 items
Chartwork, position fixing, compass work and shaping a course. 78 interactive screens from the original courseware.
Definitions on Earth
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Nautical Charts
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Plotting tools
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Magnetic Compass
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Shaping the Course
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Dead Reckoning
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Position fixing
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Navigation In restricted visibility
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03 Tides and Tidal Streams6 lessons · 0 items
Causes of tides, chart datum, the rule of twelfths, tidal curves and secondary port corrections. 15 interactive screens from the original courseware.
Causes of tides
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Tide heights and chart datum
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Rule of twelfths
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Tides for a standard port
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The tidal curve
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Corrections for a secondary port
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04 Aids to Navigation5 lessons · 0 items
Lights, light ranges and the IALA buoyage system. 30 interactive screens from the original courseware.
General
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Lighted navigation aids
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Light ranges
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Lists and corrections
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Buoyage System
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05 Meteorology5 lessons · 0 items
Weather systems, forecasts, fronts and the barometer. 41 interactive screens from the original courseware.
How the weather works
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Weather information sources
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Beaufort Scale
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Interpreting a weather FAX
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Barometer
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06 Seamanship4 lessons · 0 items
Anchoring, safety at sea, navigation lights and signals. 46 interactive screens from the original courseware.
Anchoring
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Safety at sea
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Navigation Lights
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Signals
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07 Electronic Navigation6 lessons · 0 items
GPS, radar, echo sounder, Navtex, Loran C and GMDSS. 26 interactive screens from the original courseware.
GMDSS
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Radar
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Echo sounder
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LORAN C
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GPS
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Navtex
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