Bennett DVD - Boaters Guide to Radar Navigation & Coast Guard License SBRAD2DVD

BOATERS GUIDE RADAR NAVIGATION & COAST GUARD LICENSE
SBRAD2DVD
95 mins.

Includes: Boaters Guide to Using Marine Radar, The Coast Guard License

The ultimate value of radar & all electronic equipment lies with the boater's ability to understand and properly use the information on the display. The primary purpose of marine radar is to serve as an aid to collision avoidance. It can increase boaters' safety on the water more than any other electronic devise allowing boaters to "see" through rain, darkness, poor visibility and fog. Learn how radar can assist you on the water and how to use it as an aid to safe navigation & collision avoidance.
This set also includes the Coast Guard License, internationally recognized as one of the ultimate tests of boating ability. It covers the essentials of the license test, advanced piloting, rules of the road & seamanship.

Teaches:

• Principles of Radar
  
• Radar System Configurations, Range & Unusual Propagation
  
• Radar Terminology, Controls
  
• What Radar - Can Do For You
  
• Radar Picture & Marks (Range, bearing, AIS, ARPA)
  
• Sea & Rain Clutter
  
• Aids to Navigation
  
• Interpreting the Display
  
• Radar Picture & Target Properties
  
• Target Material & Reflected Echo
  
• Precipitation
  
• Influence of Waves & Precipitation
  
• Advanced Radar Operation
  
• Coast Guard license test & test taking tips
  
• Advanced piloting
  
• Complete rules of the road needed for the examination
  
• Arc & visibility of lights
  
• Navigation, tides, seamanship
  
• Fixes & bearings, set & drift

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