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| A Small Boat Guide to Electronics Afloat | 
 enlarge | Author: Tim Bartlett
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
List Price: $22.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (1 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1626490
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 96
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.5 x 0.4
ISBN: 0906754720
Dewey Decimal Number: 797
EAN: 9780906754726
ASIN: 0906754720
Publication Date: July 31, 2006
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Product Description
From the simplest echo-sounder to the computerised instrument network installed on an offshore racing yacht, electronics have become a fact of life aboard modern yachts and powerboats. You can buy electronic devices to pinpoint your position, steer you to a waypoint, plot your track, keep tabs on the weather, monitor the wind, boatspeed and distance covered, and even check your sailing performance and tell you when you should be doing better! But how accurate are these systems? How do they work, and what do you need to know to get the best out of them? Which devices should you invest in first, and how can you build up a system to suit your particular needs? How do you use them, in practice, out there in the wind and the waves? This book will tell you. Includes: - Electronic navigators: GPS, Transit, Loran, Decca
- Chart plotters
- Depth sounders
- Flux-gate compasses
- Logs and wind indicators
- Autopilots
- Interfacing
- Performance computers
- Power supplies and installation
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From GIS to depth sounders, autopilots and beyond April 19, 2006
Tim Bartlett's A SMALL BOAT GUIDE TO ELECTRONICS AFLOAT covers all kinds of boat navigation systems, from GPS and chart plotters to depth sounders, autopilots, and performance computers. Author Barlett is a navigation instructor and an ex-officer in the Royal Navy: his background as an ex-naval officer and as a teacher lends to a broad range of experience with all kinds of navigation systems.
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