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NAVIGATION TRAINING Section 6 Navigational Aids ? Section 1 Types of Navigation ? Section 2 Terrestial Coordinates ? Section 3 Charts ? Section 4 Compass ? Section 5 Nautical Publications ? Section 6 Navigational Aids ? Section 7 Buoyage ? Section 8 Position Lines and Fixes ? Section 9 Tides ? Section 10 Currents ? Section 11 Weather Table of Contents Navigational Aids ?Navigational Aid: Any device external to a vessel or aircraft intended to assist in determining position and safe course, or to warn of dangers or obstructions. Significance of Navigational Aids Navigational Aids Navigational aids will include: Lighthouses Transit Marks Leading Lines Buoyage Beacons Day Marks Identifiable charted object Navigational Aids Positive Identification of Navigation Aids ?Phase characteristic ?Period Colour ?Location ?Shape ?Colour Scheme ?Auxiliary features ?Special Markings DAYTIME NIGHT Navigational Aids Positive Identification of Navigation Aids (at night) Navigational Aids Positive Identification of Navigation Aids (at night) Period = Length in seconds of repetition Colour= (red, green, yellow, or white) Navigational Aids Navigational Aids Special Purpose Lights Sector Lights Red light used in dangerous sectors Sector limits are expressed in degrees true as observed from a vessel, not from the light! Navigational Aids Other Navigational Aids Other navigational aids, providing they are charted, will include: Navigational Aids Navigation Marks and Buoyage Navigational Aids Determining the Computed Visibility of a NavAid Horizon distance = the line of sight from a position above the earth’s surface to the visual horizon. Geographic range = the maximum distance that a light may be seen in perfect visibility by an observer’s eye who is at sea level Bella Bella Navigational Aids Determining the Computed Visibility of a NavAid Computed range = the distance at which a light could be seen in perfect visibility (tak