República Bolivariana de Venezuela

Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Educación Universitaria, Ciencia y Tecnología

Universidad Nacional Experimental Marítima del Caribe
Ingles V– Sección “B”

Teacher: Students:
• Colmenares Oli
• Fajardo Mariflor • Escalante Luis
• Ramirez Joselin
• Troncoso Adrian
 NAVIGATION

What is Navigation?
 TYPES OF NAVIGATION

• Inertial Navigation • Electronic Navigation

• Navigation by Estimate • Coastal Navigation • Astronomical Navigation

 MARINE NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT

Electronic chart

Logbook The sextant

Boat Compasses Global Position System

Radar
 HOW DO SHIPS NAVIGATE FROM PLACE TO PLACE

 Marine navigation is literally the moving of a vessel

from one place to another

 Modern navigation techniques use positioning provided by

satellites
 POSITION

 Coordinates of latitude and longitude can

define any position on Earth Longitude and Latitude

 Positions are expressed in degrees and

minutes of latitude and longitude
 DIRECTION

 Direction it is the position of one point  The course is often designated as:
relative to another. • True north (°T)
• Magnetic north (°M)
Direction of the wind
• Compass north (°C)

Direction of the ship

Direction of the current

 Direction are expressed as angular

distance from north clockwise through
360°
 DISTANCE

 Distance it is the length of the rhumb

line connecting two places

 Distance are expressed

in nautical miles or
cables otherwise in
kilometres or metres
¡Thank You For Your
Attention!