318 i n d e x
bearing drift, 132–35, 137, 139
bearings
danger bearings, 84– 86 , 128–30, 129
drift bearings, 132–35, 137, 139
GPS systems and, 35
magnetic bearings, 149
piloting by visual bearings, 75–76
relative bearings, 149
sighting a bearing, 73, 134
taking a bearing, 73
beating, 194
Bellingham Chart Printers, 41
bend, 243
bight, 243
bilge pumps, 280, 281–82
binoculars
adjusting, 61
eyeglass wearers and, 60
selecting, 60
bitter end, 243
blind spots, 136–37
body heat. See also hypothermia
cold-water shock, 286–87
cold-water survival skills, 287– 89
heat loss in cold water, 286
boom preventer, 184, 198– 99
boom vang, 189, 198
bowline, 244–46, 245 , 247
box-plot your position, 30–31, 32
breaker effect, 268
bridges
chart symbols, 121 –22
height measurements, 6–8
horizontal clearance measurements, 7
lighting, 122 – 24
opening request procedures, 124–25
opening requests and antennas, 8
terminology, 120–21
British Admiralty charts
Chart 5011, 2
height measurements, 6–7
water depths, 4
British Admiralty tidal current
resources, 108–9
British Admiralty tide tables, 101
broach, 172
bronze alloy thimbles, 233
Bruce anchor, 228
buckets, 282
buoys
chart symbols, 11 – 12
colors, 14–15
light color, 16
lighted, 12
light period (pattern), 15–16
numbers and letters, 15
sound signals, 16
swing circle, 11
visualization secrets, 14–17
wave-actuated, 16–17
Buys-Ballot law, 257–58
cable height measurements, 6–8
Cape Dory sloop, 154–55
cape effect, 268
capsized boat, 172, 244–45
Captain’s Quick Guide: Rules of the Road
and Running Light Patterns (Wing),
133
catenary, 230
chafing gear, 233
chain anchor rode, 230, 231, 242
charging system, 155 , 156 , 162–64
chartlets, paper, 41– 45
Chart No. 1, 1–2
chart plotters, 40
charts
abbreviations on, 1–2
aid-to-navigation symbols, 11 – 12
annotating, 45–47, 95– 96 , 126–27
box-plot your position, 30–31, 32
bulletproofing, 41
chartlets, paper, 41– 45
colors and tints, 2–3
compass rose, 35, 36
contour lines, 3, 46, 87
danger symbols, 8 –11, 46
dates on, 18–20
depths, 3, 4–5, 11, 46, 87
detail on, 18
distance scales, custom, 47
formats, 19, 20, 40
height measurements, 6–8
horizontal clearance measurements,
7
land features, 3 –4
latitude scale, 27–28, 31, 33, 41
longitude scale, 28, 31, 41
navigating with, 1
notes, navigational, 17–18
plotting lines on, 34, 37
plotting symbols, 74
protection for, 42
scale, 18, 29–30
seabed characteristics, 5–6
soundings, 3, 5, 11
strip charts, 95– 96
symbols on, 1–2, 121 –22
updating, 20–21
chord, 186
circle of position (COP), 62
cirrocumulus clouds, 254
cirrostratus clouds, 254
cirrus clouds, 254
clamps and hoses, 156, 182
claw anchors, 228 – 29
clearance (tide) gauges, 7, 120
cleat hitch, 243 –44
cliffs, 3 –4, 267, 268
close-hauled sailing, 93– 95 , 142, 182–84,
183 , 185
closest point of approach (CPA), 148,
150–52, 151