320 i n d e x
diesel engines (Cont.):
spare parts toolkit, 164
tools for maintaining, 164
diffraction, 266 –67
Digital Selective Calling (DSC), 314–15
dinghy, 279
displacement vessels
hull speed, 52–53
wake control, 169
distance ahead (DA), 87
distance calculations
horizon, distance to, 17, 77–78, 292–93
landfall, calculating timing of, 77– 80
6-minute rule, 138
slide rules for, 54–56
3-minute rule, 56–57, 173
time, distance, and speed calculations,
51–52, 54–57, 71, 72–73
distance off (DO), 79, 87, 88–90
distance scales, custom, 47
distress calls, 311, 314–15
diurnal pressure variations, 250–51
diurnal tides, 99
dividers, 27
docking
drift rate, 57, 305–7
maneuvers, 211–13, 215– 21 , 222–23
dock lines
cleat hitch, modified, 244
spring line, 211–13, 221– 22
DOLE (Dates of Latest Editions), 19–20
dolphins, 121
double becket bend, 247
downwind sailing, 183 , 184–85, 195, 309
drag bearing, 235
drawbridges, 121 , 122
dredging anchor, 208
drift (current), 104, 113– 15 , 116– 17
drift bearings, 132–35, 137, 139
drifting, regaining a range and, 81
drift rate, 57, 133, 134, 305–7
drive belts, 157, 158
drogue, 172, 174
dumping grounds, 11
early action, substantial action (E.A.S.A),
138–40
“East is least,” 36
ebb tidal current, 100, 104, 106 , 109– 11
electronic aids, 12
electronic bearing line (EBL), 147, 149
electronic charts, 40, 41
electronics
compass placement and, 37
reliability of, 41
engineroom fires, 166–68
engine test and familiarization, 278
English Channel, 132
EPIRB personal locator beacons, 279
equator, 27
estimated position (EP), 74 , 81
European weather information resources, 257
exhaust system, 155 , 156 , 157–58
expansion tank, 157
feathering the rudder, 215
feet
fathoms and, 5
meters and, 5
fenders, 208, 209
fenders (bridge), 121
fiddles, 272
50-90-100 Rule, 109– 11
firefighting systems and extinguishers, 166–68
fire prevention, 270–73
fire reflash, 167–68
fisherman anchor, 229
fish traps, 10–11
fixed bridges, 121 , 122 , 124
fixed range rings, 149
fixes, 73, 74
flashlights, 282
flooding emergencies, 280–84
fl ood tidal current, 100, 104, 105 , 109– 11
Florida Straits, 132, 148
foot (sail), 189–90, 191 –92
forestay, 180 , 195
Fortress anchor, 227 , 228
foul-weather gear, 273
freeboard, 137
freeboard shadow, 136–37
freshwater cooling systems, 155–56, 157
freshwater pumps, 157
fuel
consumption table, 175–76
fueling procedures, 270–71
gauges, 175
speed/RPM table and, 52–54
weight of, 310
fuel filters, 160, 161
fuel-fire prevention techniques, 270–71
fuel pump, 160
fuel system, 155 , 156 , 159–61
fuel tank, 160
furling gear, 179
galley
clothing for cooking, 273
fires, 270, 271
stove safety, 271–73
galvanic corrosion, 232
galvanized shackles, 231
galvanized thimbles, 232–33
gate valves, 280
gel-cell batteries, 164
geographic range, 17, 292
GPS for Mariners (Sweet), 40
GPS systems
backup for, 61
bearings and courses, 35
GPS grid highway, 90– 91
GPS plotting grid, 91–93, 92
MOB (man-overboard) function, 279
personal locator beacons (PLBs), 279