NAVIGATION_ Tönvorbereitung

Navigation Naturally a very important almost essential topic navigation especially in tidal areas We will also go into it separately within this subject area And we are very happy that were able to secure a very competent person for this namely Clemens from the MCO Sailing Academy Unfortunately an Austrian but all the more a skilled sailor who is particularly familiar with many sailing areas around the world He is a Royal Yacht Master Instructor so he knows what he's talking about And we want to bring this to you in a classic analog way Just simple to make the basics much clearer for you with classic aids such as tide atlases Reeds and area guides etc And to make this as practical as possible we have come up with a specific training session here from the English south coast across the English Channel to the Channel Islands Clemens let's go Such a trip should naturally be as much fun as possible it should be relaxing the skipper should be confident and the crew should always feel well taken care of Feel naturally secure and safe And exactly for that reason we need a lot of preparation for this event to go so well Obviously there is a lot to do but it's definitely worth it if it's really fun Point 1 we definitely need up-to-date paper charts we need them urgently We also have to go along no question especially in our time of digitalization where everyone will already prepare themselves with digital maps Because many things just go more easily let's put it that way Still please don't forget we have to navigate analogously by law Point 2 apart from nautical charts we need information on many many topics And what I have in my hand here is something like the Bible of west European Atlantic coast sailors the Reeds Almanac This Reed's Almanac contains so incredibly valuable information that we can't afford to be without it Specifically at the beginning of the Reed we have general information about sailing in tidal waters On the topics of communication security weather and more Incredibly valuable information except that then in the later parts They include the tide tables for the respective standard ports as well as the tide curves Also the Reeds Almanac or a similar work certainly a genuine reference book for our sailing area I am noting Reed's Almanac Okay the Reed's Almanac is not the same as a game management guide The game management guide itself gives us a different kind of insight into the area Rather with images rather with information about small harbors He gives us an overall impression of the area and is clearly different from the Reeds Almanac I would therefore recommend that we have both items with us at least in the preparation Because the information only partially overlaps and in part we do have separate information here Also let's note that would be the game warden Well one two three already important points and we are already on the safe side regarding the basic information I said we are in a tidal area and tides are very challenging But they are also extremely impressive and an incredibly great sailcloth and it is incredible to sail in the tidal waters And of course one must always be clear about where the current is flowing from and to and how strong it is What's the overall situation with the currents right now in my area And the good captain should really know at all times what the current flow looks like I have prepared a tidal stream atlas for the Solent and around the Isle of Wight You can see the Isle of Wight here and here the Solent the narrow waterway between the Isle of Wight and the main island of England We also have a tide current atlas with us We are still missing points 5 and 6 It is of course crucial that we can communicate continuously while on the move It could happen we all hope not we don't hope for it but it could be that we have to communicate quickly in an emergency We need for example the radio channels from the Coast Guard stations we need the phone numbers We also need information about the different weather forecasting stations etc This information can once again be found in the Reeds Almanac You can also find this valuable information about communication and weather right here Another reason to have this almanac with you We write this down here regarding communication plus weather And the entire data we read from these works which we can summarize from these five points We will then summarize it in a passage plan Making a route plan is a very very great task and gives us incredible security in the end when we are on the way This means we summarize our results and of course do not forget to add the current weather This is something very important We are sailing with the wind so we need to know where the wind is coming from no question We need to be prepared for weather changes etc This topic will also be included in the passage plan And the passage plan is essentially a higher-level plan for the entire expected traffic Our fundamental framework for the secure and sovereign execution of a turn It should be fun so let's get started