Description

Navigation Advanced for Mates/Masters – Second Edition

The Navigation Advanced for Mates Masters book is a practical guide for developing advanced navigational skills through worked examples, plots, templates, and exercises. This advanced navigation book helps Mates and Masters strengthen passage planning, bridge procedures, radar navigation, marine communications, and ECDIS knowledge.

What is Navigation Advanced for Mates Masters?

This guide is designed to help develop advanced navigational skills. It covers topics such as regulatory requirements, passage planning, bridge procedures, marine communications and ECDIS.

The information in this publication is supported by a number of worked examples, plots, templates for working and exercises. It can be used as a self-study guide to build navigational skills or as a source of reference onboard.

This book builds on essential knowledge of modern navigational practice for masters, helping Mates and Masters apply advanced techniques in real operational scenarios. It also strengthens understanding of collision avoidance and COLREGs, which are critical for safe navigation and decision-making at sea.

For those progressing into command roles, it complements practical command guidance for ship Masters, offering deeper insight into leadership and operational responsibility. In addition, readers will benefit from a broader understanding of maritime law for masters, ensuring that navigational decisions align with legal and regulatory requirements.

What You Will Learn from Navigation Advanced for Mates Masters

Content listing:

Author’s Preface

1. Regulatory Requirements

2. Passage Planning

3. Sailings

4. Ocean Routeing

5. Bridge Procedures

6. Radar Navigation

7. Extreme Weather and Navigation

8. Celestial Navigation

9. Electronic Navigation Aids

10. Tides and Tidal Streams

11. Marine Communications

12. Search and Rescue at Sea

13. Offshore Installations and Navigation

14. ECDIS and IBS

Further Exercises

Answers

Almanac Data

Glossary of Abbreviations

References

Bibliography

Index

Templates

Radar Plotting Sheet

Appendix

Navigation advanced for mates masters is designed to support self-study, onboard reference use, and practical skills development for modern navigation aligned with international maritime regulations