Course To Steer - Westview Sailing RYA Day Skipper Online

[@meatdog]

Even though this is an old video, the info is spot on. Thanks

[@alexblyth2864]

I am a rusty skipper returning to sailing that was a useful demo,

[@josephlai9759]

Thank you so much, Mr Wells. You explained it so clearly.

[@danielkemp868]

OK....so I get drawing a line from A to B...

[@Skullandrumit]

Superb,clear, concise and very informative many thanks

[@richardwilliams1083]

This is very helpful indeed. Simply presented and very clear.

[@Westviewsailing]

Thank you. Do check out Stress-Free Sailing

[@gemmabailey9968]

This helped a lot since I'm doing my Day Skipper Theory course! Thanks

[@georgecampbell41]

+Gemma Bailey Did you pass?

[@Westviewsailing]

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[@gemmabailey9968]

yes, I did pass thank you ive just turned old enough to do pratical!

[@yttominoshell7230]

Wow that sounds good

[@meatdog]

That's exciting. I remember my skipper course fondly. I had even more fun taking and passing the 200 Ton Masters course with the USCG. BUT I never stop learning.

[@drval]

Very clear and highly informative video.

[@johngott6035]

Very clear instruction many thanks

[@Devon_Dan_Sailing]

Wow was this really 10 years ago? Feels like 50!

[@serdarsenol7307]

After 1 hour of sailing what degree of course we proceed and secondly do you take the wind effect similar to tidal effect or less effective than tidal effect? Thanks.

[@Westviewsailing]

After 1 hour of sailing you need to do a new course to steer for the next hour. If you view the example it says work out how long the passage will take you and if sailing for two hours allow for the tidal drift for each of those hours.

[@mymobile5014]

At 4' 1" you put the plotter on the map saying 113 degrees is dialed in, then say line them up and draw a line but...line what up with what? I can'[t see anything lined up with anything. Are you just trying to get the 2 mile line from A at 90 degrees to your course line?

[@mymobile5014]

Then you join C and D and get a bearing of a line, but where did you get the bearing from? You say it's 357 degrees but where does that number come from? This is all too confusing for me.

[@Westviewsailing]

You line up the grid on the compass on the plotter with a vertical or horizontal on the chart.

[@Westviewsailing]

You need to work out how to use a plotter. go to westviewsailing.co.uk and sign up for the tutorial videos or check out the new Day Skipper blended learning course which we are about to start promoting on the westview website.

[@stefanbergman4732]

Thanks for the video. One question: How come you take into account magnetic variation before you deal with leeway? I have always compensated for current and then the wind, before calculating the magnetic course with the magnetic variation. /Stefan

[@stefanbergman4732]

Ah, perhaps the oreder doesent matter :)

[@matthoad-robson7938]

@@stefanbergman4732 It does matter and this is a mistake in the video. It should be leeway, variation and then deviation. (LoVeD)

[@Westviewsailing]

You are wrong, there is no mistake. It makes no difference whether you add the leeway before the variation or after as I did in the example (at 6'15") as it comes to the same thing. The important thing is to allow for the leeway before you see what deviation the steering compass has on this heading.

[@Westviewsailing]

It doesn't matter as long as you allow for variation and leeway before seeing what deviation the steering compass has on that heading

[@meatdog]

​@@Westviewsailingexactly true!!

[@socialmobility3568]

Great vid Duncan, nice and clear, thank you

[@Westviewsailing]

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[@marklawrie8000]

Is the first fix correct? .00N and .00E should be on crossed lines of long and lat......or am I missing something 😀

[@Westviewsailing]

You are indeed missing something. The Lat at 46º19'.00N does not fall on a parallel of latitude line as marked on the chart as these are spaced 10' apart and run from .0' to .10' to .20' etc.The long at 005º.00' did fall on a meridian line. Had that Lat been 46º20'.00 it would have fallen on a line of parallel of latitude and you would have had the fix on crossed lines but the lat was 46º19'.00 so that is why we are on the meridian line but not the line of parallel of latitude.

[@superformOG]

Thanks Duncan, do you have links to the other videos mentioned?

[@cynikalX]

in case you haven't found them, they are available here westviewsailing.co.uk/video-tutorials/ it's subscription-based to view them with it being 25 quid for a month of access or 55 for 3 months.. i've watched them all, they are high quality content wise, and a bargain for the insight Duncan provides.. he's very good at explaining things in a helpful way (and a wonderful human being as well)

[@Westviewsailing]

Go to www.westviewsailing.co.uk/video-tutorials

[@jossandman]

Excellent.

[@aquamanaquaman1715]

Does this only apply to sailing?...or also in power boating as well?

[@Westviewsailing]

It applies to any vessel - motorboats included

[@damithdesilva3040]

Sir please make more videos thanks

[@oldshipmatesadventures]

well explaned, even if posted almost 7 years ago, should you see this comment, then indeed many thanks!

[@Westviewsailing]

Thank you old shipmates adventures

[@TheChulangot]

Good Day Sir, I have been watching your videos for quite some time now, It would be great if you could upload a video about Trim and Stability. Thanks, Best Regards

[@Westviewsailing]

Thank you. Do check out Stress-Free Sailing. I will leave Trim and Stability to others. I do cover it of course on the Yachtmaster course but my next video priority is Weather.

[@alnothere]

dont you have GPS chartploter, on your boat?

[@Westviewsailing]

Yes, of course but we always run a paper plot, too. Do check out Stress-Free Sailing

[@Westviewsailing]

I do...and a chart

[@Mikinct]

Al Nothere lighting had knocked out all electronics while at sea. This my friend pointed ya true magnetic north to get home.

[@kkots]

Great teaching voice mate!

[@Westviewsailing]

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[@mrzif0013]

seems like you would use a lot of maps over a season.

[@Westviewsailing]

You rub out your workings after sailing the passage and re-use charts.

[@de0xyrib0se]

Given sailing is almost never a straight line, how do you maintain that course?

[@Westviewsailing]

You draw the course to steer onto the chart and then depending on the wind on the day you follow the course either by running straight down it. As you say this is unlikely. If the wind is coming from forward of the beam you will tack away from the CTS and then back to it and then away from it until you reach your destination. Or you may tack across from one side of it to the other if the wind is dead ahead. Momitor your progress against the CTS and confirm position either with the GPS or via 3 point fixes, single point fix and depth, transit and cross bearing, etc.

[@Westviewsailing]

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[@Westviewsailing]

As best you can. Best course to windward and all that...and tack

[@joaoluizrudgeencarnacao]

thank youuuuuuuuuu...great explanation.:)

[@Westviewsailing]

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[@ChickenBhunaHot]

@4:27 you say 6 knots. Do you mean 6 miles?

[@Westviewsailing]

Correct I do mean this and have now replaced the video with boatspeed 6 knjots so 6 miles travelled in the hour

[@Westviewsailing]

Correct, we are doing 6 knots so we will travel 6 miles in the hour. i say 6 knots when I should say 6 miles.

[@eddsaunders2397]

It's the Steam Packet music!!!!

[@olatunbosuntomori3855]

I disagree with you Sir. I think its more realistic if u had taken 6Kn from the starting position and not at the end of the tidal stream..Ur answer wnt be realistic had the tidal stream been moving in the same direction as the course to steer..be it against or for the ship..The 6kn shld be taken from the starting position and the line joining the 6Nm on the track and end of the tidal stream inficates the speed ro proceed and coutse to steer

[@Westviewsailing]

Well I am afraid you are wring and have completely misunderstood the concept of what we are teaching here with how to shape a course top steer.

[@cristiancornejo]

I DONT KNOW how do i get here... but .. learning Russian was easier than this....

[@chrisatkin4827]

Thankyou

[@Westviewsailing]

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