Knowing where you are!

Downloads related to the Fixing Position and Navigation Awareness module in the RYA Day Skipper course.

Learn to confirm your position using depth contours, transits, and visual cues. These resources support your navigation skills and help you stay oriented—even without a GPS.

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Adjustments for Deviation

This handy mnemonic helps us remember which way to apply adjustments for bearings. Magnetic (compass) to True, True to Compass, Easterly Variation or Westerly Variation.  CADET (Compass Add East...More Details
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Adjustments for Variation

This handy mnemonic helps us remember which way to apply adjustments for bearings. Magnetic (compass) to True, True to Compass, Easterly Variation or Westerly Variation. CADET (Compass Add East for...More Details
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Calculating Variation

How to calculate variation using the information found on a Compass Rose of a chart. Charts have the necessary information to calculate variation appropriate for their coverage area. They provide the...More Details
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Dilution of Precision Scale

Table of HDOP ranges and their associated meanings. When establishing the accuracy of our GNSS (GPS) fix, we need to understand the Dilution of Precision (DOP), sometimes referred to as Horizontal Dilution...More Details
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Positioning Web

This is an example positioning web created for Beaufort Bay, a fictitious training area on RYA Training Chart 3. It is used in the Positioning Web session of the Knowing where you are! module, part of...More Details
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RYA Training Deviation Card

The deviation card found on the back page of the RYA Training Almanac. It is used solely to support RYA theory courses and is a fictitious deviation card. This is used in the Deviation session...More Details
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