This is an awesome introduction to charting and plotting. In less than 12 minutes you made clear what my instructor did not do in 2 hours. Some people teach for clarity, others teach to confuse, you are the former. Thank you.
Super cool stuff there Captain Adderley! You truly rock!!! You teach so one can UNDERSTAND what it is they're doing while some teach for others to KNOW what they're doing! I highly admire your style of teaching! God Bless!!!
Captain, you have the gift that keeps on giving. Here it is years later and it still produces results. Thank you for this presentation. Captain Rudy Lopez
This has helped me visualize and easily understand the process. Currently doing my Basic Navigation standard (Sail Canada) on my own during the COVID lock down, there are no class rooms just the documents to learn from and theory exam with chart supervised on ZOOM. Thank you!
In all the "Instructional" videos on Navigation, this is by far the most simple and precise explanation I have found. I hope you can consider making more videos like this or even perhaps a series. I hope life finds you well. Stay safe and may you have fair winds and following seas.
Most youtube presentations are not very clear nor comprehensible. Capt. Lori does a fine job in her presentation. She is clear and obviously knows how to communicate. It would be nice to see more than one camera angle in the future, however. Thank you.
Great video! I appreciate how you explained things! I have been a hiker for many years, using topo maps and navigating using compass, but I found nautical charts a little intimidating when I recently started boating. You explained it so I understood the basics very well!
Thank you very much. I thought it might be advantageous to get a head start on a nautical nav/plotting course. I found your "walk-through/talk through" straight forward and easy to follow.
Great information...I am a total land rat but love the ocean and big sail ships ( always wanted to be a Pirat...lol) found a paralell ruler at the junk store new in plastic....had no idea...gave 2 bucks for it....thanks to you I know now what it is AND how to use it...lol I think I am goona apply for a Pirat position soon...lol Thanks for great video/ info!! Ahoii!!
Thanks for the lesson, I'm about to buy a yacht and need to brush up on chart work as the last time I did anything like this was back in the army days.
Lady Capt., It's really a shame that you won't show us more lessons.. Your instructions are perfect and easily understood.. You have what many 'teachers' do not have, and/or wish they had -- the ability to actually 'teach'.. Read the comments, we ALL wish you would continue to make more nautical videos.. Get your own site going, advertise it, and it wouldn't be long before you had a large following, me included, with what time I have left... Dennis Egan
Thank you for that information, you should do more videos, you are a very good teacher. I would love to see some more as I am doing my boat masters course and I am a complete novice to all this jargon. Well done.
Dear Whitianga18....Many thanks for your compliment. Best of luck to you with your studies, it is a lot of information to learn, but I see that you are exploring many educational resources. Safe Passage, Capt Lori
For some reason your reply to my comment was removed. I picked it elsewhere though. Thank you for your reply and you comment helped allot. Thank you for your reply.
My compliments to you. This is so well made. Your explanations are not rushed, and you have a really pleasant voice and clear presentation..Please make some more demonstrations? Best wishes. :-)
LadyCaptn, Hello, your explaination is terrific.. The 'timing' of your words are excellent, it gives us all a second or two for your words to 'sink-in' before you continue.. If measuremants can be calculated by using the vertical 'ticks' on the chart; what then, if any, can the horizontal 'ticks' be used for? Thank you so much for this quick look at Navigation, I do hope there will be many more lessons? I check in daily and cross my fingers :-) .. Keep up the good work Captain...
@eartotheground121 Thank you so very much for the compliment, I am glad the video was helpful. I generally use a mechanical pencil .7 point. Often I like to use the small post it tabs to mark my lat/lon at the scale. they make a "post it" with arrow ends. Safe Passage, Capt Lori
Very nice video and explanation. Don’t ask how I got here but it was NOT a refresher of my navigation class or skills. It would help to better explain how “lines of latitude are always same distance apart”. It is obvious when looking at sphere with lines drawn but not so clear when looking at a navigation chart of small section of earth’s surface.
Thank you I'm thinking this is a realistic way for students to use not only latidude and longitude but using information learned about coordinate planes and ordered pairs.
Many thanks. The lines/bars which represent Longitude (top and bottom) are only useful for determining Position. However, considering that you must have the longitude to determine an exact position, I'd say they were still pretty important!! Safe Passage ;-))
Latitude and longitude are 2 different distances. You can "test" this theory, by measuring 1 bar of longitude on your chart. Note the measurement, and lay it over a bar of latitude. Depending on where you live this could be greatly different!! the only place latitude and logituse are equi-distance is at the equator. Hope that helps ...thanks again. Safe Passage
This stuff is amazing. To the complete laymen it all seem so complicated. I still do not understand how the walking ruler works. This is going to take me for ever to understand this. I'm hell bent on learning it though.
Well your right, Tide and Current are definately above and beyond the chart plotting shown here. A course on dead reckoning (deduced or "ded" reckoning) would help to factor in those variables. Its practically a course of its own. Maybe a subject for a future video ;-))
i used to do a bit of astronomy growing up comes in handy if rough seas break your compass i used the constellation crux we ended up in NZ to my relief i was afraid we would run aground on the barrier reef me and a mate were on our way back from the marshalls we went to see bikini atoll didnt need to worry about fuel as long as the canvas sail held up
Anything to do with charting will be helpful.......I'm wanting to move to open water and get out of the lakes and explorer the Gulf as I live in Fl.............Will be looking forward to new vids........Thanks........Jerry
Yes..that is a dilemma. That is what the GPS can do. And if your running near coastal, even todays smart phones will give you at Lat/Lon, which you can then plot on the chart. Hope you find yourself...in a good place ;-)
Just curious (I'm a beginner), once you found 9.6 miles linear distance how would you determine provisions or a time estimation? I'm trying to plot a voyage 1770 style.
+phcagent If I understand correctly, on that scale of chart the variation will for all practical purposes be constant across the chart, and the inner rose shows the magnetic course with local variation. That doesn't take annual drift into account, of course, but maybe she had the most-current chart. (Or maybe she was simplifying for the sake of brevity.)
+phcagent In the 101 version, a student should read the course to steer from the Magnetic ring (inside ring) on the Compass Rose. If you are training for a Captain's Course, you will need know how to do the conversions. This video was meant to assist the folks who boat on the weekends and help familiarize them with using a chart for navigation. Thank you for your comment, so I had the chance to express that...Also to answer SeikiBrian, in this particular Chart the variation will change from one Compass Rose to the next Compass Rose on the same chart, due to the scale of this particular Chart. When Charts covers large areas (small scale charts) then it is very likely the Variation will change slightly from one Compass rose to the next. Charts of smaller areas (large scale charts) generally will not have variation changes from one end of the Chart to the other end. Thanks for watching and for your comments!
+LadyCaptn Ah, I thought that was a large-scale chart. I could only see one rose. (I could only get 240p resolution to show on my screen, and it was also quite dark.) Thanks for clarifying.
hello and good day ladycap'n im a first yr student of maritime trasportation but im dumb as a grade 1 pupil, i just want to ask on how to learn the step by step procedure coz its confusing me. thank you and sorry for bad grammar :(
Allan Smith..Just a theory...as this is a complete beginners /intro.to..One might not understand fully about meridian lines..It can take a while for this to sink in,if a complete novice..I myself only read about them earlier today..so I was a little au fe with the jargon..But a complete novice might need a little more help there..like a globe to distinguish meridian lines from latitude etc..Nonetheless,I found it informative even as I am little more than a novice however..
This is an awesome introduction to charting and plotting. In less than 12 minutes you made clear what my instructor did not do in 2 hours. Some people teach for clarity, others teach to confuse, you are the former. Thank you.
For someone like me who has no understanding of navigation at all, this was an easy to follow explanation of plotting a course and waypoint.
Super cool stuff there Captain Adderley! You truly rock!!! You teach so one can UNDERSTAND what it is they're doing while some teach for others to KNOW what they're doing! I highly admire your style of teaching! God Bless!!!
Captain, you have the gift that keeps on giving. Here it is years later and it still produces results. Thank you for this presentation.
Captain Rudy Lopez
Captain Lori this is 5 years after the fact. But your a star in the making. Please get yourself back on youtube your needed! Great Job!
This has helped me visualize and easily understand the process. Currently doing my Basic Navigation standard (Sail Canada) on my own during the COVID lock down, there are no class rooms just the documents to learn from and theory exam with chart supervised on ZOOM. Thank you!
In all the "Instructional" videos on Navigation, this is by far the most simple and precise explanation I have found. I hope you can consider making more videos like this or even perhaps a series. I hope life finds you well. Stay safe and may you have fair winds and following seas.
Most youtube presentations are not very clear nor comprehensible. Capt. Lori does a fine job in her presentation. She is clear and obviously knows how to communicate. It would be nice to see more than one camera angle in the future, however. Thank you.
Thanks for posting this video. Excellent, clear, unambiguous instructions.
Happy sailing!
I love how SLOWLY and simply you explained this. Please do more. Would love to see you do a celestial navigation video.
LOVED your class!!!!!! Great teacher!!!!! Congrats, Captain!!!!
Great video! I appreciate how you explained things! I have been a hiker for many years, using topo maps and navigating using compass, but I found nautical charts a little intimidating when I recently started boating. You explained it so I understood the basics very well!
Thank you for explaining this in a clear and straight forward manner
@Foggof52 Thank you for taking the time to let me know it was useful. Always looking for suggestions for new lessons? Safe Passage, Capt Lori
Thank you very much. I thought it might be advantageous to get a head start on a nautical nav/plotting course. I found your "walk-through/talk through" straight forward and easy to follow.
Very well presented! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Thanks. This was so useful. I never knew how those parallel chart plotters where used. Studying for my pilots license.
Thanks again Captain this video was very helpful to me. Passed my Boat masters, over the moon :)
Very well and clearly explained. Got it first time!
Thanks and happy sailing, Captain!
Great information...I am a total land rat but love the ocean and big sail ships ( always wanted to be a Pirat...lol) found a paralell ruler at the junk store new in plastic....had no idea...gave 2 bucks for it....thanks to you I know now what it is AND how to use it...lol
I think I am goona apply for a Pirat position soon...lol
Thanks for great video/ info!! Ahoii!!
Thanks for the lesson, I'm about to buy a yacht and need to brush up on chart work as the last time I did anything like this was back in the army days.
Lady Capt.,
It's really a shame that you won't show us more lessons.. Your instructions are perfect and easily understood.. You have what many 'teachers' do not have, and/or wish they had -- the ability to actually 'teach'.. Read the comments, we ALL wish you would continue to make more nautical videos.. Get your own site going, advertise it, and it wouldn't be long before you had a large following, me included, with what time I have left...
Dennis Egan
Thank you for sharing your knowledge! It was easy to follow :)
That was really clear and straight forward. Thanks
very clear and to the point more of this and complicated routes will an advantage
Excellent lesson, Captain.
Thank you. You are a wonderful teacher.
Very helpful,Lori.Thank you!!
Clear concise and appreciated.
Very clear and understandable. Thanks!
Just getting into this stuff. That was very informative Thanks!
Thank you for coming back...another video then!!
Great video......hope you'll post more.....Very easy to learn with your explanation...THX
Very clear and concise! Thanks for sharing 😀
Thanks, Taking my ASA 104 course and the course material is not very good explaining charting. Your video saved me much frustration. THANK!
Thank you! This is very helpful.
Thank you for that information, you should do more videos, you are a very good teacher. I would love to see some more as I am doing my boat masters course and I am a complete novice to all this jargon. Well done.
whhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat????? you are doing your masters course but don't know the "jargon"??? good luck with that.
Dear Whitianga18....Many thanks for your compliment. Best of luck to you with your studies, it is a lot of information to learn, but I see that you are exploring many educational resources. Safe Passage, Capt Lori
gary grasser Thank you Gary, I'm doing just fine.
gary grasser Just to let you know Gary I passed my Boatmasters on 31st August.
Very well done! Thanks!
For some reason your reply to my comment was removed. I picked it elsewhere though. Thank you for your reply and you comment helped allot. Thank you for your reply.
Nicely done Captain.
My compliments to you. This is so well made. Your explanations are not rushed, and you have a really pleasant voice and clear presentation..Please make some more demonstrations? Best wishes. :-)
LadyCaptn,
Hello, your explaination is terrific.. The 'timing' of your words are excellent, it gives us all a second or two for your words to 'sink-in' before you continue.. If measuremants can be calculated by using the vertical 'ticks' on the chart; what then, if any, can the horizontal 'ticks' be used for? Thank you so much for this quick look at Navigation, I do hope there will be many more lessons? I check in daily and cross my fingers :-) .. Keep up the good work Captain...
it helps me alot and hope to see more videos and i wish to see some expert on this abroad
Excellent, thank you for the video
@TheOceanJames
Bravo...youre the real deal. Never stop learning...
great video, thanks captain
@eartotheground121 Thank you so very much for the compliment, I am glad the video was helpful. I generally use a mechanical pencil .7 point. Often I like to use the small post it tabs to mark my lat/lon at the scale. they make a "post it" with arrow ends. Safe Passage, Capt Lori
Great video
Excellent! :)
thank you! im getting tested tomorrow.
Very nice video and explanation. Don’t ask how I got here but it was NOT a refresher of my navigation class or skills. It would help to better explain how “lines of latitude are always same distance apart”. It is obvious when looking at sphere with lines drawn but not so clear when looking at a navigation chart of small section of earth’s surface.
Thank you I'm thinking this is a realistic way for students to use not only latidude and longitude but using information learned about coordinate planes and ordered pairs.
thank you for the explanation captain..even if i am not american but i can a little bit understanding.
Many thanks. The lines/bars which represent Longitude (top and bottom) are only useful for determining Position. However, considering that you must have the longitude to determine an exact position, I'd say they were still pretty important!! Safe Passage ;-))
Hi, please would you make more videos? I really loved this one! Warm regards. D^P
Latitude and longitude are 2 different distances. You can "test" this theory, by measuring 1 bar of longitude on your chart. Note the measurement, and lay it over a bar of latitude. Depending on where you live this could be greatly different!! the only place latitude and logituse are equi-distance is at the equator. Hope that helps ...thanks again. Safe Passage
This stuff is amazing. To the complete laymen it all seem so complicated. I still do not understand how the walking ruler works. This is going to take me for ever to understand this.
I'm hell bent on learning it though.
Well your right, Tide and Current are definately above and beyond the chart plotting shown here. A course on dead reckoning (deduced or "ded" reckoning) would help to factor in those variables. Its practically a course of its own. Maybe a subject for a future video ;-))
Yes very informative to a NOVIS
Was it that easy all this time ♥♥
I hope you do more Vids.
i used to do a bit of astronomy growing up comes in handy if rough seas break your compass i used the constellation crux we ended up in NZ to my relief i was afraid we would run aground on the barrier reef me and a mate were on our way back from the marshalls we went to see bikini atoll didnt need to worry about fuel as long as the canvas sail held up
Anything to do with charting will be helpful.......I'm wanting to move to open water and get out of the lakes and explorer the Gulf as I live in Fl.............Will be looking forward to new vids........Thanks........Jerry
Thanks
Did you add the 14 degrees of declination at some point or when would it be used
YOU REALLY SHOULD PUT A CLASS TOGETHER ! WHAT EVER THE FEE COUNT ME IN VERY GOOD TEACHER THANKS
i Capt. What do you think about the "TVMDC" iPhone app?
For quick TVMDC and Set and Drift calcs to find your CTS.... ?
Try a rotating azimuth plotter is probably better to work with than walking the plotter which is vulnerable on a rocking boat.
Good video. Is she writing on the chart, or is there something over the chart that she is writing on? (Im just learning.)
Yes..that is a dilemma. That is what the GPS can do. And if your running near coastal, even todays smart phones will give you at Lat/Lon, which you can then plot on the chart. Hope you find yourself...in a good place
;-)
Just curious (I'm a beginner), once you found 9.6 miles linear distance how would you determine provisions or a time estimation? I'm trying to plot a voyage 1770 style.
I'm wondering why you didn't modify your course route with the magnetic variation? Thanks.
+phcagent If I understand correctly, on that scale of chart the variation will for all practical purposes be constant across the chart, and the inner rose shows the magnetic course with local variation. That doesn't take annual drift into account, of course, but maybe she had the most-current chart. (Or maybe she was simplifying for the sake of brevity.)
+phcagent In the 101 version, a student should read the course to steer from the Magnetic ring (inside ring) on the Compass Rose. If you are training for a Captain's Course, you will need know how to do the conversions. This video was meant to assist the folks who boat on the weekends and help familiarize them with using a chart for navigation. Thank you for your comment, so I had the chance to express that...Also to answer SeikiBrian, in this particular Chart the variation will change from one Compass Rose to the next Compass Rose on the same chart, due to the scale of this particular Chart. When Charts covers large areas (small scale charts) then it is very likely the Variation will change slightly from one Compass rose to the next. Charts of smaller areas (large scale charts) generally will not have variation changes from one end of the Chart to the other end. Thanks for watching and for your comments!
+LadyCaptn Ah, I thought that was a large-scale chart. I could only see one rose. (I could only get 240p resolution to show on my screen, and it was also quite dark.) Thanks for clarifying.
Anymore videos on nautical charts? By the way, Navy or Coastie? I'm former Navy, now living in Sweden.
Esta explicación la hay en español?
How , or what, does she allow for tide?
Why not measure the course line with a ruler and compare it with the latitude scale?
hello and good day ladycap'n im a first yr student of maritime trasportation but im dumb as a grade 1 pupil, i just want to ask on how to learn the step by step procedure coz its confusing me. thank you and sorry for bad grammar :(
the view of the nautical chart is not clear.
EEEEEEK no onion paper on top of that chart! my soul hurts!
you said 14.9 degrees
Safe Passage Skipper
Captain, the video is blurry!
good video, but video quality is not good.
Who or what 11 people didn't like this?
+Allan Smith Allan, I like your style...Thanks for the thumbs up ;-)
+Allan Smith it is probably for the low resolution and no focus due to very low lighting of map. good explanation tho
Allan Smith..Just a theory...as this is a complete beginners /intro.to..One might not understand fully about meridian lines..It can take a while for this to sink in,if a complete novice..I myself only read about them earlier today..so I was a little au fe with the jargon..But a complete novice might need a little more help there..like a globe to distinguish meridian lines from latitude etc..Nonetheless,I found it informative even as I am little more than a novice however..
Auto focus off
Portland plotter is better and far easier to use!
Worst quality ever, but man, something just clicked with the way you explained it. Thx
boooooooooooooooooooooooo
Your video quality is horrible.....