OOW-1.1.3

Electronic navigation systems - limitations, errors and correction

OOW-1 · Navigation · OOW-1.1 Plan and Conduct a Passage Including Position Determination

This lesson covers the limitations and error sources of electronic navigation systems including GNSS, radar, and echo sounder, and the methods an OOW uses to detect and correct those errors.

Independent preparatory study aligned to the MCA OOW (Yachts <3000 GT) oral examination syllabus. Not an MCA-approved course and confers no credit toward a Certificate of Competency.