OOW-1.1.6

Sextant - use and correction of errors

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

Covers the operating procedure, logical sequence of error identification and correction (error of perpendicularity, side error, index error), and the principles behind taking and recording a sextant altitude.

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.