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    Practical Navigation - Current Leeway Tidel Stream

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    This document defines several key terms related to coastal navigation and passage planning: Current is the movement of surface sea water due to factors like wind, gradient, and salinity. Near land, current can vary drastically due to coastal features. Leeway is the angle between the course steered and the ship's actual angle of progress. Tidal stream is the combination of current and tide in coastal waters, which changes in strength and direction hourly. Set and drift of current is the offset from the dead reckoning position to the actual fixed position at a given time.

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    This document defines several key terms related to coastal navigation and passage planning: Current is the movement of surface sea water due to factors like wind, gradient, and salinity. Near land, current can vary drastically due to coastal features. Leeway is the angle between the course steered and the ship's actual angle of progress. Tidal stream is the combination of current and tide in coastal waters, which changes in strength and direction hourly. Set and drift of current is the offset from the dead reckoning position to the actual fixed position at a given time.

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    This document defines several key terms related to coastal navigation and passage planning: Current is the movement of surface sea water due to factors like wind, gradient, and salinity. Near land, current can vary drastically due to coastal features. Leeway is the angle between the course steered and the ship's actual angle of progress. Tidal stream is the combination of current and tide in coastal waters, which changes in strength and direction hourly. Set and drift of current is the offset from the dead reckoning position to the actual fixed position at a given time.

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    Define - Current, Leeway, Tidal stream, Set, Drift


    Current
    Is the movement of the surface of sea water due to seasonal causes such as wind, gradient, salinity,
    etc. In open sea, the direction and rate of current is fairly constant over long periods and over long
    distances. However, near land, it can vary drastically due to changes in the shape of the coastal
    features.

    Leeway
    Simple explanation of leeway
    Leeway is the angle between the course steered and the angle of progress of the ship.

    Tidal stream
    In coastal waters, a combination of current and tide is called a tidal stream. This changes in strength
    and direction every hour and can be computed, at a given location, for a given time, by use of tidal
    atlases.

    Set & drift of current


    Set & drift of current is the offset from the DR Position to the fix at that time. See accompanying
    diagram.

    Drift is expressed in nautical miles and is the value for the whole day. If you need the rate of current
    experienced in knots, divide the drift by the period – 24 hours in this case.

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