48° 45' 10". CT 9h 45m 18s A.M. Same HE, IE, CC.
Required fix at 8 A.M. by Marc St. Hilaire Method, laid down on chart.
Note to Instructor:
Spend rest of period in familiarizing pupils with laying down runs and intersecting lines of position on Mercator plotting charts.
THURSDAY LECTURE
The Navigator's Routine—a Day's Work at Sea
You are now familiar with the principal kinds of sights and the methods used in working them as explained in the foregoing pages. This information, however, relates only to each individual kind of sight. Today I will explain briefly how those sights are made use of in your daily work at sea. Such an explanation necessarily cannot include the navigator's work under all conditions and on all classes of ships. It merely gives a brief outline of and a few suggestions relating to navigating conditions on board a medium-sized transport, in time of war. I say "in time of war" because navigating then is different, to some extent, from the ordinary routine in time of peace.
Suppose you are ordered to a ship as navigator. What are your duties (a) before leaving port, (b) while at sea, and (c) on entering pilot waters?