Working with Set and Drift on a Nautical Chart

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This video was originally uploaded to our other channel, Casual Navigation.

This video shows you the process to follow to work with set and drift on a nautical chart.

We look at the difference between the groundtrack, watertrack and tidal vector and use them to calculate a course to steer and speed required to reach a destination on time.

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[SusanATroutman]

I’m in mariners school, … having another person explain helps so much keep it up!

[JUGADET]

I just want to tell you to thank you for this great explanation!!, keep going that way!!!

[harbourdogNL]

Just want to say that these videos are absolutely terrific. Thank you!

[eljefe]

Great explanation. Thanks and please keep going.

[kenlee-]

Everybody, keep trying to learn this marine navigation stuff, don't give up, it took me weeks (literally) in marine college to get my head around a what seems like an impossible subject to learn.

[sailingvolupia]

Grate video thanks for the help, I've got my offshore exam next week and this is good revision ⛵

[JohnShepherdMusic]

Just a little constructive criticism: set and drift is about current not “tidal flow.” Flood and ebb tidal flows are different issues. Technically, the blue line is your course (intended line of travel) not a water track. You set a bearing, you designate a course, and you end up with a track. Maybe it’s just variations in terminologies in international regions. Very well produced video.

[FlowerOfGallows]

Sailing student here! Forgive my question, but isn't tide the vertical movement of water and the current the horizontal one? If that is correct, why do we call the third vector "tidal" vector? Your videos are truly helpful anyway, very well explained and detailed!

[drewdurant]

Hey buddy :-) it’s your number land lover here!!

[shankarbhandari]

Sir here in this video we don't know the course to steer so we will counteract the current so we have to apply the tide at the start position ??

[ocelot]

Hello Sir, would you be able to do a video based on conversion of course using Variation and Deviation etc. It would help tremendously.

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