Chart Navigation & Plotting · Sailings — Course from dLat and Departure

If a vessel's run gives a difference of latitude of 30 nm north and a departure of 30 nm east, the course made good is:

Explanation

Course = arctan(departure ÷ dLat) = arctan(30 ÷ 30) = arctan(1) = 45°. With northing and easting equal, the resultant course is 045°(T).

Authority: Bowditch (Pub. No. 9), plane sailing

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