Chart Navigation & Plotting · Sailings — Traverse
A traverse table or traverse sailing is used to:
- ACombine several successive courses and distances into a single equivalent course and distance✓ Correct
- BConvert true bearings to compass bearings
- CPredict the height of tide at a secondary port
- DIdentify a star for a sight
Explanation
Traverse sailing resolves each leg of a zig-zag track into its north-south (dLat) and east-west (departure) components, sums them algebraically, and recombines the totals into one equivalent course and distance made good. The traverse table tabulates these components for each course angle and distance.
Authority: Bowditch (Pub. No. 9), Traverse Sailing
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