FLOTILLA 08-01 DISTRICT 5 NR
US COAST GUARD AUXILIARY
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FLOTILLA 08-01 DISTRICT 5 NR |
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US COAST GUARD AUXILIARY |
MARITIME ESSAYS by Richard Sorokin |
No.1
- Water: The Magic & Unique Substance No.2 - Anchors and Ground Tackle: Discusses the many different anchors used todayNo.3 - Boat or Ship -that is the question. A short discussion of nomenclature.No.4 - Christopher Columbus -A discussion of what he really knew and what he accomplished.No.5 - Floatation -Why things float.No.6 - How It Began: Beginning of man's life afloat.No.7 - Hulls: Discusses the many different types of hullsNo.8 - Maritime Communication: Short history of communications at sea.No.9 - Marlinspike Seamanship: About the types of different lines there are.No.10 - Navigation Art or Science? A short history and a list of current aids to navigation.No.11 - Ropes and Lines. How they are used and named.No.12 - Weather -What you must know to understand weather.No.13 - How Planes Fly and Boats Sail Into The Wind -The physics of flying and sailing.No.14 - Henry the Navigator, Prince of Explorers. A bit of early history of the sea.No.15 - Our Navy: Why and when it stared.No.16 - Nautical Charts: What's to be found on the charts.No.17 - Compass: How it works.No.18 - Where am I Going ????? -Short history, covers magnetic and gyroscope compasses.No.19 - Body Temperature: How we deal with our body temperature.No.20 - What's in a name? Where some knot names come from.No.21 - Life's Liquid: The importance of water.No.22 - The Metric System of Measurement History and short explanations.No 23 Navigation Lines of Latitude and Longitude.No.24 - Which Way -Getting about on a ship.No.25 - What's a Knot? History and explanation.No.26 - Port and Starboard: Source.No.27 - Is Action Necessary?No.28 - Rules of the Road: Rules at sea, basics.No.29 - Reading the Clouds -Names of the clouds.No.30 - POSH: History of the word.No.31 - Lookouts & How they report.No.32 - Sailing Ships -Types.No.33 - Mechanical Propulsion At Sea.No.34 - Static Electricity.No.35 - Rope.No.36 - The Barometer.No.37 - How Fast is Fast?No.38 - Books: Nautical book list and explanation. No.39 - Chart Projection No.40 - Tides No.41 - Body Temperature No.42 - Boat Building No.43 - Simple Machines No.44 - Anchoring No. 45 - Force No. 46 - The Greatest Discovery No. 47 - The Magic Genie No. 48 - Traffic Signals on the Water No. 49 - Steering No. 50 - Sail Boat Racing No. 51 - Eating at Sea No. 52 - How Important Are We? No. 53 - Sightings At Sea No. 54 - Food and Civilization No. 55 - History of Government
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