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    Part of the video series: How to Sail a Sailboat

    From Quick Guide: Introduction to Sail Boats

    Summary: Learn tips on how to know your heading on a sailing chart with expert boating tips in this free video clip on sailing.

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    "The way that you figure out your heading on a chart is to use what we call a parallel ruler. So, let's say I wanted to go from the Golden Gate Bridge to Angel Island--tip of Angel Island here. I'd lay my parallel ruler down against the two points, and I'd hold it and move it over until I'm on the compass rose. And then I'm heading in this direction, and then I go out to the outer edge of the compass rose and I can read my heading. Much easier to do on a table. Now, if I want distance, you always measure distance off the sides of the chart and not the top or the bottom. So, you would use your dividers, find the two points from here, and then you can over to the side and you can do the measurements and find out how many nautical miles it is. Another way of doing it is you can figure out what one nautical mile is over here, and then you put your point on your start point, and then you rotate your dividers around and count until you reach your destination. And then you have your nautical miles. "

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