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Yachtmaster Ocean modules

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Ocean Theory Pathway

Source-reviewed pathway from prerequisite knowledge through recognised study, qualifying passage, on-board evidence, examination and exact award route.

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pathway evidencepassage claimsastro records
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Celestial Sphere and Time

Source-reviewed coordinate and time chain from body GP, GHA and declination through LHA, Aries and SHA, chronometer correction, UTC date and reconstructable sight records.

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body GP, declination and GHALHA and named longitudeAries and SHA star chain
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Sextant Use and Corrections

A teaching-first correction chain from timed sextant altitude Hs through index correction, dip and body-specific tables to observed altitude Ho, with practical evidence limits.

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sextantHs Ha Hoindex error
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Sun Sights and Position Lines

A source-reviewed Ho–Hc intercept chain, assumed-position discipline, towards/away plotting, one-line evidence limits, and Sun-run-Sun transfer with uncertainty.

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Ho and Hcassumed positiontowards and away intercepts
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Meridian Altitude and Latitude

Plan and bracket Sun upper transit, reduce corrected altitude to signed latitude, and audit a Sun-run-meridian position.

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upper meridian transittimed sight seriescorrected altitude and zenith distance
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Compass Checks by Celestial Body

Build a traceable same-time celestial bearing check, calculate signed compass error and separate current variation from heading-specific deviation.

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celestial compass checktrue azimuthsigned compass error
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Ocean Passage Planning

Evidence-led route and season choice, fatigue-resilient watches, resource runway, vessel repair readiness, communications, landfall, and recorded plan changes.

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route and season evidencewatch resilienceresource runway
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Worldwide Meteorology

Global circulation, moving wind regimes, pressure tendency, ITCZ and monsoon evidence, climatology, forecasts, warnings and onboard weather review.

4 topics · Learn, Practise and Test

global circulation and pressuretrades, ITCZ and monsoonspilot charts and climatology
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Tropical Revolving Storms

Tropical-cyclone formation limits, basin warning sources, centre-track and wind-extent evidence, hemisphere and motion reasoning, early avoidance, option expiry, and auditable handover.

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formation ingredients and limitsbasin seasons and warning authoritiescentre track, forecast cone, and quadrant wind radii
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Emergency and Electronic Backup Navigation

Degraded-navigation recovery from the last trusted state through dependency tracing, bad-data isolation, DR uncertainty, independent position evidence, power and watch continuity, and auditable handover.

7 topics · Learn, Practise and Test

backup independence and common-cause failurelast trusted state and evidence classificationbad-data detection and source tracing
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Five spoken decisions with authored answers, reviewed explanations, and no microphone.

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