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Not startedOcean 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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Module 1
Not startedSource-reviewed pathway from prerequisite knowledge through recognised study, qualifying passage, on-board evidence, examination and exact award route.
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Module 2
Not startedSource-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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Module 3
Premium lockedA 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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Module 4
Premium lockedA 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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Module 5
Premium lockedPlan and bracket Sun upper transit, reduce corrected altitude to signed latitude, and audit a Sun-run-meridian position.
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Module 6
Premium lockedBuild a traceable same-time celestial bearing check, calculate signed compass error and separate current variation from heading-specific deviation.
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Module 7
Premium lockedEvidence-led route and season choice, fatigue-resilient watches, resource runway, vessel repair readiness, communications, landfall, and recorded plan changes.
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Module 8
Premium lockedGlobal circulation, moving wind regimes, pressure tendency, ITCZ and monsoon evidence, climatology, forecasts, warnings and onboard weather review.
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Module 9
Premium lockedTropical-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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Module 10
Premium lockedDegraded-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.
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Five spoken decisions with authored answers, reviewed explanations, and no microphone.
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