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Pilotage

Harbour entry, IALA buoyage (Region A), transits, leading lines, and clearing bearings.

Pilotage plans and harbour entryUse of sailing directions

8 guided lessons · 18 practice questions · 12 flashcards

3 outcomes · self-guided revision
  • Explain how a pilotage plan turns a confined-water route into short, observable stages with limits and escape choices.
  • Build a cockpit-ready arrival or departure plan from current charts, publications, tide, weather, traffic, vessel and crew constraints.
  • Use an identified transit as a line of position, a track guide or a boundary without treating one line as a complete fix.

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Secure outcome
Create a simple plan that can be monitored and changed from the cockpit.
Common mistake
Collecting waypoints and marks without safe limits, clearing cues or a missed-turn response.
Best next practice
Brief the plan aloud using position, next cue, danger and contingency.

Related practice and explanations

Practice IALA A buoyageLink each mark to the safe-side decision.Prepare before the practicalTurn the pilotage plan into a usable on-board brief.
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