The Oceanographer's Companion: Essential Nautical Skills for Seagoing Scientists and Engineers

The Oceanographer’s Companion is intended to familiarize a student with the basics of navigation, seamanship, marine engineering, communications, safety-of-life-at-sea, shiphandling, knots and splices, first aid, and so much more. The book will have a very practical feel with lots of examples.
Table of content:
1. Research Vessels of the Past and Present—A Brief History of Seagoing Science ; 2. Seagoing Skills—Crews, Scientific Party, Logistics, Emergencies, First Aid, and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation ; 3. Research Vessel Construction—Terminology, Equipment, and Machinery ; 4. Stability and Trim—Tonnage, Safety of Life at Sea, Maritime Organizations; Sea Change ; 5. Science Spaces—Open Deck, Wet Lab, Dry Lab, Computer Lab, Stateroom, Lockers ; 6. Mariner’s Compass—True and Magnetic, Variation, Deviation, Correcting, and Uncorrecting ; 7. Coastal Navigation—Nautical Charts, Geographic Positioning, Marine Electronics, and Instruments ; 8. Rules of the Road—Classes of Vessels, Lights, Day Shapes, Maneuvering, and Collision Avoidance ; 9. Marlinspike Seamanship—Lines, Knots, Splices, Blocks, Tackle, Cleats, and Fairleads ; 10. Trailerable Boats—Hubs and Hitches, Trailering, Boat Ramps, Launching, Recovery, and Anchoring ; 11. Handling Equipment—Superstructure, Deck Machinery, Wire Ropes, Clothing, and Commands ; 12. Oceanographic Stations—Preparation, Time, Position, Weather, Personnel, and Ancillary Data ; 13. Cruise Planning and Execution—Project Instructions, Foreign Waters, Geographic Names, and Tides and Tidal Currents ; 14. Underwater Operations—Planning, Equipment, Safety, Diving, American Academy of Underwater Sciences Certification, and Underwater Archeology ; 15. Celestial Navigation—Spherical Trigonometry, Spherical Triangles, Azimuth, Sextant Altitude, Amplitude, and Line of Position