Yacht Master: A description for the yacht master job
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Yacht Master: Commands yacht cruising on oceans, bays, lakes, and coastal waters: Sets course of yacht, using navigational aids, for example charts, area plotting sheets, compass, and sextant, and steers yacht to avoid reefs, outlying shoals, and other hazards to shipping. Determines geographical position of yacht, using loran or azimuths of celestial bodies. Signals passing ships, using whistle, flashing lights, flags, and radio. Calculates landfall (sighting of land), using electronic sounding devices and following contour lines on chart. Approaches land, utilizing aids to navigation, for example lights, lighthouses, and buoys. Relinquishes command of yacht to PILOT, SHIP (water industry) to guide yacht through hazardous waters. Maintains yacht’s log. May also be licensed by U.S. Coast Guard for steam or motor yacht according to waters navigated and tonnage of yacht. May also be designated according to waters licensed to navigate as Master, Coastwise Yacht (water industry), Master, Ocean Yacht (water industry), or according to yacht commanded as Master, Steam Yacht (water industry).
Job industry: water industry
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