Starpath Video Index
This index organizes and outlines selected videos related to specific topics in the courses. This is a dynamic list that we will update as new videos are added. You can bookmark this to keep up with our videos. Video lengths are shown as (min:sec). We have a corresponding Index of Articles.
Video Categories
Navigation Workbooks Solutions
* Master list of all Starpath Videos (25 playlists over 560 videos)
OpenCPN Navigation Program for Mac and PC Back
OpenCPN 1 (23:30) updated to v5.2 on Jan 23, 2021
• download and install OpenCPN
• adding hi-res base map
• download and install chart 18465Tr
• shut off quilting
• read Lat-Lon from the cursor
• shut off WMM plugin and set manual variation to 20.0E
• use M key for range and bearing
OpenCPN 2 (16:33)
• introduce route tool
• use route tool for drawing permanent range and bearing lines
• plot compass bearing fix
• illustrate a running fix
• placing a mark at a precise location
• add range ring to a mark
Add Object Search to OpenCPN for 18465Tr (10:21)
Online Courses Operations Back
All courses: How to search the student discussion forum (8:01)
All courses: How to post a question in the student discussion forum (4:02)
All Courses: How to submit an end of lesson quiz (6:09)
Radar Back
Sources of the Navigation Rules; does not discuss the individual rules (11:34)
Radar Trainer 1. Introduction (13:48)
Radar trainer 2. Display modes (north-up, head-up, course-up) and targets (15:09)
Radar Trainer 3. Loading charts, Quiz 1 (13:25)
Use of EBL and VRM (8:36)
RC0106-011 and 012, range and true bearing to a target (8:40)
Radar position fixes by three methods: range and bearing, 2 bearings, and 2 ranges (18:40)
RC0204-0035, use of VRM to measure channel width (4:27)
RC0303-0014, Radar Navigation, combining radar and paper charts and OpenCPN echart nav (19:03)
RC0403-0021, Range and Bearing Fix (21:21). See also IN07-008/9 (below)
RC0403-0023, Fix by two bearings after jumping to a different vessel in RT3 (12:08)
RC0403-0032, Fix by three radar ranges and related discussion of situational awareness (20:13)
How to solve for SRM, DRM, CPA, TCPA, (Quiz RC0603), by Larry Brandt (9:39)
Using Radar for Other Vessel Aspect, True Course, Speed (Quiz RC0603) by Larry Brandt (17:23)
RC0603 solving relative motion diagram and figuring vessel lights (18:48)
Introduction to Navigation Lights on Vessels (21:02)
Inland and Coastal Nav Back
How to use NOAA Tide and Current Tables Online (5:44)
Sources of the Navigation Rules; does not discuss the individual rules (11:34)
Chart Plotting with Parallel Rulers (6:23) Paper chart plotting.
Index to several videos on use of plotting tools These videos on paper chart plotting are old and low-res; we will modernize when we can (~ 1 min each)
Notes on Quiz IN04: Measure deviation with a hand-held compass plus notes on compass conversions (12:11)
IN05-0007: Plotting DR track accounting for leeway. Solved with OpenCPN (17:05)
IN05-0007: Plotting DR track accounting for leeway. Solved with paper chart and plotting tools — plus general discussion of chart work (25:50)
IN06-0007: See Workbook 18465Tr Ex 6-2, Danger Bearings (7:53)
IN06-0008: Running fix to same object, no course changes (4:42)
IN07-0008: Range and bearing fix (6:17)
IN09-0006: Current from two fixes and DR (7:30)
IN09-0007: Plot DR track from logbook with current corrections (15:24); See related paper chart solution IN05-0007
IN09-0009: Current from two range and bearing fixes + DR (6:45)
IN09-0014: Course to steer (CTS) to correct for current (14:49). This is our old method. See [Note A] about our new method.
CTS: fast method using OpenCPN New method
CTS: plotting with paper and pencil (paper chart method) New method
Introduction to Navigation Lights on Vessels (21:02)
Navigation Workbooks Solutions Back
Navigation Workbook 18465Tr This workbook is used in our Inland and Coastal Nav Course.
EX 4-9, Bearing fix, 3 targets using OpenCPN (5:48)
Ex 6-2, Danger bearings (7:53)
Ex 6-3, Running fix by echartsolution (18:06)
Ex 6-3, Running fix, Manual Solution on Paper Chart (9:04)
Ex 6-7, Running fix, two targets using OpenCPN (12:09)
Ex 6-16, Running fix with current, echart solution using qtVlm (9:06)
Ex 6-18, Running fix with course changes (12:45)
Ex 6-19, Line of Soundings Fix 1, Overview (6:22)
Ex 6-19, Line of Soundings Fix 2, Paper chart and transparency (9:23)
Ex 7-2, Quick way to know you are in the traffic lanes (article and video) (8:28)
Ex 7-6, Running fix with circles of position (6:54)
Ex 9-6: Current from two fixes and DR (7:30)
Ex 9-2, Course to steer to correct for known current, using OpenCPN (9:41) [note A]
Ex 9-2, Course to steer to correct for known current, using pencil and protractor (4:15) [note A]
Ex 12-21, Finding current and correcting for it, using OpenCPN (10:23)
Note A: there are two ways to solve for CTS and we believe our latest approach is now easier to remember. But we hav
Ex. 9-9, Find Current from DR and Fix (12:56)
Ex 9-8, Course to Steer to Correct for Current (21:55) [note A]
Ex 6-5, Bearing fix plus discussion of OpenCPN Object Search Plugin and StarPilot solution (22:06)
Celestial Navigation Back
Universal Plotting Sheets, Introduction and Set Up (12:01)
Universal Plotting Sheets, Examples and Discussion (DR to Fix) (8:57)
Universal Plotting Sheets, Expanding the scales (11:11)
CN02-00xx: How to read sextant dials (14:30)
CN03-0017: Predict UTC and WT of LAN based on a DR position at noon (9:53)
CN03-0018: Find latitude from the peak height of the sun at noon (22:33)
CN05-0016: Sight Reduction of the Sun (31:26). See also a shorter summary article.
CN06-0021: How to Plot LOPs and advance for a running fix (22:43)
CN06 Great Circle vs Rhumb Line Routes (8:43)
Lesson 7 Star #6 Sight Reduction using Pub. 249 vol. 3 (27:42)
CN08-0019: Sight Reduction of Jupiter (28:03). See also a shorter summary article.
Index to all (43) Starpath videos on Cel Nav.
Dip Short, Distance Off, and Running Fix (10:10)
Latitude by Polaris without Time or Almanac, Using the Starpath Regiment of the Pole (20:25)
Compare Air Almanac to Nautical Almanac (23:59)
Great Circle Sailing Using 2102-D Star Finder (10:15)
Weather Back
Apparent Wind from True Wind, Three Ways, apps, equations, plotting (17:45)
How to read wind and pressure from a weather map, using our Table 2.4-1 (7:05)
Weather maps Part 1, Color maps vs black and white maps (2:49)
Weather maps Part 2, Symbols and Interpretation (10:19)
Weather maps Part 3, Winds and Pressure Patterns (11:51)
Weather maps Part 4, Calculating Wind from Isobars (18:53)
Weather maps Part 5, Clarifies a detail from Part 4, report vs map (2:15)
Weather maps Part 6, Calculating winds along Your Route (16:24)
Evaluating a Weather Forecast, From the Cruising Club Weather Seminar (44:13)
Loading GRIB files with XyGrib: Quiz WX0203-0026 (13:04)
Loading GRIB file in OpenCPN: Quiz WX0203-0026 (14:43)
Sides of a Tropical Storm, Part 1. Background and References (10:16)
Sides of a Tropical Storm, Part 2. Hurricane Guillermo 2015 (17:25)
Sides of a Tropical Storm, Part 3. TS Claudette 2015, Value of a Good Barometer (14:56)
Sides of a Tropical Storm, Part 4. Maneuvering from a Known Side (14:30)
* * * qtVlm Video Index. Many videos on the use of qtVlm for weather and navigation
Miscellaneous Back
Navigator's Library for Extended Ocean Voyaging, the books we should all have onboard (29:14)
Video Tutorial Index for the nav and weather program qtVlm