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A navigator is the person onboard a ship responsible for its navigation. The navigator's responsibilities include planning the journey, advising the [[Captain]] while en route, and ensuring that hazards are avoided. The navigator is in charge of maintaining the ship's nautical charts, nautical publications, and navigational equipment, and generally has responsibility for communications. | A navigator is the person onboard a ship responsible for its navigation. The navigator's responsibilities include planning the journey, advising the [[Captain]] while en route, and ensuring that hazards are avoided. The navigator is in charge of maintaining the ship's nautical charts, nautical publications, and navigational equipment, and generally has responsibility for communications. | ||
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| + | Sextant, Octant, charting, dead-reckoning, celestial navigation and sailing are all skills that someone in this rank should strive to learn. | ||
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| + | In the [[Colorado Rogues]] this is a [[Ship Officer]] rank. | ||
Revision as of 13:04, 27 April 2007
Rank Insignia for the Navigator of a ship
A navigator is the person onboard a ship responsible for its navigation. The navigator's responsibilities include planning the journey, advising the Captain while en route, and ensuring that hazards are avoided. The navigator is in charge of maintaining the ship's nautical charts, nautical publications, and navigational equipment, and generally has responsibility for communications.
Sextant, Octant, charting, dead-reckoning, celestial navigation and sailing are all skills that someone in this rank should strive to learn.
In the Colorado Rogues this is a Ship Officer rank.
