2 man job
For newbies, navigation is a two (wo)man job. Give the chart and the iphone to your navigator. The helmsman should have his/her eyes outside the cockpit, not staring down at something trying to figure out "where are we?" or "What's the next buoy?" Mostly, you can go from flasher to flasher on a straight compass/visual heading. Don't get overworked on this. Pick a point on the far shore and head for it until it is time to turn, say at a flasher, turn, pick a new point and move on. Let your navigator guide you. Don't try to do both jobs, regardless of your (male?) ego.
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