Description

The main topics of this 12-week course are: review and expansion of the Boating course subjects, relative bearings, running fixes, effects of currents and leeway, coastal navigation.

Cost

$80.00. It includes student notes, homework folder, homework answers and training chart.

Availability

This course is advertised in September.

Table of Contents

1. Dead Reckoning and the Log
2. Marlinespike Seamanship
3. The Magnetic Compass
4. Fixed Aids to Navigation
5. Floating Aids to Navigation
6. Bearings and Fixes
7. Relative Bearings
8. Distance of an Object by Two Relative Bearing
9. Weather
10. Wind, Waves and Current
11. Seamanship Skills for Adverse Weather
12. Anchors and Anchoring
13. Tides
14. Tidal Currents
15. Navigating in a Current
16. Buoyancy and Stability
17. Hull Construction and Shape
18. Hull Performance
19. Propellers and Propeller Action
20. Rudders and Steering Mechanisms
21. Emergencies
22. Preparedness and Enjoyment
23. Introduction to Electronic Navigation
24. Manners and Customs

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