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Advanced Classes
 

Seamanship (S)

 

Next class Monday, October 13, 2008 @ 7:00 pm

Members please call Jeff Moore @ 255-3373 for information.

 

Building on the basics of recreational boating presented in the public boating courses, Seamanship adds foundational information for continuing boater education. The course contents should facilitate knowledge development for increased safe operation of recreational boats and provide the basis for completion of USCG licensing examination. Emphasis within the course has been placed on higher level boating skills, rules of the road, and marlinspike. The student also learns -

  • Basic marlinespike seamanship

  • Hull design

  • Navigation rules

  • Operation under normal and adverse conditions

  • Responsibilities of the skipper

  • Fire prevention and control

  • Basic first aid

  • Common courtesies on the water

  • Boat care

  • Nautical customs and flag etiquette

 

Piloting (P)

 

Next class to be announced later or self study anytime.

Please call Jeff Moore @ 255-3373 for information.

 

The Piloting course is the first in the sequence of USPS courses on navigation, covering the basics of coastal and inland navigation. This all-new course focuses on navigation as it is done on recreational boats today and embraces GPS as a primary navigation tool while covering enough of traditional techniques so the student will be able to find his/her way even if their GPS fails. The course includes many in-class exercises, developing the student’s skills through hands-on practice and learning. Topics covered include:

  • Charts and their interpretation

  • Navigation aids and how they point to safe water

  • Plotting courses and determining direction and distance

  • The mariner’s compass and converting between True and Magnetic

  • Use of GPS – typical GPS displays and information they provide, setting up waypoints and routes, staying on a GPS route.

  • Pre-planning safe courses and entering them into the GPS

  • Monitoring progress and determining position by both GPS and traditional techniques such as bearings and dead reckoning

  • The “Seaman’s Eye” – simple skills for checking that one is on course.
 

Advanced Piloting (AP)

 

Next class to be announced later or self study anytime.

Please call Jeff Moore @ 255-3373 for information.

 

This all-new course continues to build coastal and inland navigation skill, allowing the student to take on more challenging conditions – unfamiliar waters, limited visibility, and extended cruises.  GPS is embraced as a primary navigation tool while adding radar, chartplotters, and other electronic navigation tools.  As with Piloting, the course includes many in-class exercises, advancing the student’s skills through hands-on practice and learning. Topics covered include:

  • Review of skills learned in Piloting

  • Advanced positioning techniques such as advancing a line of position

  • Other electronics:  radar, depth sounders, autopilots, chartplotters, laptop computer software, etc.

  • Hazard avoidance techniques using electronics (e.g., “keep out” zones in GPS)

  • Collision avoidance using radar and GPS

  • Working with tides: clearances, depth, effects of current

  • Piloting with wind and currents

  • The “Seaman’s Eye” – simple skills for checking that one is on course

 

Junior Navigation (JN)

 

Next class to be announced later or self study anytime.

Please call Jeff Moore @ 255-3373 for information.

 

This course is the first of a two-part program of study in offshore (open ocean) navigation.  It is designed as a practical, how-to course, leaving the theoretical and more advanced techniques for the Navigation Course. Subject matter include:

  • Precise time determination

  • Use of the Nautical Almanac

  • Taking sextant sights of the sun

  • Reducing sights to establish lines of position

  • Special charts and plotting sheets for offshore navigation

  • Offshore navigational routines for recreational craft
 

Navigation (N)

 

Next class to be announced later or self study anytime.

Please call Jeff Moore @ 255-3373 for information.

 

After Junior Navigation, this course is the second part of the study of offshore navigation, further developing the student's understanding of celestial navigation theory. The course covers:

  • Additional sight-reduction techniques

  • Honing skills in sight taking and positioning

  • Orderly methods for the navigator's day's work at sea

  • Navigating with minimal resources, as in a lifeboat