Advanced Courses

Seamanship (S)  

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.

Members $60    Non-Members $80

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Piloting (P)  

Piloting is the first of the navigational classes focusing on techniques for piloting a boat in coastal and

inland conditions. The course emphasizes planning and checking along with the use of GPS for determining position, and introduces digital charting along with traditional charting, compass and dead reckoning skills. Plotting, labeling, use of the compass, aids to navigation and a host of related topics are included in this all new approach to coastal and inland piloting. This course uses the 4x15 plotter and dividers, which must be ordered separately.

Members $65    Non-Members $85

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Advanced Piloting (AP)  

The new course remains the final part of the inland and coastal navigation series. This material continues to build on the base developed in Piloting, and includes practical use of additional electronic navigation systems and other advanced techniques for finding position. It is such a change from the previous AP course, it will be worthwhile for those already having taken AP to tune their skills with this new course. Among topics covered are: Finding position using bearings and angles, Collision avoidance using GPS, and Radar, What to do when the electronics fail, Tides, currents and wind and their effect on piloting, Electronic navigation with - GPS, Chart plotters, RADAR, Autopilots, etc, Application of course lectures through practical, in class, exercises. The course can be ordered with and without the Weekend Navigator but students must have a copy, as this is the course text. This course uses the 4x15 plotter and dividers, which must be ordered separately. The 1210TR chart is included in the Student Kit.

Members $70    Non-Members $95

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Junior Navigation (JN)  

Junior Navigation is the first of a two-part program of study in offshore (open coast) navigation. It is

designed as a practical, how-to-course. Subject matter includes: basic concepts of celestial navigation; how to use the mariner's sextant to take sights of the sun; the importance and techniques of accurate time determination; use of the Nautical Almanac; how to reduce sights to establish lines of position (LOPs); and the use of special charts, plotting sheets and other navigational data for offshore positioning and passage planning.

Members $85    Non-Members $115

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Navigation (N)  

This is the second part of the study of offshore navigation and is the companion course to JN07. The student is introduced to additional sight reduction techniques for the moon, planets, and stars, and develops greater skill and precision in sight taking, positioning and the orderly methods of carrying on the day's work of a navigator at sea. Of particular interest and importance is the study of electronic offshore navigation planning and execution using PC-based software (included).

Members $160 Non-Members $210

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