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BASIC NAVIGATION AND PILOTING
This two-day class is for everyone from novice to experienced boaters
looking for formal training in piloting and navigation. Students receive
lecture and hands-on training utilizing charts, plotting tools, government
publications and workbook exercises. Upon completion of the class, students are
able to plot a course, create a route log, plot their position by various types
of fixes, calculate time, speed & distance, and perform set and drift vectors.
Participants learn the same techniques used in the plotting module of the USCG
deck officer license exam.
Topics:
- Chart orientation
- Use of government publications such as:
- Tide Tables
- Tidal Current Tables
- Light List
- Coast Pilot
- Notice to Mariners
- Navigation Rules
- Chart No. 1
- Plotting positions
- Creating routes
- Plotting three-bearing fixes, running fixes and electronic fixes
- Understanding aids to navigation
- Rules of the Road
- Trip planning (use of cruising guides, planning fuel stops, etc.)
- Dead Reckoning
- Time, speed and distance
- Set and drift vectors
The charts, publications, plotting tools and calculators are provided for use in
class. However, students are encouraged to bring their own plotting tools.
Class Schedule:
| August 8 & 9 |
(Sat. - Sun.), 9am - 4pm |
Register |
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| Location: |
Annapolis School of Seamanship |
| Tuition: |
$349 |
| Textbook: |
Boater’s Bowditch, by Richard K. Hubbard (included with registration) |
| Prerequisite: |
None |
| Enroll: |
Pre-registration is required |
| Max Size: |
8-12 Students |
Call 410-263-8848 with questions or to have the
textbook mailed to you in advance at your cost.
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RADAR & ELECTRONIC NAVIGATION
This 2-day course covers the use of electronic aids to navigation such as: GPS, Radar, ARPA, AIS, Racons, and chart plotters. The class builds on the students’
understanding of traditional methods of piloting and navigation. There is a heavy emphasis on the use of Radar for both navigation and collision avoidance. Each
student will be provided a PC laptop for instruction using the Starpath Radar Simulator. Students receive instruction in the use of Variable Range Markers (VRM),
Electronic Bearing Lines (EBL), Radar plotting sheets, and ARPA functions.
Topics:
- GPS chart plotters
- Creating waypoints and routes
- Radar tuning, observation and plotting
- Using ARPA
- Radar simulator
Class Schedule:
| September 12-13 |
(Sat. - Sun.), 9am - 4pm |
Register |
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| * To be added to our waiting list, please call 410.263.8848
or complete our online wait list form. If there is
enough interest, we will add an overflow class. |
| Location: |
Annapolis School of Seamanship |
| Tuition: |
$379 |
| Instructor: |
John Martino |
| Textbook: |
Radar for Mariners, by David Burch (included with registration) |
| Prerequisite: |
Students must have completed our Basic Navigation & Piloting course OR
have received formal training in Navigation and chart plotting. (i.e. military
training, Captain’s License, Power Squadron course, etc.) |
| Enroll: |
Pre-registration is required |
| Max Size: |
12 Students |
Call 410-263-8848 with questions or to have the
textbook mailed to you in advance at your cost.
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INTRODUCTION TO CELESTIAL NAVIGATION
The 12-hour celestial navigation class is taught by Julie Teetsov. Students receive both lecture and hands-on instruction utilizing a sextant, the Nautical Almanac,
sight reduction tables (Pub. 229) and calculator. This course provides boaters with an overview of the celestial sky and a practical method for finding their position
at sea without depending on GPS.
Topics:
- Taking Sights with a Sextant
- Using the Nautical Almanac & Publication 229 (Sight Reduction Tables)
- Reducing Sights by Calculator Method
- Celestial Body Identification
Class Schedule:
| Location: |
Annapolis School of Seamanship |
| Tuition: |
$395 |
| Instructor: |
Julie Teetsov, PhD |
| Prerequisite: |
Students should be able to plot on a paper chart and have experience with coastal navigation. |
| Enroll: |
Pre-registration is required |
| Max Size: |
12 Students |
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NAVIGATION SEMINARS
MARINE ELECTRONICS
This two-hour seminar covers the “Alphabet Soup” of marine electronics.
From collision avoidance to navigation to communications, this seminar
will discuss the many electronic options available to the modern yacht.
Topics:
- VHF
- SSB
- DSC
- GMDSS
- AIS
- MMSI
- GPS
- DGPS
- WAAS
- LORAN
- RDF
- RADAR
- ARPA
- EPIRB, Class A, B, & 406 MHz./ Cat I & II
- SART
- ECDIS
Seminar Schedule:
| Location: |
Annapolis School of Seamanship |
| Tuition: |
$25 pre-registration ($30 at the door) |
| Instructor: |
Captain John Martino |
| Textbook: |
N/A |
| Prerequisite: |
None |
| Enroll: |
Pre-registration is recommended but not required. |
| Max Size: |
N/A |
Call 410-263-8848 or 866-369-2248 (toll-free) with
questions or to register by phone.
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Annapolis School of Seamanship • Annapolis, MD • 410.263.8848
• 866.36.YACHT
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