Course, Seamanship is the recommended first Advanced Grades course for new members, both powerboaters and sailors. Students learn practical marlinespike, navigtion rules, hull design and performance, responsibilities of the skipper, boat care, emergencies and weather conditions, nautical customs, and more Piloting is the first of a two-part program studying inland and coastal navigation. Advanced Piloting emphasizes the use of modern electronic navigation systems and other advanced techniques for finding position. Among topics covered are tides and currents and their effects on piloting, finding positions using bearings and angles, simpleuse of the mariner's sextant, and electronic navigatin - radar, loran, GPS, etc.
Navigation further develops the student's understanding of celestial theory.
Introduces additional sight reduction techniques and develops greater skill in sight taking, positioning and the orderly methods of carrying on the day's work of a navigator at sea. Elective Courses Weather Marine Electronics Engine Maintenance Cruise Planning Sail Instructor Qualification Supplemental Courses Skipper Saver GPS Radar Operations Training Schedule for member courses located here .