Navigation Basic Navigation and Piloting Navigation II: Electronics Radar & Collision Avoidance Introduction to Celestial Navigation

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

Class Schedule:

Mar 9-10**	(Sat. - Sun.), 9am - 4pm	Sold Out*
May 11-12**	(Sat. - Sun.), 9am - 4pm	Register
**Please note, a 'Navigation II: Electronics' class immediately follows this Nav Basics class on Monday so classes can be taken in a series over three consecutive days.

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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NAVIGATION II: ELECTRONICS

Modern marine electronics is unprecedented in its ability to provide the mariner with a comprehensive situational awareness of their position, course, speed, traffic, weather, tide, wind and current. However, learning to manage this information in a useful way and knowing when to question the data you are receiving requires training.

This 2-day course covers the use of electronic aids to navigation such as: GPS, Radar, Racons, and chart plotters. The class builds on the students’ understanding of traditional methods of piloting and navigation. There is a heavy emphasis on verification & cross referencing of GPS position data with visual bearings and navigating with Radar. Each student will be provided a PC laptop for instruction.

Topics:

• GPS chart plotters
• Creating waypoints and routes
• Radar tuning, observation and plotting
• Using ARPA
• PC simulator

Class Schedule:

Mar 11-12**	(Mon. - Tues.), 9am - 4pm	Sold Out*
May 13-14**	(Mon. - Tues.), 9am - 4pm	Register
**Please note, a 'Basic Navigation And Piloting' class immediately precedes this 'Navigation II: Electronics' class on Saturday and Sunday so classes can be taken in a series over four consecutive days.

Location:	Annapolis School of Seamanship
Tuition:	$349
Instructor:	Captain John Martino
Prerequisite:	Basic Navigation & Piloting class (listed above) or the ability to plot on paper charts
Enroll:	Pre-registration is required
Max Size:	8 Students

Call 410-263-8848 or 866-369-2248 with questions or to register by phone.

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RADAR & COLLISION AVOIDANCE

Learn how to use marine RADAR, Automatic Identification System (AIS) as well as traditional visual bearings to determine if there is a risk of collision how to avoid them. This 2-day course covers the rules of the road and their application in real life scenarios, simulations and case studies. Students will receive instruction in the use of electronic aids to navigation such as: Radar, ARPA, AIS, and electronic chart plotter overlay systems. 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. Use of live AIS target information will be utilized to observe inbound and outbound merchant vessel traffic for the port of Baltimore.

Topics:

• Navigation Rules of the Road (COLREGS)
• Determining Risk of Collision
• Using Electronic Aids to Navigation Such As:
• RADAR
• Contact Plotting
• ARPA
• AIS
• Individual RADAR Simulator Training
• Case Studies
• Live Classroom AIS Demonstration
• Action to Avoid A Collision

Class Schedule:

Jun 2-3	(Sat. - Sun.), 9am - 4pm	Sold Out

Location:	Annapolis School of Seamanship
Tuition:	$379
Instructor:	John Martino
Textbook:	Radar for Mariners, by David Burch (included with registration)
Prerequisite:	None
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

In this 12-hour celestial navigation class, students receive both lecture and hands-on instruction utilizing a sextant, the Nautical Almanac, sight reduction tables 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:

• Introduction to the celestial triangle (GP, LHA, Dec, AP)
• Relating time and arc
• Measuring altitude and recording time
• Taking Sights with a Sextant
• Using the Nautical Almanac & Publication 229 (Sight Reduction Tables)
• Reducing Sights by Calculator Method
• Celestial Body Identification

Class Schedule:

Mar 3-4	(Sat. - Sun.), 9am - 4pm	Sold Out

Location:	Annapolis School of Seamanship
Tuition:	$395
Instructor:	Ralph Naranjo
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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