Coastal Navigation Instruction

We highly recommend this course for those sailors who are preparing to go cruising or passage making. This is a very comprehensive, "real world" curriculum designed by instructors with extensive cruising and passage making experience. Learn a comprehensive set of skills to navigate with confidence and safety, while sailing our local waters. We mix the art of traditional navigation techniques and the knowledge to integrate electronic navigation tools into your navigation plan. Nothing beats on the water instruction to learn and refine navigation and piloting skills. Our course is taught on our 42 ft. cruising catamaran, where real world experince is part of the classroom experience!

Please add 6% Florida sales tax to all rates quoted.

Accomodations Aboard: Two queen size private staterooms for either a single client or a couple. We guarantee a private berth.

Included Instruction Text
	Coastal Navigation Skills Knowledge: Compass variation & deviation, Aids to Navigation, & electronics. Using a navigation log, inshore pilotage, back bearings, & ranges. Interpret and integrate weather information. Navigational strategies: upwind or upcurrent arrival; anticipating leeway; favored tack; reaching, not running; and dawn arrival. Precautions for fog; buoy hopping, deliberate offset, & visibility circles. Publications: Local Notice to Mariners, Chart #1, Coast Pilot, Light List, Tide & Current Tables. Chartwork: Measure distance, determine Latitude and Longitude, plot and label: a fix; ded. reckoning (DR) & estimated position (EP); determine/plot set and drift of known & unknown current; running fix; danger bearing; ranges. Navigation Equipment: Hand bearing compass, plotting tools, & GPS.