Prerequisite: Piloting
Date:
Monday Oct. 15th
Duration: 20 Weeks
Time:
7 pm to 9:30 pm one night a week
Location:
Quispamsis Town Hall
Instructor:
Mike Brennan
The Advanced Piloting course teaches advanced coastal navigation principles to enable you
to know, at all times, your location. The vessel's position can be determined by
using landmarks and aids to navigation - allowing for current, leeway, tides and tidal currents.
The course content includes becoming familiar with charts, the compass, steering and timing a course,
tides and tidal currents, effects of current and leeway, methods of determining position, Running Fixes,
aids to navigation, electronic navigational aids and the marine sextant.
Course kit includes Student Notes, Homework Folder, AP Training Chart, Chart No. 1 and D.O.T.
Tides in Canadian Waters
