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Piloting 2018 Fall


Event Date:Monday, September 17, 2018 05:00 pm
Event Ends:Monday, November 26, 2018 07:00 pm
Event Time: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
RSVP by: Monday, September 10, 2018
Individual Price: $120.00
Location (View Map) : Waterfront Alliance
217 Water St, 3rd Fl (elevator: 133 Beekman St.), New York, NY 10038

Piloting Manual CoverPiloting (Coastal Navigation) is the first course in the sequence of USPS courses on navigation, covering the basics of coastal and inland navigation. This course focuses on navigation as it is done on recreational boats today and embraces GPS as a primary navigation tool while covering enough of traditional techniques so the student will be able to find his/her way even if their GPS fails. The Piloting course teaches you how to use the GPS along with traditional dead reckoning techniques for planning and laying out safe routes, as well as ensuring that you are on-course while underway..
The course includes many in-class exercises, developing the student’s skills through hands-on practice and learning. Ten classes of two hours each normally are scheduled for presentation of this course. In addition the students have seven days to complete the open book exam.
Topics covered include:
  • Charts and their interpretation
  • Navigation aids and how they point to safe water
  • Plotting courses and determining direction and distance
  • The mariner’s compass and converting between True and Magnetic
  • Use of GPS – typical GPS displays and information they provide, setting up waypoints and routes, staying on a GPS route.
  • Pre-planning safe courses and entering them into the GPS
    Monitoring progress and determining position by both GPS and traditional techniques such as bearings and dead reckoning
  • The “Seaman’s Eye” – simple skills for checking that one is on course. 9 class sessions every Tuesday, plus a open-book take-home exam
Ten classes of two hours each normally are scheduled for presentation of this course. In addition the students have seven days to complete an open book exam.

USPS Members receive a $50 discount on this course

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