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Courses
Public Courses
Piloting
This course is open to the general public.
Instructors: |
Robert and Linda White |
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Start Date: |
Tuesday January 29, 2013 |
Duration: |
10 weekly sessions (Tuesdays) |
| Location: | Westwood Council Of Aging Building, Nahatan Street, Westwood (between Middle and High School) View Larger Map |
| Cost: | $126 non-members, $105 members, $71 auditing |
For Info Contact: |
Don Johnstone |
Course Description
This course is the first of a two-part program studying inland and coastal navigation. Its
focus is on the fundamentals of piloting - keeping track of a boat's movements,
determining one's position at any time and laying out courses to a planned destination.
Newly updated and totally rewritten Piloting course
is now ready for students!
A
totally new approach to teaching piloting is ready for instruction to
USPS members. The new approach not only incorporates the latest information
on GPS into the piloting process, but uses up-to-date computer graphics
in class and course materials to make both teaching and learning easier. The
new course incorporates
the use of GPS while retaining the traditional material on charting, dead
reckoning, and a host of other piloting skills. The
new course also demonstrates new material on computer navigation and
digital charting from the included digital charting CD, and provides
a Student Guide with color graphics and text as a supporting
reference.
COURSE OUTLINE
- Course Introduction and Chapter 1: Introduction
to Piloting
- Chapter 2: Tools of Piloting
- Chapter 3: Plotting and Planning Techniques – Part
1
- Chapter 3: Plotting and Planning Techniques – Part
2
- Chapter 4: On the Water
- Chapter 5: Beginning GPS Navigation – Part
1
- Chapter 5: Beginning GPS Navigation – Part
2
- Chapter 6: Monitoring Progress
- Chapter 7: Manual Piloting
- Chapter 8: Review and Exam