Grand Traverse Bay

Sail and Power Squadron

Revised 12/17/07

ADVANCED PILOTING COURSE

The new course remains the final part of the inland and coastal navigation series. This material continues to build on the base developed in Piloting and includes practical use of additional electronic navigation systems and other advanced techniques for finding position. It is such a change from the previous AP course, it will be worthwhile for those already having taken AP to tune their skills with this new course. Among topics covered are: Finding position using bearings and angles, Collision avoidance using GPS and Radar, what to do when the electronics fail, tides, currents and wind and their effect on piloting, electronic navigation with GPS, Chartplotters, Radar, Autopilots, etc. Applications of courses lecture through practical, in class, exercises. The course can be ordered with and without the Weekend Navigator but students must have a copy, as this is the course text. This course uses the 15 x 4 plotter and dividers, which must be ordered separately. The 1210TR chart is included in the Student Kit.

ADVANCED PILOTING

PREREQUISITE	To obtain the AP Grade, the member must have completed the Seamanship, and Piloting courses.
INSTRUCTOR	Joe Schott Phone 231-267-9668 E-mail at bojo55@att.net
LOCATION	T/V State of Michigan
START DATE	August 19, 2008
TIME	Wednesdays from 7:00 TO 9:00 PM
COST	AP Course Manual and Weekend Navigator $54.00 AP Course Manual ONLY $40.00 4” X 15” USPS Plotter $6.00 USPS 4” Round Protractor $3.50
TOOLS	Dividers or Compass Scribe, Plotter, Mechanical Pencil, & Eraser

COURSE SCHEDULE

Date	Topic	Instructor
Aug 19, 08	COURSE INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1: Advance Piloting Considerations		Joe Schott
Aug 26, 08	CHAPTER 2: Electronic Navigation Tools		Don Willman
Sept 9, 08	CHAPTER 3: Fixes		Don Willman
Sept 16, 08	CHAPTER 4: Avoidance Techniques		Joe Schott
Sept 23, 08	CHAPTER 5: Position Techniques		Ken Musson
Sept 30, 08	CHAPTER 6: Latest Developments in Navigation		Joe Schott
Oct 7, 08	CHAPTER 7: Introduction – Working with Tides		Joe Schott
Oct 14, 08	CHAPTER 8: Introduction – Working with Currents and Wind		Joe Schott
Oct 21,08	CHAPTER 9: Piloting With Wind and Currents		Ken Musson
Oct 28, 08	CHAPTER 10: REVIEW AND EXAM DISTRIBUTION		Joe Schott

This course is aboard the T/V State of Michigan

· The student will enter through the gate at the stern of the ship and proceed to the gangway to board the ship

· The instructor will be on the dock to guide you to the classroom

· The gate is locked during the course so be on time

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