Peace River Power Squadron
Boating Course Outline
| Session 1 |
Course Description You are the Skipper Boat Terms and Types VHF Radio Knots and Line - Figure 8 and Round Turn w/2-half hitches Introduction to Charts - Road Maps vs Nautical Charts
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| Session 2 | Charts and Aids to Navigation
Piloting - Plotting a Course on the Charlotte Harbor Chart
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| Session 3 | Boat Handling
Piloting - The Mariner's Compass Knots - Cleat Hitch and Bowline Coiling and Throwing a Line
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| Session 4 |
Piloting - Distance Speed and Time Piloting - Positioning by Bearings
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| Session 5 | Navigation Rules
Government Regulations State Boating Laws
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| Session 6 | Personal Watercraft
Boat Trailering Adverse Conditions
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| Optional piloting cruise on Charlotte Harbor |
3 Hour cruise aboard Kingfisher Line "Good Times Too" Students plot courses and determine times of each leg, take bearings and observe Aids to Navigation in both daylight and darkness.
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| Session 7 | Examination and Graduation |