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Junior Navigation
Prerequisites
( Advanced Piloting )
Start Date
Fall 2008 - Portsmouth HS - Room 241
REGISTRATION OPEN - 5 Student Minimum
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Note:
Instructors require that all classes beyond Public Boating
have a minimum of six students enrolled for each class.
Instructor: N. Hazen (SN)
603-431-3173
NOTE:
Members will NOT be called for enrollment. It is up to each person to
take the initiative
for signing up. Apply early, as student manuals must be ordered. Please
contact the Squadron or
the appropriate instructor.
 NEW
- The new 12 week, open book exam is in.. Junior Navigator is our
transition to offshore navigation. We’ve taken a new approach
and significantly shortened the course without sacrificing key
material. The concept is parallel to P and AP – we navigate using
GPS as our primary position sensor. When we go offshore, we can
no longer use landmarks and navigation aids as our means of
checking and backup, so… We use the sun. This course thoroughly explains the use of celestial navigation, but uses the sun –
available all day. Single sights check the GPS, running fixes
provide backup and an alternative means of navigation.
Junior Navigation
begins the study of offshore (open-ocean) navigation -- integrated
electronic positioning systems, sight taking with a mariner's sextant on
the sun, moon, planets, and stars, how to reduce sights using the
nautical almanac to determine position, and passage planning with
special open-ocean charts.
The Squadron
Junior Navigation Course (JN) Prerequisites: Seamanship,
Piloting & Advanced Piloting
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Precise Time Determinations
- Use Of The
Nautical Almanac
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Take Sextant Sights Of The Sun
- Reducing Sights
To Establish Lines of Position (LOPs)
- Special Charts
and Plotting Sheets for Offshore Navigation
- Offshore
Navigational Routines for Recreational Craft
For information on the USPS public boating course closest to you, call
1-888-FOR-USPS.
In Canada, for the CPS course, call 1-888-CPS-BOAT.
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