Prerequisites
( Junior Navigator Course )
Start Date
TBA - Portsmouth HS - Room 241
Note:
Instructors require that all classes beyond Public Boating
have a minimum of six students enrolled for each class.
Registration
will open when class dates set
Instructor: Carl Johnson
(SN) 603-362-9710
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.
 Navigation further
develops the understanding of celestial navigation theory and the skills
in sight taking and reduction -- additional sight reduction techniques
and the orderly methods of carrying on the day's work of a navigator at
sea. Of particular interest and importance is the study of offshore
navigation using minimal data and/or equipment, such as when on a
disabled vessel or lifeboat.
The Squadron
Navigation Course (JN) Prerequisites: Seamanship, Piloting,
Advanced Piloting
& Junior Navigation
Second
part of the study of offshore navigation, further developing the
student's understanding of celestial navigation theory.
- Additional Sight-Reduction
Techniques
- Honing skills in sight taking and
Positioning
- Orderly Methods For The Navigator's
Day's Work At Sea
- Navigating With Minimal Resources,
As In Lifeboats
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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