NOTE: Applicants 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.

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) Suggested 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

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