USPS® Education - Advanced

    USPS® Piloting         

Start Date: February 8th 2011
Ending: TBD
Time & Place: 7pm Tuesday Portsmouth HS - Room 242

Instructor: Alex C. Shore (JN)
Asst: TBD

Cost: USPS Members $ 60.00
Non-Members $ 135.00

Registration - Click Here
 

Note: Instructors require that all classes beyond Public Boating
have a minimum of five students as determined by Instructor enrolled for each class.

  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.

 Piloting introduces the fundamentals of piloting and positioning -- the study of marine charts, aids to navigation, adjustment and use of the mariner's compass,
dead reckoning, planning and plotting courses, and taking bearings to determine on-the-water position.

The Squadron Piloting Course (P) Prerequisites: Seamanship Course
  • Charts and their use
     
  • Aids to Navigation
     
  • The Mariner's Compass
     
  • Variation and Deviation of the Compass
     
  • Plotting and Steering Courses
     
  • Dead Reckoning
     
  • Plotting and Labeling Courses

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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