Navigation
This site is provided as a means of communications with the USPS National Offshore Navigation Committee (ONCom). We welcome your questions and comments on our courses, Learning Guides, and associated materials.
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Kenneth Beckman, SN
Stf/C Merrill F. Sproul, SN
Stf/C Charles A. Perkins, SN
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Some Nav 99/02 Material Still Available
The current Navigation course is Nav 99/02, and a few copies of the course are still available in inventory. This course is the companion course for JN99, since it starts with the assumption that students have already learned to reduce sights for the stars, moon, and planets. Students in the current JN course, JN07, do not learn these sight reductions, and these topics will be covered in Nav 08.
Inventory of Nav 99/02 is currently low, but some copies are still available. When this inventory runs out, we will NOT re-print the Nav 99/02 course, since the beta testing of the Nav 08 course will begin in Spring 2008.
Please note that whenever a new course is released, the test elements of the ‘old’ course expire 18 months later. With the beta testing of Nav08 scheduled for early 2008, we anticipate the 'final' Nav 08 course will be released in the October 2008 timeframe. This means that the test elements for Nav 99/02 WILL EXPIRE APRIL 2010. That means all 3 parts of the Nav 99/02 test elements (the closed book exam, the open book exam, and the Sight Folder) must be completed by that time, including re-exams, or credit for successfully completing one or two 'parts' of the exam will be lost; the student must meet the requirements of Nav 08 to get credit for the Navigation course. Please ensure that the students who sign up for this last offering of Nav 99/02 understand that it MUST be completed by April 2010, approximately 2 years after they start the course.
Navigation Course Description
After Junior Navigation, this course is the second part of the study of offshore navigation, further developing the student's understanding of celestial navigation theory. The course covers:
- 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 a lifeboat
Questions or Comments?
If you have any questions or comments about the Navigation course, please contact the National Offshore Navigation Committee chair by e-mail, phone or postal service mail. Please be sure to keep your SEO and/or DEO advised of any correspondence you may have with the National committee. Addresses for the National ONCom chair are listed in The ENSIGN and on the Committee Chairpersons page.
We will try to answer your questions as soon as possible, but please allow 5 working days for an answer.
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