Coastal Navigator Requirements

• Prerequisite

  • IN Certification

• Courses

  • Piloting
  • Weather
  • Marine Communications or Marine Radio Communications (ME102)

• Seminars

  • Mastering Rules of the Road
  • Anchoring
  • Mariner's Compass
  • Tides and Currents (or AP course)
  • Optional Seminar: Marine Radar

• Skills

  • NAV - On-Water Navigation
  • PD - Use of Pyrotechnic Distress Signals

• Optional Endorsements

  • IN Endorsements plus:
    • CAN - Canadian Regulations
    • MEX - Mexican regulations

Note: CN certification to operate a sailboat requires the SA endorsement. CN certification for paddle craft requires PAD