Tuesdays, Jan 17, 2011 12 weeks
CPS Members: $150
Non-members: $170

All classes start at 7:00 PM
Register On-Line

It is REQUIRED that you complete an "On-Line" registration, or advise the Training Officer at least one week before the course starts if you plan to attend this course. Your advance registration is required so that we may be sure to have sufficient materials available for everyone in the class. The balance of the registration process will be completed at 18:30 (6:30 PM) on the first night of class.

This course follows naturally from Boating, extending many of those topics that were only thinly covered and adds many new concepts. A must for serious boaters who want to improve their navigation and plotting skills, as well as to develop theoretical knowledge in dealing with adverse conditions and emergencies. Topics covered include tides, currents, buoyancy and stability, hull construction and performance, navigating in a currrent, relative bearings leading to running fixes as well as a review of two and three bearing fixes. The student will demonstrate an ability to tie several knots and to splice three strand rope, with the results credited toward the final exam mark.

• Student Notes (text) and homework book
• Training Chart "A"

• Canadian Coast Guard Safe Boating Guide booklet
• Canadian Coast Guard Collision Regulations (International Regulations for the Prevention of Collision at Sea, with Canadian Modifications)
• Chart #1 - Symbols and Abbreviations used on Canadian Nautical Charts (booklet)
• The Canadian Aids to Navigation System booklet
• CPS Course Plotter

Each student will need to provide dividers, notebook, pencils, and an eraser.

Seamanship Course Contents

1. Dead Reckoning and the Log
2. Marlinspike Seamanship
3. The Magnetic Compass
4. Fixed Aids to Navigation
5. Floating Aids to Navigation
6. Bearings and Fixes
7. Relative Bearings
8. Distance of an Object by two Relative Bearings
9. Collision Regulations
10. Tides and Currents
11. Weather
12. Wind, Waves and Current
13. Seamanship Skills for Adverse Weather
14. Buoyancy and Stability
15. Medical Emergencies
16. Emergencies at Sea
17. Anchors and Anchoring

Appendices on Electronic Navigation, First Aid Supplies, Waiver of Claim forms, Search Patterns.