Public Education
BASIC NAVIGATION
Course Description
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Navigation has changed since the “old days” when navigators
plotted a course relying on dead-reckoning and seeing a buoy
was a bonus. Today we have Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
which have become common and affordable. Today with a couple
of hundred dollars and two AA batteries you can find your
position anywhere on the face of the earth. While electronics can be very
helpful, easy to use, and accurate, they can break or quit. Knowing how to navigate with
electronics is useful, and knowing how to navigate the
traditional way using dividers, parallel rulers, and a
compass could make the difference between survival and a
catastrophe.
The Coast Guard Auxiliary's Basic and Advanced Navigation
courses both use the textbook WEEKEND NAVIGATOR. The Basic
Navigation Course is designed to give the student the
rudiments of navigation by using GPS, and the back up skill
of navigation using charts, navigation plotting tools, and
dead-reckoning. The intent is to provide the student with a
solid foundation with emphasis on technique and not blind
reliance on electronics. GPS will be mentioned and discussed
as it relates to plotting waypoints, etc.
 The Advanced
Navigation course covers the use of GPS and other electronic
devices in more technical detail as well as some more
sophisticated traditional navigation skills as back-ups. An
added segment covers fuel management, which is the final
crucial issue for all power boat navigation.
Basic Navigation Course Subjects
Chapter 1: Basic Navigation Topics
Chapter 2: What is Navigation?
Chapter 3: Fundamentals of Waypoint Navigation
Chapter 4: The Tools of Navigation
Chapter 5: Planning With GPS and Paper Charts
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BASIC NAVIGATION Class
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California
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| Central Marin Flotilla 1-4 |
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Date/Time |
Contact |
| San Rafael |
Loch Lomand Yacht Club
95 Loch Lomand Dr
San Rafael CA 94901 |
Tuesday 20-SEP-11 thru 15-NOV-11
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM |
Paula Russo
paula.j.russo@kp.org
415-519-3933 |
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Cost $85 Course includes prevoyage planning, dead
reckoning, using electronics (radar, compass, GPS, charts, tide tables. |
| Diablo Flotilla 5-7 |
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Location |
Date/Time |
Contact |
| Concord, CA |
Willow Pass Community Center
2748 East Olivera
Concord, CA |
Monday
1-Apr through 29-Apr-2013
7:00 PM to 9:30 PM |
Barry
Campbell
bjcemail@earthlink.net
(925) 837-9139 |
Cost:$65 plus School Fee. This course, Weekend Navigator, Part 1,
includes 262 page textbook and Certificate of Completion. You are
provided all NAV tools, GPS Handhelds, Local Charts, Tides & Currents
Tables. Course upgrades your electronic navigation skills, even if you
have never seen a GPS. Join other women & men boaters for this 5 session
class. Call school to register 925-671-3321 Concord Parks & Recreation
Services Dept . NOTE: Discounts for couples.
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Location |
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| Pleasant
Hill, CA |
Pleasant
Hill Adult Education Center
One Santa Barbara Road
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 |
Wednesday
1-MAY thru 29-May-2013
7:00 PM to 9:30 PM |
Barry
Campbell
bjcemail@earthlink.net
(925) 837-9139 |
Cost:$65 plus School Fee $10. This course, Weekend Navigator, Part 1,
includes 262 page textbook and Certificate of Completion. You are
provided all NAV tools, GPS Handhelds, Local Charts, Tides & Currents
Tables. Course upgrades your electronic navigation skills, even if you
have never seen a GPS. Join other women & men boaters for this 5 session
class, held in Room #109. Call school to register {925}-937-1530.
NOTE: Discounts for couples.
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| Monterey Flotilla 6-4 |
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| Santa Cruz 6-7 |
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| Santa
Cruz, CA |
Santa Cruz Harbor
Public Meeting Room
365 A Lake Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA 95062 |
Monday
9-Sep-13 through 16-Dec-13
7:30 PM to 9:30 PM |
Scott Galloway
cso@solopublications.com
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| Cost $70 REGISTRATION IS 05 SEPTEMBER AT
7:00 PM at the Harbor classroom. Course is designed to give the mariner
an understanding of coastal piloting including dead reckoning, set &
drift, chart plotting, GPS, radar, etc. Some chart plotting will be done
in class. Completion of BOATING SKILLS & SEAMANSHIP or SAILING SKILLS &
SEAMANSHIP is a prerequisite. Late Registration (if space is available)
on Sept. 9 at 1930 (7:30 PM). This class continues through advanced
topics as well. |
| Alameda Island 12-01 |
| City |
Location |
Date/Time |
Contact |
| Alameda, CA |
Oakland Yacht Club
1101 Pacific Marina
Alameda, CA 94501
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Saturdays
2-JUN and 9-Jun-2012
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM |
Nancy Schimmelman
nancy@windwave.com
510-601-6239
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Cost: $50.00 Weekend Navigator Part 1. Class meets on
two consecutive Saturdays. |
| San Ramon Flotilla 12-91 |
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| San Ramon, CA |
San Ramon Fire District Offices 1500 Bollinger Canyon Road
San Ramon, CA |
Tuesdays
9-Nov-10 through Jan? 11
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM |
Rick Scheuerman
chevroids@comcast.net
(925) 376-6543
http://a1131291.uscgaux.info/ |
| Cost:
$115 includes Advanced Navigation course. |
Nevada
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| South Lake Tahoe 11-4 |
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For more information, contact:
Roger Haynes, DSO-PE 11NR
District Public Education Staff Officer
[DSO-PE 11NR]
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