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Updated 9 September 2008
Piloting for today’s recreational boaters
Date: 24 September 2008
Registration and First Class
Time: 1900-2100 hours
Place: C-O-MM Fire Station, Route 28, Centerville
Cost: $60
Registration and First Class
Time: 1900-2100 hours
Place: C-O-MM Fire Station, Route 28, Centerville
Cost: $60
PILOTING (P) is the first of the navigational classes focusing on reading and using
charts and how to navigate with GPS to build practical skills for piloting a boat in
coastal and inland conditions. The course emphasizes plotting and checking your
progress along with the use of GPS for determining position, and introduces digital
charting along with traditional charting, compass and dead reckoning navigation skills.
Plotting, labeling, use of the compass, aids to navigation and a host of related topics
are included..
charts and how to navigate with GPS to build practical skills for piloting a boat in
coastal and inland conditions. The course emphasizes plotting and checking your
progress along with the use of GPS for determining position, and introduces digital
charting along with traditional charting, compass and dead reckoning navigation skills.
Plotting, labeling, use of the compass, aids to navigation and a host of related topics
are included..