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America's Boating Course

Junior Navigation

This course is only open to USPS members.

Start Date:
TBA
Duration:

15 weekly sessions
Location:

Westwood Public Library
Westwood, MA

For Additional Info Contact:
Andy Sumberg
andy (at) sumberg (dot) com

 

Course Description


Junior Navigation begins the study of offshore (open-ocean) navigation -- integrated electronic positioning systems, sight taking with a mariner's sextant on the sun, moon, planets, and stars, how to reduce sights using the nautical almanac to determine position, and passage planning with special open-ocean charts.

COURSE OUTLINE

  1. Getting To Know Your Sextant
  2. How To Use a Sextant
  3. Identifying Stars & Planets
  4. Correcting Sextant Altitude
  5. Getting the Correct Time
  6. Finding Where & When
  7. Using the Nautical Almanac
  8. The Celestial Line of Position
  9. Solving Navigational Triangles
  10. Plotting LOPs and Fixes
  11. How to use the Star Finder
  12. The M-T Sight on the Sun
  13. Charts for the Navigator
  14. Special Charts for Voyaging
  15. Compute the Sailing Triangle
  16. Traverse Sailing
  17. Mercator Sailing
  18. Keeping a Plot & Deck Log
  19. Duties of the Navigator
  20. Closed Book Exam

 


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