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  • Offshore Navigation / Junior Navigation - COURSE
    Offshore Navigation / Junior Navigation - COURSE
    Sep 10, 2025, 7:00 PM – Nov 05, 2025, 9:00 PM
    America's Boating Club Central Ohio, 8492 Cotter St, Lewis Center, OH 43035, USA
    Sep 10, 2025, 7:00 PM – Nov 05, 2025, 9:00 PM
    America's Boating Club Central Ohio, 8492 Cotter St, Lewis Center, OH 43035, USA
    Offshore Navigation is the first in a two-part program of study in offshore navigation designed as a practical "how-to" course.
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  • Boat Handling - COURSE
    Boat Handling - COURSE
    Multiple Dates
    Sep 22, 2025, 7:00 PM – Oct 27, 2025, 9:00 PM
    America's Boating Club Central Ohio, 8492 Cotter St, Lewis Center, OH 43035, USA
    Sep 22, 2025, 7:00 PM – Oct 27, 2025, 9:00 PM
    America's Boating Club Central Ohio, 8492 Cotter St, Lewis Center, OH 43035, USA
    An introduction to the knowledge and skills needed to handle your boat.
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  • Advanced Piloting - COURSE
    Advanced Piloting - COURSE
    Oct 22, 2025, 7:00 PM – Dec 03, 2025, 9:00 PM
    Lewis Center, 8492 Cotter St, Lewis Center, OH 43035, USA
    Oct 22, 2025, 7:00 PM – Dec 03, 2025, 9:00 PM
    Lewis Center, 8492 Cotter St, Lewis Center, OH 43035, USA
    The course builds navigation skills to take on challenges of unfamiliar water, limited visibility, and extended cruises. How to use GPS, radar and other electronic tools. Why and how to use paper charts as a backup tool.
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  • Marine Navigation - COURSE
    Marine Navigation - COURSE
    Feb 02, 2026, 7:00 PM – Mar 30, 2026, 9:00 PM
    Lewis Center, 8492 Cotter St, Lewis Center, OH 43035, USA
    Feb 02, 2026, 7:00 PM – Mar 30, 2026, 9:00 PM
    Lewis Center, 8492 Cotter St, Lewis Center, OH 43035, USA
    Marine Navigation covers the basics of coastal and inland navigation. This course focuses on navigation as it is done on recreational boats today and embraces GPS as a primary navigation tool with traditional techniques if the GPS fails.
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  • Celestial Navigation - COURSE
    Celestial Navigation - COURSE
    Date and time is TBD
    America's Boating Club Central Ohio, 8492 Cotter St, Lewis Center, OH 43035, USA
    Date and time is TBD
    America's Boating Club Central Ohio, 8492 Cotter St, Lewis Center, OH 43035, USA
    Learn celestial positioning using other bodies, in addition to positioning using the sun. This course also deals with electronic software tools that can be used to plan and execute an offshore voyage.
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  • Advanced Marine Navigation - COURSE
    Advanced Marine Navigation - COURSE
    Date and time is TBD.
    America's Boating Club Central Ohio, 8492 Cotter St, Lewis Center, OH 43035, USA
    Date and time is TBD.
    America's Boating Club Central Ohio, 8492 Cotter St, Lewis Center, OH 43035, USA
    The second in the sequence of USPS courses on navigation. It continues to build coastal and inland navigation skill, allowing the student to take on more challenging conditions
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