Advanced Marine Navigation - COURSE

Advanced Marine Navigation (currently offered as Advanced Piloting) is 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 – unfamiliar waters, limited visibility, and extended cruises. GPS is embraced as a primary navigation tool while adding radar, chart plotters, and other electronic navigation tools. As with Marine Navigation (currently offered as Piloting), the course includes many in-class exercises, advancing the student’s skills through hands-on practice and learning. Ten classes of two hours each normally are scheduled for presentation of this course. In addition the students have seven days to complete the open book exam. Topics covered include:

• Review of skills learned in Marine Navigation (currently offered as Piloting)

• Advanced positioning techniques such as advancing a line of position

• Other electronics: radar, depth sounders, autopilots, chart plotters, laptop computer software, etc.

• Hazard…