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EDUCATION - MEMBER COURSES - ADVANCED GRADES
ADVANCED PILOTING
Advanced Piloting builds on the knowledge gained in Piloting to teach how to navigate in coastal waters, predict tides and tidal currents, navigate safely with radar, loran C, and GPS, and to optimize course planning. This course is the final part of the inland and coastal navigation series. Its emphasis is on the use of modern electronic navigation systems and other advanced techniques for finding position.
Among topics covered are:
- Tides and currents and their effect on piloting
- Finding position using bearings and angles
- Simple use of the mariner's sextant
- Electronic navigation - RADAR, LORAN, GPS, etc.
Piloting is the prerequisite course for Advanced Piloting.
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