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EDUCATION - MEMBER COURSES - ADVANCED GRADES
PILOTING
Piloting introduces the critical study of marine charts, aids to navigation, adjustment and use of the mariner's compass, dead reckoning, planning and plotting courses, and taking bearings to determine position on the water. This course is the first of a two-part program studying inland and coastal navigation. Its focus is on the fundamentals of piloting - keeping track of a boat's movements, determining one's position at any time and laying out courses to a planned destination.
Included are subjects such as:
- Charts and their use
- Aids to navigation
- The mariner's compass
- Variation and deviation of the compass
- Plotting and steering courses
- Dead reckoning
- Plotting and labeling charts
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