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[BPS Burgee] Birmingham Power Squadron [BPS Burgee]
2219 on Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

Electronic Navigation II (Advanced Piloting) Course Description

The new AP course 2005 remains the final part of the inland and coastal navigation series. This material continues to build on the base developed in Piloting, and includes practical use of additional electronic navigation systems and other advanced techniques for finding position. It is such a change from the previous AP course, it will be worth while for those already having taken AP to tune their skills with this new course. Among topics covered are: Finding position using bearings and angles, Collision avoidance using GPS and Radar, What to do when the electronics fail, Tides and currents and their effect on piloting, Electronic navigation with -- GPS, Chartplotters, RADAR, Autopilots, etc. Application of course lectures through practical, in class, exercises.

Learn About:
  • Electronic navigation with GPS,
  • Chartplotters, RADAR, Autopilots, etc.
  • Collision avoidance using GPS and Radar
  • What to do when the electronics fail
  • Tides and currents and their effect on piloting
  • Finding position using bearings and angles
  • Simple use of the mariner's sextant