Course Information
Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
4 Hour(s) 41 Minute(s)
Language
English
Taught by
Howard Edson Sr.
Rating
Course Overview
Essential coastal navigation knowledge for safely living the sailing cruising life
This is a comprehensive sailing course in coastal navigation, It is also a prep course for ASA 105 Coastal Navigation and a prerequisite for 106, It is packed with navigation learning and helpful for mastering seamanship. It is divided into 9 chapters – several with practice navigation practice problems and solutions, plus 7 appendices of supplemental content. Additionally it is salted with the author's hard-won tips and insights on how to remain safe and smart under sail. . .
Course Content
- 10 section(s)
- 25 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Chart Foundations
- Section 2 Reading Nautical Charts
- Section 3 Dead Reckoning Navigation
- Section 4 Bearings and Fixes
- Section 5 Current & Leeway
- Section 6 Tides & Tidal Currents
- Section 7 Navigation in Fog
- Section 8 Electronic Navigation
- Section 9 Rules of the Road
- Section 10 Supplemental Content
What You’ll Learn
- Learn the navigational theory and best practices to safely navigate a sailing vessel in coastal or inland waters, Safely plan and chart day-sail and multi-day courses, with consideration for winds, weather, tides, currents and other factors, Gain new navigational skills, including quick and accurate dead reckoning plots, chart appreciation and value, use of navigation instruments, the US Aids to Navigation (ATON) system, Light lists, variation and deviation, transits and more, Gain the knowledge and preparation to ACE your 105 sailing exam., Demonstrate best practices and proper conventions to plot dead reckoning positions quickly and accurately
Skills covered in this course
Reviews
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RRick Meldrum
I needed to run it at 1.25 times normal speed, but the content was great - easy to understand, and logical in its flow.
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JJohan Ploeg
Good content. I enjoyed the lessons. I wish the course had quizzes and a mock final exam for practice.
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RRussell Shefrin
It has been many years since I studied navigation. So far, this course is helpful in refreshing my memory.
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LLeonard Bucko
Great job .....lots of info....I have had a 100 ton License for over 30 years and found the 101,103,104 and 105 videos to be a great review for me. I wish that they were around 35 years ago and my testing would have been a lot easier. Thanks Capt . Howard Cape. Len Bucko
