Windworks Sailing Center Navigation & Piloting
Basic Keelboat Book       The goal of this course is to have students successfully navigating the Puget Sound for multi-day, daytime sailing only, cruises away from the local waters of the WINDWORKS base and Shilshole Bay. A common sense/local knowledge approach is applied to basic navigation and piloting concepts, including: Determining your position; aids to navigation; sight navigation; course to steer; soundings; tides; currents; tide tables; trip planning and more. The course is specific to the Puget Sound, using local Maptech chartkit and local examples for navigation problem solving. This course includes high quality equipment for the student to keep - including Weems and Plath roller plotter, dividers, the Maptech waterproof chartbook of Puget Sound, 2nd edition, NOAA chart #1, and the N & P workbook.  The course includes a total of 12 hours of instruction and is divided into 4 modules, N&P 1, N&P 2, N&P 3, and N&P 4. Each module is 3 hours long.
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Navigation & Piloting Requirements & Standards

      The Navigation and Piloting graduate will have successfully demonstrated the ability to calculate vessel position using dead reckoning techniques. Graduate will be able to successfully calculate course to steer, low and high tides at any time, water depth, bridge clearances, and trip planning. In addition, graduate will be able to demonstrate understanding of aids to navigation, and charter reading.

Equipment:
Navigation and Piloting course includes use of roller ruler, dividers Maptech Waterproof Chartbook of Puget Sound, Edition 2, NOAA chart # 1, Navigation and Piloting Workbook.

Prerequisite:
None.

Certification Requirements:
Navigation and Piloting requires the successful completion of the following knowledge and skill requirements. These requirements are expected to be able to be performed with confidence during the Bareboat Cruising Course. The certified candidate will be able to navigate keelboats within the Puget Sound region for multiday Bareboat trips in clear weather with no nighttime sailing or passages.

Skills & Knowledge

Demonstrate, via written examination, ability to determine vessel position using dead reckoning techniques, course to steer, Line of Position (LOP), and aids to navigation.
Demonstrate ability to calculate tide heights, bridge clearances, water depth, GPS, and proper trip planning.
Graduate knowledge will include chart reading/chart symbols, practical navigation decision making, overlapping techniques, time/speed/distance calculations, distance and fuel consumption, tide and current tables, rule of twelfths, and course to steer in a current.

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