Prerequisites
There is no prerequisite for Windworks Navigation & Piloting Certification. This course provides practical navigation skills using traditional techniques (no electronics) for our local Salish Seas. Therefore, it can be taken at any time before, after, or in conjunction with the Basic Keelboat or Basic Cruising Series. Navigation and Piloting or US Sailing Coastal Navigation is required prior to taking any Windworks vessels overnight. N&P class is highly recommended to be taken prior to US Sailing Coastal Navigation.
Overview
The Navigation & Piloting (N & P) graduate will have demonstrated the traditional, non-electronic knowledge aids to navigation (ATONs) and the art of traditional navigation techniques using hard copy navigational charts and tools such as tide and current tables, phases of the moon, compass, dividers, and parallel plotters.
Pricing
This course is held in the classroom using local Puget Sound charts, tide, and current data.
WWSC Members $695
Non Members $895
Successful Completion Prepares You To:
Demonstrate:
- How to determine latitude and longitude; interpret aids to navigation (ATONs), interpret navigation charts, estimate tide and current, determine course to steer and trip planning.
- Use of the plotting techniques and tools to plot and label, neatly and accurately, the following items:
- Latitude and longitude of position.
- A line of position (LOP)
- A three point fix position
- A Dead Reckoning (DR) position and course to steer.
- A course to steer given the set and drift of a known current.
- Measure distance on a chart without a bar scale.
Determine:
- Soundings for depth of water to be used for anchoring and safe passage.
- The height of tide, direction and strength of current using tide and current tables, charts, the rule of twelfths and the rule of thirds.
- Speed, time and distance to a destination.
- Fuel consumption to a destination.
Demonstrate:
- Your ability to select appropriate charts.
- Ability to use Chart #1.