Seamanship, Safety & Environmental Concerns

• Boat maintenance, trouble shooting potential problems and vessel systems.
• Advanced Navigational Rules including vessel day and night markings.
• Navigation, chart reading, dead reckoning, compass, time speed and distance, latitude and longitude.
• Basic marine electronics.
• Towing & anchoring.
• Line handling including spring lines, docking and undocking.

Pool Demo - Students will practice safety equipment usage such as:

• Rescue techniques
• Safety equipment
• Survival at sea

Hands-On Instruction - Students may choose to train on either a power or sailing vessel and will get to learn:

• Anchoring and towing
• Use of advanced navigational rules
• Troubleshooting underway problems
• Spring lines & knots
• Electronics & vessel systems