Piloting

Prerequisite:	Boating Course
Date:	To Be Announced
Time:	1830 - 2100
Duration	1 night a week for 12 weeks
Location:	St. John Ambulance Centre on Dogwood St. at 2nd Avenue
Cost:	To Be Announced
Instructor:	To Be Announced
Contact: Training Officer	Ed Falstrem 250 923-3333 (w) 250 923-7398 (h)
Email the Commander	s.v.xoros@telus.net

The piloting course builds on the knowledge acquired in the Boating course.

It discusses the three aspects of Piloting: Navigational and Plotting skills; Seamanship skills, and the boat's capabilities and performance.

A graduate of the Piloting Course will have the theoretical knowledge to be able to handle a boat in rough weather, and to deal with emergency situations.

Boating Course subjects are expanded to include Relative Bearings and the Running Fix; effects of current and leeway and how to correct for them, and new skills in marlinspike and coastal navigation are learned.

Course Kit includes: Student Notes, Combined Homework Questions and Answers, Training Chart "A"; Plotting and Labelling Standard Booklet and Exam.

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