Seamanship

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 new Seamanship Course builds on some of the techniques introduced in the Boating course.

Seamanship uses traditional navigation, GPS fixes, Way Points, along with the introduction of Deviation, in the three homework cruises, and the examination take home cruises.

This course offers:interpretation of charts;the DR plot; bearings , fixes,running fixes and Collision Regulations;and the exciting concept of plotting and labeling in True & Magnetic, adopted by the Training Department.

Seamanship explains the skills needed to understand the hazards of weather, wind, waves, tides, and tidal currents and how to deal with them.

When unforeseen circumstances arise such as man-overboard and medical emergencies the seamanshipcourse cousels the student, as to where and how to acquire the skills to deal with potentiallylife-threatening situations, and of course you can 'learn the ropes' , from knots, hitches,bends,and splices.

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