This course will provide you with an overview of electronic tools available for navigation. Topics covered include:
- GPS Basics
- When Things Go Wrong
- Combining Electronic Navigation with Traditional Methods
- An in-depth look at the chartplotter and radar:
- Chartplotter Features, Functions, Benefits and Limitations
- Electronic Charts, Planning and Building Routes, Course Tracking, Other Data
- Tides, Currents, Port Info, Alarms, Special Features
- Radar Features, Functions, Benefits and Limitations, Location of Scanner, Range
- Deciphering + Tracking Targets + Collision Avoidance, Navigation, Weather
- Combining Electronic Charts and Radar – Virtual and Reality
- AIS Features, Functions, Benefits and Limitations, Collision Avoidance, Type + Type B, Receiver or Transceiver
- Autopilot Features, Functions, Benefits and Limitations
- System Integration – Combining All Systems Together
There will be lots of time for Q & A.
Course Presenter
Ken is a Sail Canada Advanced Cruising Instructor and RYA Yachtmaster Offshore. He has sailed over 60,000 miles, much of it without modern electronic tools. Ken and his wife Carol set sail two years ago on their custom designed and built aluminum sailboat, Voyageur 10.10. They sailed 35,000 miles including two Atlantic crossings and Panama – Galapagos – Hawaii – Vancouver in 25 months.