The Advanced Marine Radar seminar is for those who have taken Basic Marine Radar with Kevin Monahan, or those with marine radar experience and wish to learn about:
- Advanced techniques in collision avoidance
- Navigation using radar as an alternative to electronic charts in areas that do not have accurate electronic charts
- Managing interactions between radar and other electronic technologies such as AIS, GPS, digital compasses
- Causes and cures of radar overlay errors.
The Advanced Marine Radar seminar is presented over two online morning sessions with extensive visuals and simulations.
Part 1 – Collision Avoidance and Navigation – Saturday April 6
- Review – Determining if risk of collision exists
- Implications of targets in different quadrants
- ARPA
- AIS
- Navigation
- Positioning
Part 2 –Radar Navigation continued – Sunday April 7
- Basic Navigation with RADAR
- Advanced Navigation
- Demonstration
- New Technology
- HD Radar
- Solid State Radar
- RACONs (Radar Beacons)
- SARTs (Search and Rescue Transponders)
Course Materials
As the Basic Radar course is a desirable prerequisite for this course, you may already have The Radar Book: Effective Navigation and Collision Avoidance. If you would like to order another copy for $29.95, please email VI Education [1] well before the course begins to allow for shipping time.
About the Instructor
Kevin Monahan is a retired Canadian Coast Guard officer with more than 20 years navigating the British Columbia coast as a patrol vessel captain. He has also worked on fishing boats, ferries, and coastal transports. Retiring from public service in 2012, Kevin now splits his time between publishing (Ports and Passes, The Radar Book, etc.) and teaching nautical subjects to commercial and recreational mariners. In 2013 he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal.