Advanced Marine Radar

The VI and Vancouver Chapter Education Watchkeepers, Brent Alley and Kit Griffin, are delighted to announce this online Zoom course which is open to all BCA members and non-members!

The Advanced Marine Radar seminar is for those who have taken Basic Marine Radar with Kevin Monahan 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 Basic Marine Radar seminar is a pre-requisite for this course.

Course Format

Each two hour presentation will be followed by ½ hour of questions. There is no need to subscribe to Zoom, just register for Advanced Marine Radar and we’ll send a link to you a couple of days before the course.

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.