Whether you've just completed Basic Hands-On Sailing or you have been sailing for years, you know how important it is to know where you are going.  The 12-hour Navigation course teaches you all the navigational techniques you need to sail safely in coastal or inland waters - anywhere!

• Electronic Navigation: proper use of Global Positioning Satellites (GPS)

• Charts: learn to read US nautical charts and understand the symbols and conventions they contain

• Tide and Current Tables: use of tables to determine changes in sailing conditions and how to steer taking into account known current and leeway

• Use of Compass: conversion of course and bearing between true, magnet and compass.  Checking compass deviation by means of a transit bearing

• Plotting Position and Courses: using terrestrial objects, such as bearings on two objects at the same time or one object at various times, a bearing in combination with a sounding or transit range, etc

• Instruments Needed for Navigation: course will cover use of steering compass and deviation table, handbearing compass, binoculars, protractor, depth sounder, dividers, log/knotmeter, etc.

If you want a better understanding of navigation techniques and regulations, or would like to plot a sailing course to a new destination, this is the class for you!

The two-day Navigation course is offered each Spring and Fall, over two Saturdays, from 9:00am - 4:00pm each day.  Navigation is a classroom course taught by experienced USCG captains, whose sea tales and experiences make the theory come alive.  Like all Croton Sailing School courses, Navigation offers American Sailing Association (ASA) certification.