OOW Navigation & Radar

Leading to a MCA STCW 95 Certificate

A 15 day course made up of two modules:

10 Day Theory (certificated by examination):-

• Revising navigation to RYA Yachtmaster Offshore Level
• Tide heights and secondary port calculations
• Navigation using horizontal and vertical sextant angles and other methods
• Passage planning and the use of the relevant navigation charts and publications
• Rules Of The Road
• Understanding the operation and use of modern compassess including gyros and fluxgate compasses
• Correct procedures for operating navigational aids including radar, ARPA & Autotracking systems, GPS, LORAN, Routing & waypoint systems, electronic charts and Navtex
• Radar Plotting

5 Day Simulator (ARPA & ECDIS):-

• Navigation
• Passage Planning & Pilotage
• Use of ECDIS
• Operation of Radar

On completion of the five day simulation AND with the NARAS (Yacht) Theory Pass certificate, a NARAS (Yacht) certificate will be issued