OOW Navigation & Radar
Course
In Wirral
Description
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Type
Course
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Location
Wirral
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Duration
15 Days
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Location
Start date
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About this course
It is essential that candiates have revised plotting of EP, Course to steer, secondary ports and Rules of the Road before attending this course. Candidates must hold a Yachtmaster Offshore Certificate.
Reviews
Course programme
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
Additional information
OOW Navigation & Radar