Courses
GPS Navigation
One class: 3 hours
Course description coming soon
Course Overview
After a short theoretical overview of how GPS works, the majority of the course is spent practicing hands-on navigational exercises to develop your skills with GPS functions and capabilities. You can expect to learn all the features of your GPS and their on-the-water applications. Come away with increased facility to use your own GPS in the classroom and subsequently under pressure at sea.
Topics
- GPS overview
- Creating, installing and storing waypoints
- Navigating to a waypoint
- Creating and storing routes
- Using GPS tracking
- Setting waypoint alerts
- Anchoring alerts
- Tailored settings for your particular boating needs
- GPS chart-plotting latitude and longitude
- Tips on buying your new GPS receiver
Facilitator: Captain Lenny Lipton or Captain Brian O'Farrell
Logistics:
Wednesday, April 9 (full - session closed)
6:00-9:00pm at the Marine Training Center
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Saturday, April 12 with Captain O'Farrell
10:00am-1:00pm at the Marine Training Center
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Wednesday, April 16 with Captain O'Farrell
6:00-9:00pm at the Marine Training Center
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Thursday, May 1 with Captain Lipton
7:00-10:00pm at the Marine Training Center
Tuition: $175.00. Tuition for companion (crew, mate, family): $150.00.
Certification: Upon course completion you will receive a Landfall Navigation Marine Training Center certificate of completion in the GPS Navigation .