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Piloting Course Prerequisite: Boating Course
You will get
theoretical knowledge to be able to handle a boat in
rough weather and to deal with emergency situations.
Boating Course subjects are expanded to include
Relative Bearings and the Running Fix; effects of
current and leeway, and new skills in marlinspike
and coastal navigation are learned
The following material is
supplied:
- Student Notes (text) and
homework book
- Training Chart "A"
The student should retain
the following material from the Boating Course:
- Canadian Coast Guard Safe
Boating Guide booklet
- Canadian Coast Guard
Collision Regulations (International Regulations
for the Prevention of Collision at Sea, with
Canadian Modifications)
- Chart #1 - Symbols and
Abbreviations used on Canadian Nautical Charts
(booklet)
- The Canadian Aids to
Navigation System booklet
- CPS Course Plotter
Each student will need to
provide dividers, notebook, pencils, and an eraser.
The following is
(approximately) a list of chapter and section
headings in the course manual.
- Dead Reckoning and the Log
- Dead Reckoning Plot
- Taking Departure
- The Course Line
- DR Positions
- Navigator's Notebook
- Keeping a Log
- Definitions
- Marlinspike Seamanship
- The Practical
Component
- Lines Aboard the Boat
- Purchasing Tips
- Dock Lines
- Anchor Rode
- Other
Considerations
- Block and Tackle
- Whipping
- Knots, Hitches, and
Bends
- Seizings
- Splices
- Eye Splice
- Short Splice
- Long Splice
- The Magnetic Compass
- The Earth's Magnetic
Field
- True Directions
- The Magnetic Poles
- Variation
- Deviation
- Causes
- Effect of the
Boat's Magnetic Field on the Compass
- Compass Installation
- Removing Gross
Deviation (Compensating the Compass)
- Determining Deviation
- The Practice Deviation
Table
- Using the Deviation
Table
- When True Course
is Known
- When Compass
Course is Known
- for Values of
Boat's Heading Lying Between Tabulated
Values
- Fixed Aids to Navigation
- The Canadian Aids to
Navigation System
- Fixed Aids
- Light stations
- Interpreting
Charted Descriptions
- Emergency Lights
- Minor Lighted Aids
- Sector Lights
- Ranges
- Day beacons
- Fog Signals
- Visible Range
- Government
Publications - Notices to Mariners
- Floating Aids to
Navigation
- Cardinal and Lateral
Buoys
- Buoy Recognition:
Shape, Colour, Numbering, Lights, etc.
- Aids to Navigation
Protection Regulations
- Buoys and Positioning
- New Dangers
- The CPS MAREP
Hydrographic Programme
- Bearings and Fixes
- Bearings: Lines of
Position and Ranges
- Taking Bearings
- Magnetic and Compass
Bearings
- Turning Bearings
- The Fix
- Relative Bearings
- Evolution
- Stating Relative
Directions
- Converting Relative
Bearings
- Obtaining Relative
Bearings
- Distance of an Object by
Two Relative Bearings
- doubling the Angle on
the Bow
- To Determine a Future
Distance Off
- Circle of Position
- Bow and Beam Bearings
- Weather
- Weather Forecasts
- The Weather-Makers in
the Atmosphere
- Centres of Low
Pressure
- Fronts
- Forecasting
- Wind, Waves, and Current
- Wind
- Wind Strength
- The Beaufort Wind
Scale
- The Effects of
Wind
- Waves
- Wave Generation
- Wave Motion
- Breaking Waves
- Features of Wave
Behaviour
- Swells and Waves
- Practical
Considerations
- Currents
- Seamanship Skills for
Adverse Weather
- Thunderstorms
- Squalls and Squall
Lines
- Fog
- Storms
- Seamanship Skills for
Heavy Weather
- MAREP (Weather)
Program
- Anchors and Anchoring
- A Brief History
- Holding Power
- Loads
- The Anchor Rode
- Anchoring Techniques
- Using Two Anchors
- Weighing Anchor
- Tides
- Causes of Tides
- Classification of
Tides
- Sources of Information
- Datum, Measurements,
and tides
- Practical Applications
- Tidal Currents
- Causes of Tidal
Currents
- Sources of Current
Information
- Using Current Tables
- Practical
Considerations
- Current Terms
- Navigating in a Current
- Leeway
- Navigational Current
- Detecting a Current
- finding Course to
Steer to Offset the Effects of Current
- The DR Plot and Log
- Buoyancy and Stability
- The Force of Gravity
- The force of Buoyancy
- Stability
- Inter-relationship of
Center of Gravity and Center of Buoyancy
- The Effect of Bilge
Water on Stability
- Pitching
- Retaining or
Increasing Stability
- Stability and Design
Alterations
- Hull Construction and
Shape
- Hull Materials, Form
and Construction
- Hull Shape
- Hull Performance
- Displacement Hulls
- Planning Hulls
- Modern Designs
- Hull Maintenance
- Propellers and Propeller
Action
- Speed and
Maneuverability
- The Propeller
- Choosing the Right
Propeller
- Propeller Operation
- The Propeller and
Maneuverability
- Speed Curves
- Practical
Considerations
- Rudders and Steering
Mechanisms
- Properties of Rudders
- Rudder Action
- Tiller and Wheel
- Loss of Steering
Control
- Emergencies
- Man Overboard
- Collision
- Running Aground
- Fire Precautions
- Fire Prevention
- Preparedness and Enjoyment
- General
- Aspects of Crew
Training
- Seasickness
- Crew Fatigue
- Carbon Monoxide
Poisoning
- Injuries on deck
- First Aid Kit
- Routine In-season
Maintenance
- Introduction to Electronic
Navigation
- Depth Sounders
- Radio Direction
Finders
- RADAR
- LORAN
- GPS
- EPIRBs
- Manners and Customs
- Courtesies
- Flag Rules for use on
CPS Boats
- Saluting
- Dressing Ship
- Definitions
- CPS Flag
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