We offer this as an online interactive course, which takes approximately 8-10 hours to complete.

Previous Experience Required 

  • No age restriction
  • No previous experience or assumed knowledge required

Course Syllabus

  • Anchoring
  • Buoyage
  • Charts and Publications
  • Passage planning
  • Pilotage
  • Rules of the road (Collision Regulations or Coll Regs)
  • Safety Engine checks
  • Tidal awareness
  • Visual & Electronic navigation
  • Weather forecasts
  • The main components of a radar set
  • How a radar set measures distance
  • How a radar set measures bearings
  • The limitations imposed by the power, antenna size and display size of a typical small craft radar
  • Switch on a typical small craft radar set; adjust its brilliance, contrast, gain, range and tuning