2024 Holiday Package

Holiday Special – Buy 2 seminars, Get 1 free

Be ready for your boating season with this special package of our most popular seminars:  Using Nautical Charts, Weather for Boaters 2023, and All About Marine Radio!  You'll learn how to read charts and navigate safely with your GPS, anticipate changing weather, use your VHF for marine communications, and much more.

• All About Marine Radio

  Know how to use your VHF marine radio. You’ll need it in an emergency and for important ship-to-ship communications.
  What's included?

  • How VHF radios work and their controls
  • Using the correct channels
  • Advanced methods of communication
  • How digital selective calling (DSC) equipped radios work and their controls

• Using Nautcial Charts

  Whether you use electronic or paper charts, learn how to read them and gain the confidence for a fun and safe day on the water. Explore the symbols for aids to navigation and for features above and below the water. Learn how to read latitude and longitude, use a compass rose and plan a safe course. What's included?

  • Differences between electronic and paper charts
  • What charts show navigators above the water
  • Chart information and scales 
  • What charts show navigators below the water
  • Aids to navigation
  • Latitude and longitude
  • Compass rose
  • Planning your route

   

   

• Weather for Boaters - 2023

  Don't let bad weather ruin your day! Learn to forecast and predict the weather.
  What's included?

  • What causes weather
  • How weather systems move
  • Why winds blow
  • Why fog forms
  • What clouds tell us
  • How storms and fronts create foul weather
  • How to read weather maps
  • How to refine them using your own observations

Boat Operator Certification

All ABout Marine Radio, Using Nautical Charts and Weather for Boaters 2023 are required for the Boat Operator Certification level of Inland Navigator (IN)