Advanced Marine Navigation - Course
$100.00
Build on the skills you learned in Marine Navigation and gain confidence planning and navigating coastal waters. Using the Plan–Navigate–Check approach, this course covers:
- Electronic navigation with digital charts and chartplotters
- Additional electronic navigation tools that integrate with your chartplotter
- Position determination using dead reckoning, bearings, lines of position, circles of position, and fixes
- Hazard avoidance, and
- Understanding how tides, currents, and winds affect your boat
Learn at Your Own Pace
This online, self-study course includes a comprehensive student guide, eight fully narrated modules, a practice cruise with answers, and an optional online exam. You control the pace and sequence of the lessons, while the practice cruise provides hands-on charting experience.
Members of America’s Boating Club who pass the online exam receive the same Advanced Marine Navigation credit as those who complete the classroom course. Many boat insurance companies offer discounts for completing America’s Boating Club courses.
The course includes the Introduction to OpenCPN seminar.
Boat Operator Certification
Advanced Marine Navigation is required for the Advanced Coastal Navigator (ACN) level of Boat Operator Certification unless you have already completed Advanced Piloting.
