If you missed the earlier version of How to Use GPS, be sure to catch this new, fully updated one. And don’t fool yourself: while nearly everybody uses GPS in the car or on a smartphone, marine GPS is a different animal. You’ll learn how to choose a suitable GPS chartplotter if your boat doesn’t already have one. More important, you’ll learn how to make the best use of it -- how to create waypoints, build and execute routes, and monitor your progress along the way. And there’s more! The seminar will explain how modern GPS chartplotters integrate with other electronic systems onboard, including VHF marine radio, radar, and autopilot. Your GPS will tell you where you are and how to find your destination. Start learning how to use your GPS today!
Boat Operator Certification
This seminar is required for the Boat Operator Certification level of Inland Navigator (IN)
All about marine batteries – lead acid to lithium – including maintenance, charging, replacing, and safety.
$34.95Whether you like to paddle a calm lake or whitewater rapids, learn about types of paddle craft, choosing equipment, basic paddling strokes, how paddle craft handle, safety basics, etc.
$34.95Avoid collisions with other boats. AIS will show you where other vessels are and how close they will come. How to integrate AIS with radar and other marine electronics.
$34.95Learn the signs of changing weather, how to anticipate storms, what causes weather, how to read weather maps, what clouds mean, how weather systems move, why winds blow.
$34.95A complete guide to planning and following a course to reach a destination on the water. Hands-on experience with electronic and paper charts for coastal and inland waterways.
$100.00