Day Skipper Navigation - Student Support Page

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On this page we reproduce documents and support material that you will need for your course

Day Skipper Evening Navigation Course 09-10 Course Programme

Day Skipper Distance Learning Navigation Course 09-10 Course Programme

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1. Syllabus, Equipment, Intro to Met, Nautical Terms, Charts

Course materials, Presentation - Chartwork, Sources of Forecast, Sheet for taking down Irish Sea Area Forecast

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2. Meteorology 1, Charts, Seamanship

Presentation on Seamanship, Presentation on Fog, Presentation on Sea Breeze

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3. Meteorology 2, Buoyage, Tides 1

Presentation on Buoyage, Presentation on Depressions and Passage of Frontal Systems, Presentation on Intro to Tides

Answers to:   Seamanship Ex 1 Q 2- 8,      Chart Familiarisation Ex 2 Q 5-10

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Module 4. Tidal Heights

Presentation on Tidal Heights, Presentation on Tidal Curve, Presentation on Secondary Ports.  

Answers to:    Tides  Ex 3  Q 1-3,        Buoyage  Ex 7  Q 1-3

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Module 5. Tidal Streams and Compass

Presentation on Tidal Streams, Presentation on Compass

Answers to:  Tidal Heights Ex 3 Q 1- 14

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Module 6. Safety, Distress and Rescue + Plotting a fix

Presentation on Safety  Presentation on Plotting a fix

Answers to:  Tidal Streams Ex 3 Q 13-18         Compass Ex 4 Q 1-4

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Module 7. Position Finding, Dead Reckoning and Estimated Position (DR + EP)

Notes on Plotting a fix and DR,EP   Template for EP

Answers to:  Safety Ex 8

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Module 8. Lights, Shapes and Sounds 

Presentation on Lights, Shapes and Sounds 

Answers to: DREP Ex 4 Q 9-14, Example DREP Q12

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 Module 9. Course to Steer and ETA. Navigation Instruments 

Notes on Course to Steer . Presentation on Navigation Instruments 

Answers to:   Collision Regulations  Ex 11 

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 Module 10. Electronic Navigation 

Presentation on Navigation Instruments 

Answers to:   Chartwork -Course to Steer  Ex 5

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Module 11. Pilotage and General Assessment Paper

Presentation on Pilotage

Answers to:  Using GPS  Ex 6

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 Module 12. Passage Planning + Pilotage 2

Presentation on Passage Planning

Answers to:  Pilotage  Ex 7 Q4

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 Module 13. Revision, E-Nav, Passage Planning 2

Sample Passage Plan

Answers to:  Passage Planning  Ex 

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