Basic Coastal Navigation: Session 4

• Introduction
• Session 3 review
• Tides and currents, basics
• Sources of tide and current information
• Using tide tables
• Using current tables and current atlas
• Using secondary port tide tables
• Using secondary station current tables
• TIde and current exercises
• Tidal diamond tables and exercises
• Current atlas tables and exercises
• Danger and clearing bearings
• GPS System overview
• GPS-enabled mobile devices: strengths and limitations
• GPS exercises
• Passage and pilotage planning overview
• Pilotage planning techniques and exercises
• Exam preview and preparation