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WVYC is currently hosting two courses to help you develop your knowledge of cruising and power boating.

CYA Coastal Navigation Course

CYA Celestial Navigation Course

Date for Registration to be announced

CYA Coastal Navigation 2009

Learn to safely navigate through coastal or inland waters. There is no pre-requisite to enrol in this course. It will be of benefit to sailors, power boaters, kayakers and fishermen.  Anyone who works or plays on the water and needs to know how to read a chart, determine their position, and use the Tide and Current Tables, will find this course useful. This is an excellent course for couples!

You will learn:

• the symbols and conventions on Canadian Hydrographic charts
• the characteristics for lighted aids and the buoyage system
• the publications and instruments required for prudent navigation
• the purposes of Notices to Mariners
• the basics of operating marine electronics including GPS

You will also learn how to:

• use the Tide Tables to find times and heights at reference and secondary ports
• use the Current Tables to find direction and rate of current at reference and secondary stations 
• convert courses and bearings between true, magnetic and check compass deviation by means of a transit
• plot a dead reckoning position on a chart and allow for the effect of current and leeway to plot the estimated position
• determine a heading which counteracts known current and leeway
• plot a position by two or more bearings at one time,

  bearings at different times,

  one bearing and a transit,

  bearing and a distance

Successful students will receive a certificate for meeting the CYA Coastal Navigation Standard.

Dates of next available course: Feb 6, 20, 27, March 6, 13, 20

Times: 6:00 - 9:00 pm

Fee: Member $100 (including tax)

        Non-member $125 (including tax)

Prices do not include text and course materials. For a list of the course materials, please download the course registration form.

CYA Celestial Navigation 2009

This course is perfect for racers or cruisers who would like to expand their navigation skills.  All you need is a basic understand of coastal navigation, the ability to do basic calculations involving hours and minutes or degrees and minutes, and, most importantly, and active imagination!

You will not need any special equipment for this course beyond basic plotting tools.

Course Dates: 

March 23, 30, April 6, 13, 20, 27

This course runs on consecutive Mondays from 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Course Fee:  non-member $195 member $175

If you are interested in a future course, please contact the Sailing Director