NAVIGATIONAL THEORY BRUSH-UP SYLLABUS

 The aim of the course is to revise the Day and Coastal skipper shorebased syllabus.

1. Chartwork including use of GPS data

• Information shown on charts, chart symbols revision
• Plotting positions and bearings
• Course to Steer

2. Compass

• Application of Variation
• Application of deviation and it's causes

3. Position fixing techniques including use of GPS

• Techniques of visual fixing
• Satellite derived positions
• Dead reckoning and Estimated Positions

4. Tides and tidal streams

• Tidal definition, levels and datum
• Tide tables
• Tidal heights at standard ports
• Tidal heights at secondary ports
• Use of tidal diamonds and tidal stream atlases for Chartwork

5. International Rules for Preventing Collisions at Sea (IRPCS)

• Steering and Sailing rules
• General rules
• Lights, sounds and day shapes

6. Visual aids to navigation and buoyage

• Light characteristics
• IALA buoyage for region A

7. Safety

• Distress signals
• Ability to send a DSC and voice VHF distress message

8. Passage Planning

• Preparation of navigational plan for short coastal passages
• Keeping a navigational record