With Offshore's Coastal Navigation Course you
can learn to navigate in a classroom setting or on board a catamaran
during an Advanced Live Aboard course. In this sailing and navigation
training course, you gain the skills that ensure safe and successful
navigation in coastal waters. Whether you actually experience
all this or not, you will come away from this sailing and navigation
training with the confidence to safely navigate through challenging
conditions, shallow waters, changing tides, currents and low visibility.
Prerequisite for
Coastal Navigation course: Basic navigation skills (like
knowledge gained in our Bareboat
Cruising Preparation or Live
Aboard Cruising courses)
Certification: US
SAILING Coastal Navigation
Course text: US
SAILING Coastal Navigation
All navigation aids provided; bring your own GPS if you like
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Textbooks
are included with course tuition, or can be ordered here
at the Online Bookstore |
How
it Works
 The
course concentrates on traditional navigation techniques with
GPS aid, in 20 hours of classroom instruction or during your Advanced
Live Aboard course. It’s the most challenging, most rewarding
navigation course you’ll find!
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How
Coastal Navigation Works
What
You Learn
| Locations
for Coastal Navigation
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Offshore Advantage |
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The
best training boats in the world – used only by
the finest maritime institutions |
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US
SAILING certified instructors – ranked #1 among
sailing schools in the United States |
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Over
100,000 graduates since 1964 |
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Founded
and operated by Steve and Doris Colgate - America’s
pre-eminent sailing education experts |
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Course
curriculums take you beyond standard certifications
– ranked #1 in the United States |
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Highest
sailing school reputation in the sailing industry –
partnering with the best of the best manufacturers,
charter companies and service organizations |
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More
quality time on the water than any other sailing
school. Some schools claim more time on the water but
they’re not teaching the whole time; we spend
every minute on the water teaching, and bring you ashore
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At
Winter Boat Shows
 Strictly
Sail Chicago – January 31-February 3, 2008
Catamaran
Live Aboard Navigation
Tortola,
British Virgin Islands
Fast
Track to Coastal Passage Making
You can take the
4-day Coastal Navigation course without the 6-day live-aboard
Coastal Passage Making course, or combine the two for the full
Fast Track experience and value.
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British
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Starts |
May
15, 2008 |
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September
11. 2008 |
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December
4, 2008 |
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December
18, 2008 |
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