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Greensboro Power Squadron
A Unit of United States Power Squadrons®
Sail and Power Boating
America's Boating Club®
Advanced Piloting
Advanced Piloting is the final part of the inland and coastal navigation series. This course continues to build on
the base developed in Piloting, and includes practical use of additional electronic navigation
systems and other advanced techniques for finding postiion.
Amoung the topics covered in Advanced Piloting are: finding position
using bearings and angles, collision avoidance using GPS and Radar, what to do when the
electronics fail, tides and currents and their effect on piloting, electronic navigation with
-- GPS, Chartplotters, Radar, Autopilots, etc., application of course lectures through
practical, in class, exercises.
This course is for Squadron members only. If you are interested in
joining Greensboro Power Squadron please enroll in The Squadron Boating
Coursesm. This course is a prerequisite for anyone desiring
membership
If Guilford County schools are closed due to weather, we will not have class. If you
have questons Call Lt/C Bill Davis (H) 336-282-3790 or send email to
course questions
Boat Smart From The Start - Wear Your PFD
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Updated 20 Nov 11
