The natural progression to learning to sail is to continuously practice and improve skills. There is nothing more important than navigation. Too often people are taking the easy way out by relying on the instruments that can fail you at the most inopportune time. Every good sailor/boater should know how to do good ol’ paper chart navigation and practice, practice, practice. Practice in a variety of conditions and circumstances.
The ASA Advanced Coastal Cruising Class (106) should be done in conjunction with the Advanced Navigation Class (105). Makes sense. I won’t kid you, this navigation exam is harder than the USCG Captains License navigation exam. If you take the class from someone who gives you the real life experience like one of my favorite Captains and school owner of R&R Charters out of Annapolis. Captain Dave Renoll. You will spend 7 days (& nights) doing a circumnavigation around the Del-Mar-Va Pinnesula. (DE, MD, VA) You will put to practice the navigation skills as you learn how to safely cruise down the coast.
This little booklet enhances your training, practice and exam taking when you remember the correct formula and steps to solve for each type of navigation problem. You will know how to do the following navigational problems:
- Dead Reckoning
- Estimated Position
- 2 or 2 Point Fixes
- Danger Bearing
- Running Fixes
- Set & Drift both known and unknown
- Relative Bearings