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The operation and function of electronic navigational aids as they are used on board a vessel at sea. Includes GPS, autopilot, depth meter, chart plotter, and radar with hands on laboratory sessions practicing techniques for their operations.

Thread Last Poster Posts Pages Last Post Connecting Garmin GPS to Laptop Ted Lavino 3  1  11-07-08  07:39 am Handouts and other instructor material Mark Howe 18  5  11-19-08  07:23 pm Alternative reading references located by students. Mark Howe 11  1  12-08-08  08:50 am Discussion on the reading material David Sheriff 9  1  11-07-08  03:55 pm Syllabus for the course. LATEST REVISED SCHEDULE. Each student should read the syllabus at least once. It contains all the fine print about what you can expect, what is expected of you and how you will be evaluated. Ignorance of what it says in the syllabus is not a valid excuse. David Sheriff 5  1  10-03-08  12:05 pm Student questions and answers Ted Lavino 40  8  11-29-08  11:24 am General course information Your discussion board administrator, David Sheriff, will be teaching the Fall semester course "Electronic Aids to Navigation." The course meets weekly on Thursdays for just over three hours beginning at 6:00 pm. The first meeting of the course is August 28. Although this is the first time this course has been taught at Saddleback and my preparation time will be limited, I can promise that your time will not be wasted. I wrote the original course description several years ago. The course did not make it into the schedule immediately and it has been uncertain who would teach the class. However, I have been thinking about the course intermittently and believe I have come up with interesting and effective methods to teach the subject. If you have any interest in learning to use electronic navigation equipment, I urge you to register for the class. The description of the course may be found at the Saddleback College website. Also, have a look at the syllabus above. David Sheriff 3  1  08-17-08  01:32 pm Reading References This course will not have a formal text. Reading material from the web will be assigned instead. These links to the material are numbered but appear in no particular sequence (yet). As the course progresses, readings from this list will be assigned by reference number. This is a college level course, so I'm not going to apologize for the amount of reading I assign. David Sheriff 18  1  10-07-08  08:31 am Useful, relevant links "References" as opposed to "reading material" are a menu of resources you may want to consult without being directed to read them in their entirety. Sometimes they answer logical questions which follow from course material. Sometimes they provide an opportunity to go beyond course objectives. Sometimes they are so comprehensive that you will have to search within them to find a particular answer. David Sheriff 8  1  09-14-08  09:05 am The gritty details: a course coming together David Sheriff 5  1  08-31-08  09:17 am   Start New Thread

Author Message   David Sheriff Board Administrator Username: david Post Number: 172 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Friday, November 14, 2008 - 09:19 am:    My error. I think the boat was in the process of being loaded for a trip Friday. I believe that is why lots of canvas was off and the hatch boards were well-stowed. I was not specific about whether the boat should be closed up or left open and I did not communicate my uncertainty when I left. You did the right thing by assuming it should be closed up. Also, no-one should leave unless dismissed by me until both boats are put to bed. We were all tired and a little thick-headed at the end of the exercise - all the more reason to put the information in writing. I will do so in the future. I have been the last one out on previous occasions and have taken responsibility for locking up the docks. I did not do that last night. I apologize. (Message edited by David on November 14, 2008) (Message edited by David on November 14, 2008)   Mark Howe Moderator Username: unclemark Post Number: 429 Registered: 08-2003 Posted on Friday, November 14, 2008 - 08:56 am:    Gripe Last night, onboard Pilgrimage, there were three of us left to put pilgrimage to bed. None of us had opened her up. The hatch boards were hidden under cushions and the canvas we needed we finally found in the V-berth. There are numerous pieces of canvas stowed in many locations on the boat. No idea what goes where. Everybody else was gone. My request If you are not assigned to a given boat, don't take it apart. As a general rule, when taking a boat apart, don't hide the stuff. Another hint, don't take canvas off unnecessarily; it just makes it that much harder to put back together at midnight. Why this is important We would like to leave the boats as the Mariners Scouts expect to find them. If we don't do that, they will complain and bad feelings will result.