Boat Pro

» Know Your Boat
» Equipping Your Boat
» Saftey Awareness
» Marine Rules of the
   Road–Collision Regulations
» The Canadian Aids to Navigation
   Systems
» Trailering/Transporting


» Getting Underway
» Anchoring
» Docking
» Locks
» Water-related Activities
» Preventive Maintenance
» Be Weather Wise
» Trip Plan

 

 

The Boating Course

» Characteristics of boats
» Licensing, registration, and
   other requirements
» Mandatory equipment
» Optional equipment
» Ropes, lines, and knots
» Handling a boat under    power
» Handling a boat under sail
» Weather
» Preparing to launch
» Skipper’s responsibilities    before setting out
» Skipper’s responsibilities    when under way

» Collision Regulations
» Canadian aids to navigation
» Emergencies
» Canals and locks
» Tides and tidal currents
» Trailering
» Winter lay-up
» Waterskiing
» Auxiliary boats
» Checklist for lay-up
» Pre-launch checklist
» The magnetic compass
» Anchors and anchoring

 

 

Piloting

» Dead Reckoning and the    Log
» Marlinespike Seamanship
» The Magnetic Compass
» Fixed Aids to Navigation
» Floating Aids to Navigation
» Bearings and Fixes
» Relative Bearings
» Distance of an Object    byTwo Relative Bearings
» Weather
» Wind,Waves and Current
» Seamanship Skills for    Adverse Weather
» Anchors and Anchoring
» Tides
» Tidal Currents
» Navigating in a Current
» Buoyancy and Stability
» Hull Construction and Shape
» Hull Performance
» Propellers and Propeller Action
» Rudders and Steering    Mechanisms
» Emergencies
» Preparedness and Enjoyment
» Introduction to Electronic
   Navigation
» Manners and Customs

 

 

Advanced Piloting

» Charts
» Compass
» Courses, Bearings and Positions
» Electronic Navigation
» Effects of Current and Leeway
» Running Fixes
» Tides and Tidal Currents
 

 

 

Celestial Navigation

» The Sextant, Theory    &Adjustments
» Practical Sextant Work
» Identification of Celestial Bodies
» Sextant Altitude Corrections
» Lines of Position from Celestial
   Observations
» Time
» Hour Angles and Aries
» Time Diagrams
» The Nautical Almanac
» Solution for Intercept & Azimuth
» Sight    Reduction—SpecialMethods


» Plotting LOPs & Fixes,
   Plotting Sheet
» Pilot Charts
» Great Circle Charts
» Mercator Charts
» Plotting & Deck Log
» The Sailings
» Traverse Sailing
» Great Circle Sailing
» Emergency Navigation
» Duties of the Navigator
» Day’s Work at Sea

 

 

 

Navigating with GPS

» Electronic Navigation
» Navigation Fundamentals
» Global Positioning System (GPS)
» Navigation Techniques
» Other Uses for GPS

» GPS Installation    Considerations
» Performance Evaluation (of    GPS Receiver)

 

 

Maritime Radio (VHF)

» Maritime mobile service
» Procedures
» Distress communications
» Urgency communications
» Safety communications
» Distress simulations
» Additional information
» Traditional system

» Global Maritime Distress and
   Safety System (GMDSS)
» GMDSS regulations and application
» Digital Selective Calling (DSC)    radios
» Emergency Position Indicating
   Radio Beacons (EPRIBs)
» Other GMDSS equipment practical
   exercises

 

 

 

Marine Maintenance

» The Hull
» General Maintenance
» The Electrical System
» Marine Engines
» Gasoline Fuel System
» Ignition
» Lubrication
» Engine Cooling
» Outboards
» Seasonal Maintenance
» Safety Equipment
» Trailers
» Marine Toilets (Heads) and Stoves
» Painting Tips
» Galvanic Scale of Metals in    Seawater
» Zebra Mussels
» Owner’s Manual and Accident    Report

 

 

 

Extended Cruising

» The Boat
» The Sails
» The Well-found Vessel
» Passage Planning
» Passage Making

» Oceanography and Weather
» Weather
» Instrumentation
» Adverse Conditions

 

 

Power Boating

» Power Trains, Engine    Controls and instruments
» Handling Under Power
» Engines
» Fuels and Fuel Systems
» Electrical Systems
» Cooling and Lubrication
» Cruising Under Power

» Maintenance and Fire Safety
» Marine Engines—Trouble
   Diagnosis
» Cruise
» Wind,Weather and Whitecaps
» Beaufort Wind Scale
» Antennae Locations of B.C. and
   Ontario Radio Stations

 

 

 

Seamanship Sail

» Spars and Rigging
» Sails
» Theory of Sail Action
» Balance Under Sail
» Getting Under Way
» Under Way

» Sail Trim
» Piloting Under Sail
» Cruising Under Sail—Day Sailers
» Cruising Under Sail—Keel Boat
» Racing
» Fire Extinguishers

 

 

Fundamentals of Weather

» How the Sun Causes    Weather
» What Causes the Wind To    Blow?
» Water in the Atmosphere


» Clouds—The Signposts of
   the Skies
» Fronts and Frontal Weather
» Thunderstorms and Tornadoes
» Forecasting the Weather

 

 

 

Global Weather

» Equilibrium in the Atmosphere
» General Circulation
» Air Masse
» Extratropical Cyclones
» Tropical Cyclones
» Forecasting