CoastNav Canada-BSC

(Sail Canada Basic Coastal Navigation)

It’s not our gadgets that get us in trouble. It’s our excessive reliance on them.

Avoid GPS Over-Reliance

It's all too easy for a skipper to subconsciously hand over responsibility for safety of vessel and crew to a piece of pricey electronics. Boaters have enthusiastically embraced GPS and navigation software to save time and effort. But lately we're seeing some of them run into SNAGs. (Satellite Navigation Assisted Groundings.) That glowing screen at the helm can give a false sense of confidence, and basic navigation practices can fall out of use. Learning the menus and settings of a chart plotter isn't the same as learning navigation.

Interact with a CERTIFIED Instructor

Although CoastNav Canada is a home study course, you won’t be working all on your own. You’ll get continuous support, coaching, encouragement, and detailed feedback on your assignments from one of our Sail Canada-certified instructors. You’ll participate in LIVE LESSONS with your instructor and other students, where you'll review your work, discuss topics covered in the course, and watch skill demonstrations.

Screen Shot 2021-06-04 at 3.57.03 PM.png — Get feedback from an instructor on your uploaded assignments and LIVE LESSONS via web conference to re-create classroom interaction as nearly as possible.

This course prepares you to write the exam for Sail Canada Basic Coastal Navigation certification. It's presented in partnership with sailing schools in British Columbia, Canada. Regularly scheduled exam sessions are held in their classrooms. If you're out of town, you can attend via web conference and write the exam where you are.

MATERIALS YOU'LL RECEIVE:

Textbook
Canada nautical chart 3463
Navigation tools (dividers and a parallel ruler.)

PROUD TO PARTNER WITH:

VANCOUVER, BC

SIDNEY, BC

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KEY BENEFITS

YOU CHOOSE THE PLACE

When a night class just doesn't work for your schedule, try this convenient HomeStudy format. You can study on your lunch break, in the evening while you watch the kids, at the local coffee bar… wherever it suits you.

YOU SET THE PACE

Adult learners often feel embarrassed or uncomfortable raising a hand to ask for further explanation. We worry others will become impatient and will think that we’re holding up the class. In the HomeStudy setting, you can repeat sections or re-watch videos as often as you need to, or start a private dialog with your instructor. No one will know but you!

move on when YOU’RE ready

On the other hand, when you've "got it" and you're ready to move on… you move on!

No need to wait for other students to catch up. If the course is moving too slow for you, increase the playback speed.

NO “DEATH BY POWER POINT”

Most of us endure enough of that at work all day. We don't need to sit through more in a night class. The filmed lessons in CoastNav Canada keep things moving, with visually compelling images, demonstrations and animations. The presentation is tight, concise, lively, and organized.

GO BACK, JACK, VIEW IT AGAIN

When it's test-prep time, and your memory of a certain topic is fuzzy, you can't asK the instructor to repeat the lecture. But with CoastNav Canada, you have access to the filmed lessons for 90 days from enrolment. Go back and refresh your memory any time.

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COURSE OUTLINE

COASTNAV
101

CN101.00 COURSE INTROCUTION
CN101.10 FUNDAMENTALS: POSITION • THE COORDINATE SYSTEM
CN101.15 TOOL TIP: THE DIVIDERS
CN101.20 CHART BASICS
CN101.30 FUNDAMENTALS: DISTANCE • THE NAUTICAL MILE
CN101.40 FUNDAMENTALS: DISTANCE • MEASURING ON THE CHART
CN101.60 THE NAVIGATOR’S TOOK KIT

COASTNAV
102

CN102.10 FUNDAMENTALS: TIME & SPEED • 60 D STREET
CN102.20 FUNDAMENTALS: THE NAUTICAL CLOCK
CN102.30 FUNDAMENTALS: DIRECTION • ON THE CHART
CN102.40 DEAD RECKONING
CN102.50 FUNDAMENTALS: DIRECTION • AT THE HELM
CN102.60 COMPASS ERROR • VARIATION
CN102.70 COMPASS ERROR • DEVIATION

COASTNAV
103

CN103.10 PLOTTING A FIX: CHOOSE YOUR LANDMARKS
CN103.20 PLOTTING A FIX: SET UP YOUR NOTEBOOK PAGE
CN103.30 PLOTTING A FIX: TAKE YOUR BEARINGS
CN103.40 PLOTTING A FIX: CORRECT YOUR BEARINGS TO TRUE
CN103.50 PLOTTING A FIX: CHARTWORK AND LABELING
CN103.60 PLOTTING A FIX: THE COCKED HAT
CN103.70 AIDS TO NAVIGATION PT1
CN103.80 AIDS TO NAVIGATION PT2
CN103.90 THE PASSAGE PLAN VS. A PILOTAGE PLAN

COASTNAV
104

CN104.10 INTRO TO TIDES AND CURRENTS
CN104.20 USING TIDE TABLES
CN104.30 USING CURRENT TABLES
CN104.40 FIX BY A BEARING AND A TRANSIT
CN104.50 FIX BY A BEARING AND A SOUNDING
CN104.60 SECONDARY REFERENCE PORTS
CN104.70 SECONDARY CURRENT STATIONS
CN104.80 CHART-EMBEDDED CURRENT TABLES

CN105.10 EXAM LOGISTICS
CN105.20 THE EXAM SESSION
CN105.30 STANDARDS OF ACCURACY