Junior Navigation

In Junior Navigation you will learn the advanced methods of off-shore Piloting and Navigation, to include Celestial Navigation. As expected, considerable time is spent doing homework and Navigation problems outside of the classroom. This course is nearly a year long. No class work is done during the summer. However, Celestial sights are obtained and reduced during this time.

Course Content:

Introduction to Navigational Astronomy (Supplemental Course)
Care and Use of the Sextant
Identifying Stars and Planets
Correcting Sextant Altitude
Nautical Time
Using the Nautical Almanac
The Celestial Line of Position
Solving the Navigational Triangle
Plotting LOPs and Fixes
Using the Star Finder
The M-T Sight on the Sun
Charts for the Navigator
Special Charts for Voyaging
The Sailing Triangle
Traverse Sailing
Mercator Sailing
Keeping a Plot and Deck Log