Flotilla 1010-Public Education Course Syllabus     

           Boating Skills & Safety  (BSS)  and   Coastal Piloting (CP)

Spring 2008   

    

Week Topic(s) Instructor Homework       1 Ch.1-Boat Constr/ Ch. 3  Trailering Picard Ch. 1 & Ch. 3 2 Ch.2 Equipment /Legal /Mass Rules Picard Ch. 2 3 Ch.12-Weather / Ch. 13 Radio  Barbato Ch. 13 4 Ch.4-Boat handling Picard Ch. 4 5 Ch.5-ATONS Padwa Ch. 5 6 Ch.6 -Nav Rules Williams Ch. 6 7 Ch. 11-Marlinspike Marcangelo   8 EXAM Barbato / Picard

At the end of BSS and SF, there is (optional) 6 classes of instruction in coastal piloting. These classes introduce you to navigation fundamentals on the coastal  ocean. This knowledge is especially  useful when your electronics fail.

8 Begin Coastal Piloting Barbato / Picard As Assigned 9 Coastal Piloting Barbato / Picard   10 Coastal Piloting Barbato/Picard   11 Coastal Piloting Padwa   12 Coastal Piloting Picard   13 Coastal Piloting Picard   14 Make-Up Day (Weather related cancellations)     NO CLASSES during Spring Break