Shorebased Courses
Sailing the Med offer the following IYT shorebased courses
VHF RADIO OPERATORS CERTIFICATE
COURSE OUTLINE
- Introduction to VHF radio’s
- Basic radio theory
- Line of sight
- Subsidiary equipment
- Common radio terms
- Regulations / Licensing requirements
- VHF radio equipment
- Radio procedures
- Transmitting and receiving
- The phonetic alphabet
- Emergency radio communications
- EPIRB and SART
- Hand held short range VHF radios
(1 day course)
€175 person all year round
NAVIGATION MASTER
A stand alone course designed to enable the offshore mariner to safely navigate extended passages using traditional methods. It includes practical navigation exercises and sample chartwork calculations.
COURSE OUTLINE
- Chart work instruments
- The magnetic compass, variation and deviation
- The Breton plotter
- NOAA charts
- Admiralty charts
- Small craft charts
- Projection
- Scales
- Horizontal datum
- Units of measurement
- Datum of soundings
- Charted heights
- Chart numbers
- Source diagram
- Editions and dates
- Large scale charts
- Notes, warnings, cautions
- Detailed chart information
- Nautical chart symbols and abbreviations
- Angles and degrees
- Latitude and Longitude
- Defining a position
- Chart work convections
- Distance, speed, time and direction
- Position by bearing and distance
- Magnetic north
- Compass error
- Causes of deviation
- Applying variation and deviation
- The deviation card
- Compass error
- The hand bearing compass
- Position lines and position fixes
- Bearings at sea
- Range/transit’s
- Sectored lights
- Clearing lines
- Running fixes
- Dead reckoning and estimated positions
- The navigation log book
(2 day course)
€350 per person all year round
WEATHER MASTER
A stand alone course for those who are seeking a comprehensive understanding of the factors involved in world meteorology and weather routing for long distance or ocean passages.
COURSE OUTLINE
- Causes of wind
- Air masses
- Atmospheric pressure
- Air circulation
- Coriolis Effect
- Polar fronts
- Depressions
- Anti-cyclones
- Warm fronts
- Cold fronts
- Ridges, troughs, squalls
- Effect of jet stream
- High pressure/ low pressure systems
- Frontal depressions
- Cloud types
- Buy Ballots law
- Sea /land breezes
- Types of fog
- Thunder and lightning
- The Beaufort scale
- Effects of friction
- Barometric pressure
- Sources of weather forecasts
- Gale warnings
- General synopsis
- Sea area forecast
- International weather map systems
- Tropical revolving storms
- Understanding hurricanes
- Tropical waves, depressions and storms
- Navigable semicircle
- Dangerous quadrant
- Significant wave heights
- Radio warnings
(1 day course)
€175 person all year round
Not included in the price is the cost of getting to Sailing the Med, Accommodation or Meals.