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g) PILOTING AMD NAVIGATION COURSES!
We presume that you have taken or intend to!
take a course on piloting and navigation. The piloting!
course will teach you how to travel close to the coast,!
whereas the navigation course will teach you how to use!
a sextant thus allowing ocean crossings. The C.P.S.!
(Canadian Power Squadron) and U.S.P.S. (United States!
Power Squadron) have been providing the two courses!
since the beginning of the century.!
They are non-profit organizations and do a terrific!
job. These courses can be taken during the winter, two!
nights a week, and can last as long as five years.!
After you have completed the fourth year, you will be!
able to use a sextant and travel around the world in!
your boat. It is as important to learn how to navigate!
as it is to built a good boat.!
The other important factor is to learn!
meteorology which we believe is as important as!
navigation and a good boat. The moment you leave the!
dock, you must know, at all times, where you come!
from, where you are, and where you are going.!
The basic requirements for a happy cruise are a good!
boat, a good knowledge of navigation, and a good!
knowledge of meteorology. DO NOT NEGLECT ANY OF THE!
THREE.!
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