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Boating

(This course is open to the public)


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FALL 2007 COURSE DATES AND INFORMATION
  • Registration: 19:00 to 20:00 Wednesday 5 September 2007, or use our Online Registration form
  • Boating Course #1: Mondays, 10 September to 17 December 2007
  • Boating Course #2: Wednesdays 12 September to 5 December 2007
WINTER 2008 COURSE DATES AND INFORMATION
  • Registration:  19:00 to 20:00 Wednesday 9 January 2008, or use our Online Registration form 
  • Boating Course #3:  Wednesdays, 16 January 2008 to 16 April 2008
  • Boating Course #4:  Mondays, 14 January 2008 to 21 April 2008
SPRING 2008 COURSE DATES AND INFORMATION
  • Registration:  19:00 to 20:00 Monday 3 March 2008, or use our Online Registration form
  • Boating Course #5:  Wednesdays, 19 March 2008 to 11 June 2008
Course Price:  Primary $165.00, Secondary $120.00 (example spouse sharing course materials with primary)  Required is a divider set. If you do not have one the squadron offers them for $12.00/set.
Payment:  Payment may be made by Cash, Cheque, Visa or MasterCard.  Please make cheques payable to "Ottawa Power and Sail Squadron".

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Duration:  13 two-hour weekly sessions

The Ottawa Power and Sail Squadron's (OPSS) premier introductory course is the Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons (CPS) "Boating Course".  This course is for you whether you're interested in power or sail.  You will learn how to be safe and secure on the water, you will acquire your Pleasure Craft Operator Card (PCOC) and you can become a regular CPS member upon successful completion of the course.

You will also learn the basics of navigation and plotting. In addition, you will gain new boating friends, be able to network with your peers about the waterways within our district and beyond (places to go and not to go) and should you wish, you can join in on any of the OPSS social events.

Course Content:  
 1.  Characteristics of Boats
  2.  Licensing, Registration, Other Requirements
 3.  Mandatory Equipment
 4.  Optional Equipment
  5.  The Magnetic Compass
  6.  Preparing To Launch
  7.  Ropes, Lines and Knots
  8.  Handling a Boat Under Power
 9.  Handling a Boat Under Sail
 10. Weather
 11. Skipper's Responsibilities Before Setting Out
12. Skipper's Responsibilities When Under Way
13. Collision Regulations
 14. Canadian Aids to Navigation
 15. Emergencies
 16. Global Positioning and Charts
17. Navigation
  		 18. An Exercise in Conning
19. Introduction to Plotting
 20. Plotting and Labelling
 21. Cruising Single-handed
 22. Anchors and Anchoring
 23. Supplementary Topics
 24. Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons
  • The regular course material includes Student Notes; Homework Folder; Training Chart "A"; Chart No. 1 (Symbols and Abbreviations); Collision Regulations; Government Publications, and CPS Course Plotter.
  • The spousal material consists of, Homework Folder; Training Chart "A" and CPS Course Plotter.

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