For more information on any of the courses listed below please contact our SEO: Lt/C George Malindzak, SN at (919) 870-1834 or email to educationofficer@rsps.org or contact the instructor for the course.
America's Boating Course - 3
Learn the fundamentals of safe boat handling and operation, and basic piloting in one comprehensive classroom course.
Start Date: September 14, 2010
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Seamanship
Rules of the Road; communications; boat handling; docking; anchoring; emergencies; trailering; maintenance, and much more.
Start Date: Next Class September 2010
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Piloting
The Piloting course is the first in the sequence of USPS courses on navigation, covering the basics of coastal and inland navigation.
Start Date: Next Class September 2010
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Advanced Piloting
Position by bearing, soundings, and angles; tides and currents; speed-time-distance accuracy; and much more.
Start Date: Next Class January/February 2011
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Weather
Learn to read a weather map and the sky; interpret cloud formations and sequences; make your own observations and predictions.
Start Date: January 18, 2011
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Instructor Development
Organize your thoughts and make good presentations; communicate effectively; overcome that "nervous stomach".
Start Date: TBA
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Engine Maintenance
This course teaches the principles of gas & diesel engine cooling, lubrication, ignition, and fuel systems.
Start Date: January 2011
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Sail
Handling, anchoring, mooring, docking, stability, true and apparent wind, rigs and hulls, sailing theory, laying up and fitting out.
Start Date: Next Class April 2011
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Cruise Planning
Where to go, what to see; what to take (and not take); all the details that need to be planned before you go.
Start Date: January 2011
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Marine Electronics
Radio, depth sounders, Loran, radar, GPS; proper wiring; theory of electrolysis; batteries and much more.
Start Date: September 9, 2010
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USPS also publishes several self-study guides , which are available to all.