For more information on any of the courses listed below please contact our SEO: Lt/C Glenn E. Faurot, P at (919) 233-9853 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.
Next Class: TBD
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Seamanship
Rules of the Road; communications; boat handling; docking; anchoring; emergencies; trailering; maintenance, and much more.
Next Class: TBD
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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.
Next Class: September 11, 2013
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Advanced Piloting
Position by bearing, soundings, and angles; tides and currents; speed-time-distance accuracy; and much more.
Next Class: TBD
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Junior Navigation
Celestial navigation: Using a sextant, a watch and a Nautical Almanac, determine your location (Lat & Lo) on Earth using the Sun.
Next Class: TBD
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Navigation
Extend your knowledge of celestial navigation; astronomical phenomena; mathematical principals; practical applications.
Prerequisite: Junior Navigation
Next Class: September 11, 2013
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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. This is a 8 week online course taught by USPS via Univ. West Fla.
Next Class: TBD
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Instructor Development
Organize your thoughts and make good presentations; communicate effectively; overcome that "nervous stomach".
Next Class: TBD
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Engine Maintenance
This course teaches the principles of gas & diesel engine cooling, lubrication, ignition, and fuel systems.
Next Class: TBD
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Sail
Handling, anchoring, mooring, docking, stability, true and apparent wind, rigs and hulls, sailing theory, laying up and fitting out.
Next Class: TBD
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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.
Next Class: TBD
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Marine Electronics
Marine Eelctronics is currently two separate courses taught back to back: Marine Electrical Systems(MES) and Marine Communications Systems(MCS).
Next Class: TBD
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Operations Training Course (CANCELLED)
This course informs you about all aspects of USPS.It will help you understand why it takes so many people to keep the squadron running.
Next Class: In Progress
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USPS also publishes several self-study guides, which are available to all.