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Online courses and training for: Navigation;
Seamanship etc.
This section provides information on
distance learning and training - that is: any courses or training that
can be done either via the Internet or correspondence schools (Note,
this is only for navigation courses etc, for children's education via
online and correspondence courses please see our
Children Cruising
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Astro Navigation |
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Starpath |
Starpath specialise in Astro Navigation
and provide online courses as well as many other resources for the
navigator. |
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Astro
computer info
And here is the site of the new
supplier |
Not online training but as we have an
astro course above you may also be interested in an astro calculator.
StarPilot does celestial sight reductions
of all bodies using high-precision internal almanac, plus mathematical
and graphic solutions for position fixes, great circle, rhumb line,
traverse and composite sailings, all current problems, piloting
solutions, and much more |
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Free online courses |
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Navigate |
Free! Learn the basics of navigation on
this website |
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US Sailing |
Some very useful free training on this
site:
The online boating courses on this
website are designed to present basic and advanced information about
sailboats, powerboats and boat handling in US waters. |
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Courses on CD |
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Longbow Sail
Training |
The Complete Course CD is a
training course covering all you need to know to go from beginner to
experienced skipper. No need for night school - learn at home or
afloat. Version 3.0 now includes 2 demonstration chartplotters,
demonstration tidal heights and passage planning programs.
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The Tiller
School |
Correspondence courses cover all
RYA/MCA shorebased syllabuses and you can choose to work
from CD, the web or with printed study material.
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Schools offering non-country
specific online courses |
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Starpath |
Online courses in the following:
Celestial
Navigation; Coastal
Navigation; Navigation
Rules; Marine
Weather; Radar; GPS and
e-Charts; Emergency
Navigation |
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Country Specific training -
USA Online courses |
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US Sailing |
This online sailing course is designed to
present basic and advanced information about sailboats and sailing in US
waters. This course is not designed to substitute for a US SAILING
certification course or on-the-water training by a sailing instructor,
but may be used as one of the tools in preparation for taking a
certified course or in continuing your sailing education |
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Country Specific training -
UK & RYA Online courses |
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Chichester Maritime |
Chichester Maritime is an RYA Training
Centre that specialises in distance learning using computer-based
training via the web. You can study for your Day Skipper or Yachtmaster
theory certificate anywhere in the world where you have an internet
connection. Check out the demos and different training options by
clicking the link. |
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National Marine CS |
The NMCS was established in 1970, is
devoted solely to teaching sailing by correspondence |
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Ocean Training |
Ocean Training is the worldwide leader in
shore-based distance learning for RYA/MCA and US Sailing courses and
many other boating theory subjects |
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The Tiller
School |
Tiller is a leading RYA training
centre providing correspondence courses on a worldwide basis
together with classroom and practical teaching in the UK.
Correspondence courses cover all
RYA/MCA shorebased syllabuses and you can choose to work
from CD, the web or with printed study material.
Learn with the experts - now in our
sixteenth year.
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Yachtmaster |
Our illustrated correspondence courses
provide explanations and worked examples along with set exercises for
both formal and self assessment. |
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The Tiller
School
Tiller is a
leading RYA training centre providing correspondence courses
on a worldwide basis together with classroom and practical
teaching in the UK.
Correspondence
courses cover all RYA/MCA shorebased syllabuses and you can
choose to work from CD, the web or with printed study
material.
Learn
with the experts - now in our sixteenth year
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