Electronic Navigation

Overwhelmed by all those functions on your GPS or chart plotter? Want to use your tablet or smartphone to help you navigate on your boat? Interested in using a desktop computer program to plan your cruise and then copy that information to your GPS? This course covers the topics you need and want to know.

What's included?

• Navigating by establishing waypoints and routes
• Running the planned courses
• Electronic charting software for the desktop computer
• Tablet and smartphone apps that provide the electronic navigation function at the helm
• Hands-on exercises on a PC that simulates chartplotter function
• Using charting software and a chart plotter emulator
• Overview of the Automatic Identification System (AIS)