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Directions: Located adjacent to Hwy 55 just west of Hwy 100 or just east of Hwy 169. From Hwy 100 exit Glenwood Avenue and go west to Harold Avenue just one block from Hwy 55, turn west or left. The church is on the right. From Hwy 169 exit Hwy 55 east. Turn right on Winnetka Avenue and left on Harold Avenue. The church is on the left.

Class Schedule for Classroom Course: Spring 2008
Thursday Evenings 6-9PM

3/27, 4/3, 4/10, 4/17, 4/24, 5/1, 5/8

Course Fee: $295 for classroom course includes course materials.

Independent Study Class / Correspondence. This course has been successfully completed by several students who are remotely located. It usually requires some time spent with a navigation instructor by email or telephone. Cost is $199 which comes with a DVD. We like to interview prospective students in this category. Please Call.

The Starpath Celestial Navigation Home Study Course includes a total paper course package as well as a comprehensive electronic version of the entire course on a CD-ROM. With this combination you can choose the media that is most convenient to you at the time. Use the search engines and software resources from the computer and use the printed texts for study away from a computer.

Independent Study Course Fee: $199 includes course materials: Navigation Textbook, Navigation problem workbook, DVD.

We recommend that you purchase a 2102-D Star Finder which goes with the Star Finder book that comes in the package. We offer the Weems & Plath Star Finder listed below.

The evening format course consists of 29 hours of instruction, including 8 three-hour classroom classes, an optional (but highly recommended) two-hour planetarium class, and a three-hour weekend sextant practice class... plus the invitation and encouragement to use our online resources and discussion groups for correspondence between classes. The weekend format course covers the same topics with 18 classroom hours of instruction combined with assignments from the interactive CD materials and the starpath online training program, which includes discussion groups, practice exercises, and quizzes. With the online component, you can carry on with your training as long as necessary.

The course covers how to find position at sea from timed sextant sights of the sun, moon, stars, and planets plus other routine and special procedures of safe, efficient offshore navigation. No previous navigation experience is required; the only math involved is arithmetic. This is not just a "celestial" course, it is an ocean navigation course — how to find out where you are with a sextant is just one part of ocean navigation. We guarantee that you will not only learn it, you will learn it well. At the end of the course, you will feel completely confident to head offshore and get to where you want to go without any fear of what to do if the GPS might fail underway. And we also cover how to make the most of the GPS while it is working. Topics include:

Lat, Lon, and nautical miles
Principles of celestial navigation
Sextant usage and care
Noon sights for latitude
Running fixes from the sun and other bodies
Ocean dead reckoning
Time keeping
Sight reduction of sun, moon, stars, and planets
Star ID and sight planning

Daily procedures and logbooks
Route planning
Compass checks at sea
High seas radio usage
Landfall procedures
Use of StarPilot and other computer aids
Use of GPS
Special issues of ocean navigation under sail
Emergency navigation techniques

Available for purchase: Navigation instruments by Weems & Plath.
2102-D Star Finder: $28.95
Rolling parallel plotter: $17.50 - or - 12" parallel rules: $13.00.
Ultra light 7" dividers: $16.00 - or - 7" dividers: $11.00.
Nautical Slide Rule: $15.00.
Chart Protractor: $20.00.
Chart No. 1: $12.00.
Coast Guard Navigation Rules: $13.00. (All prices include tax.)

Call Northern Breezes Sailing School at 763-542-9707 to register or with questions.

Prerequisite for this course:
None.

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Northern Breezes Sailing School
3949 Winnetka Ave. N.
Minneapolis, MN 55427
Call For Free Brochure (763) 542-9707
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