This course requires Basic Keelboat
Sailing after dark requires a different set of skills than daysailing. Conditions on the water are often different. To be safe, you need to be able to identify navigational aids and vessel types by light characteristics. You even need to learn how to identify potential hazards by what you can’t see when they are present. Night Sailing introduces you to the challenges and the rewards of sailing at night and qualifies OCSC members with a Basic Cruising certification to charter OCSC boats at night.
TOPICS COVERED
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Protecting night vision
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Steering by compass at night
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Properly interpreting flash characteristics of navigation aids
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Differentiating navigation aids from shoreside background light
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Properly identifying ships, tugs and tows, other sailboats, and powerboats by their light characteristics
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Applying collision course recognition skills to night time visual clues
Nighttime deck safety protocols
Three bearing fixes at night