ASA105 Coastal Navigation & Piloting: Home Study. Learn the navigational skills required to navigate a sailing vessel in coastal or inland waters safely.
Subjects include chart symbols, publications, chart scaling, navigation rules, tide and current tables, List of Lights, Light Lists, converting courses between true, magnetic, and compass, use of hand bearing compass, use of navigation tools, understanding compass deviation, how to plot a dead reckoning course using speed, time, and course to steer, understanding current and leeway and its effect on the estimated position, determining what course to steer taking into account current and leeway, two bearing fixes, three bearing fixes, estimated positions, running fixes, danger bearings, characteristics of lighted navigation aids, understanding the buoyage system, and more.
Prerequisites: None. Must be an ASA member.
Price includes the following shipped via US mail in continental US:
- Coastal Navigation and Piloting Textbook by Tom Tursi, Solutions Workbook. ASA105 Textbook/Workbook Picture
- 2 Practice charts
- Weems & Plath 176 Dividers Weems and Plath Divider Picture
- Weems & Plath 141 Parallel Rules Parallel Rules Picture
Also includes the following delivered digitally in PDF format.
- ASA105 Coastal Navigation Test
- ASA105 Test Corrections and Instructions
- ASA105 Coastal Navigation Confirmation and instructions
- Includes free telephone and email support
Also includes ASA105 Certification
Students return the completed test to us when completed for grading.
