NAVIGATION & PILOTING

In this 2-day course you’ll learn sea kayak-specific navigation and piloting skills to plan your next expedition.

To plot a course in your kayak is different from plotting a course while sitting at the chart table. So let’s discover the specific practical competence required.

This course is designed for paddlers carrying out coastal journeys in winds of up to force 4. The aim is to give the student the tools to enable them to plan and navigate effectively on coastal journeys in moderate sea conditions. This will include the following aspects: to find the sources of information including charts, pilot books, almanacs and tide tables, to give visual references and simple pilotage techniques like transits and dead reckoning techniques, to help interpret and apply a weather forecast to the marine environment.
By the end of the course each kayaker should have planned at least 2 coastal journeys to be used as a reference for further trip planning.

Some sea kayaking experience required. You should be in good physical shape, have already paddled in a 6 NM trip, be confident paddling for a few hours at a relaxed rate in a force 4 wind. Roll is not required but you should be confident performing self and assisted rescues.

Each kayaker should carry:

1 fitted compass
1 bearing compass suitable for chart work
1 waterproof chart case with deck fixing feature
1 head torch (best if provided with red light for nautical chart reading)
1 notebook
2 3B pencils and a rubber

Tuilik provides all further equipment to use indoors: Breton plotter, divider, pilot books, nautical charts, tide tables, IALA light rules and road rules, etc.

This is a 2 day course. We meet between 08:00 – 08:30 to discuss individual needs and navigation planning and launch our kayaks around 09:30.
Finish time around 17:00, the last day around 15:00 if you need some extra time to reach home.

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Location: Scuola di Mare (Lerici), Liguria, Italy
Fees
(Course will be held with a minimum of 4 participants)

  • 2 days full board residential course: 235,00€

Included:

  • Full board (breakfast, lunch box and dinner) in shared room. Recently renewed, the building is part of a charming old navy fortification.
  • All courses: fully equipped kayak (customized lifelines, fitted compass), spray deck, paddle, PFD, helmet, bilge pump + sponge.

To participate to our courses, please send, along with your registration, a medical certificate of fitness for non-competitive sports valid for the current year here.

Book with Scuola di Mare (SDM):

  1. Click here (SDM website)
  2. Fill-in the form and you will receive a reply from SDM

For any further information contact Guido Grugnola

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