This is Part 2, of a 2 Part Guest Educator Series
Instructor: Chris Kreitlein
Text Book: SIMPLE CELESTIAL; Navigation by the Heavens Made Easy
Fee: $100.00 per person ($75 per person for BCYC member only)
Location: Boca Ciega Yacht Club, 4600 Tifton St. South, Gulfport, Fl 33711
How to register for the Course:
Please contact the instructor, Chris Kreitlein at 850-776-2976 or email him at ckreitlein@yahoo.com
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Course Description:
The Intermediate Course will teach the student the process of observing the Sun, the Moon, the Planets and the Stars in order to derive a position fix using lines of position. With cooperative weather, student will observe the Sun for a line of position. The course makes extensive use of the manual, SIMPLE CELESTIAL and includes a host of practice problems to test the students grasp of the material. The course includes no difficult concepts or mathematics, however, a student must already have a firm understanding of such concepts as latitude, longitude, how to prepare a UPS, how to plot a position, universal time and Greenwich Hour Angles, how to use the Sextant and how to observe the Sun.
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