Members Schedule

2010 Members Advanced/Elective Courses
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THE FOLLOWING ARROWHEAD COURSES AND CLASSES ARE FOR MEMBERS ONLY

If ther is a course you want to take but no classes are currently scheduled, email the SEO and request that a class be scheduled.

SEAMANSHIP

Description of Course:

This course teaches essential knowledge about a boat's electrical and electronic systems.

Topics include:

Proper wiring
Grounding
Corrosion and electrolysis control
Batteries and their maintenance
Depth finders
Marine radiotelephones
RADAR
LORAN, GPS, and other electronic positioning systems

Choose a class:
No Seamanship classes are scheduled at this time.

PILOTING

Description of Course:

This course is the first of a two-part program (Advanced Piloting completes the program) studying inland and coastal navigation. Its focus is on the fundamentals of piloting - keeping track of a boat's movements, determining one's position at any time and laying out courses to a planned destination.

Topics include:

Charts and their use
Aids to navigation
The mariner's compass
Variation and deviation of the compass
Plotting and steering courses
Dead reckoning
Plotting and labeling charts

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No Piloting classes are scheduled at this time.

ADVANCED PILOTING

Description of Course:

This course is the second part of a two-part program (Piloting is Part One). AP continues to build coastal and inland navigation skill, allowing the student to take on more challenging conditions – unfamiliar waters, limited visibility, and extended cruises. GPS is embraced as a primary navigation tool while adding radar, chartplotters, and other electronic navigation tools. As with Piloting, the course includes many in-class exercises, advancing the student’s skills through hands-on practice and learning.

Topics include:

Review of skills learned in Piloting
Advanced positioning techniques such as advancing a line of position
Other electronics: radar, depth sounders, autopilots, chartplotters, laptop computer software, etc.
Hazard avoidance techniques using electronics (e.g., “keep out” zones in GPS)
Collision avoidance using radar and GPS
Working with tides: clearances, depth, effects of current
Piloting with wind and currents

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No Advanced Piloting classes are scheduled at this time.

JUNIOR NAVIGATION

Description of Course:

Junior Navigation is the first in a two-part program of study in offshore navigation. It is designed as a practical "how to" course.

Topics include:

Precise time determination
Use of the Nautical Almanac
Taking sextant sights of the sun, moon, planets and stars
Reducing sights to establish lines of position
Special charts and plotting sheets for offshore navigation
Offshore navigational routines for recreational craft

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No JN classes are scheduled at this time.

NAVIGATION

Description of Course:

This course is the second part of the study of offshore navigation, further developing the student's understanding of celestial navigation theory.

Topics include:

Additional sight-reduction techniques
Honing skills in sight taking and positioning
Orderly methods for the navigator's day's work at sea
Navigating with minimal resources, as in a lifeboat

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No Navigation classes are scheduled at this time.

SAIL

Description of Course:

The Sail course includes many topics to improve your sailing safety, including sailboat handling, the balance of hull and sails, stability, sailing in heavy weather, and managing rigging and sails. Special importance is placed on using safety harnesses when going forward on deck out of the cockpit. Being pitched out of the cockpit in unsettled seas is decidedly unsafe.

Topics include:

Sailboat Rigs
Sail Plans
Boat Design and Hull Types
Sails
Standing Rigging
Running Rigging
Wind
Preparing to Sail
Sailing Upwind
Sailing Downwind
Docking and Anchoring
Marlinespike Seamanship
Navigation Rules

Wind Forces
Stability
Balance
Sail Shape
Tuning the Rig
Steering and Helmsmanship
Spinnaker Handling
Heavy Weather Sailing
Storm Conditions
Sailing Safety
Sailboat Racing
Race Management
Navigation Rules II

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	No, thanks
	Oct ??, 2010 in Riverside; Instructor Ervin

Cost: $40

WEATHER

Description of Course:

The Weather course will furnish basic weather knowledge for safer and more enjoyable boating. The student will learn to make weather predictions based upon observations of the sky, upon barometer and wind information, as well as weather data provided by maps, satellite images, and radio and TV broadcasts. Wx 101 and Wx 102 use a USPS supplement manual together with The Weather Book from USA Today (second edition, 1997) as the textbook.

Topics include:

Effects of Heat and Cold
Wind and Pressure
Storms and Fronts
Rain, Humidity and Fog
Floods, Droughts, and
Winter Precipitation

Thunderstorms and Tornados
Tropical Weather
Atmosphere and Clouds
Forecasting
Climate

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No Weather classes are scheduled at this time.

INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT

Description of Course:

Unlike other USPS courses, ID is not designed to enhance boating skills. Rather, it deals with effective communications for speaker and teacher - a quality that benefits the individual in all walks of life.

Topics include:

Preparing for teaching assignments
Preparing for meeting presentations
Effective teaching techniques
Conducting efficient meetings
Selection and use of audio-visual aids

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No ID classes are scheduled at this time.

INSTRUCTOR RECERTIFICATION

Description of Course:

Students who have completed Instructor Development must periodically become recertified.

Topics include:

A review of topics covered in Instructor Development

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No IR classes are scheduled at this time.

CRUISE PLANNING

Description of Course:

This course is designed for members who plan to cruise for a year or just a weekend - in either a sail or power boat.

Topics include:

Planning a voyage
Financing a voyage
Managing commitments back home
How to equip a cruising boat
Crew selection
Provisioning
Voyage management
Entering and clearing foreign ports
Emergencies afloat
Security measures

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No Cruise Planning classes are scheduled at this time.

ENGINE MAINTENANCE

Description of Course:

This course attempts to make students more self-reliant afloat, with trouble-diagnosis and temporary remedies given special emphasis. Topics cover both marine gasoline and diesel engines, including concepts of operation, maintenance and repair of:

Topics include:

Cooling systems
Electrical systems
Fuel systems
Lubricating systems
Power train components
Ancillary propulsion components

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No Engine Maintenance classes are scheduled at this time.

MARINE ELECTRONICS

Description of Course:

This course teaches essential knowledge about a boat's electrical and electronic systems.

Topics include:

Proper wiring
Grounding
Corrosion and electrolysis control
Batteries and their maintenance
Depth finders
Marine radiotelephones
RADAR
LORAN, GPS, and other electronic positioning systems

Choose a class:
No Marine Electronics classes are scheduled at this time.

FIRST AID / CPR

Description of Course:

This is the American Red Cross Adult CPR with First Aid course. This 5.5 hour course provides individuals with the knowledge and skills necessary to recognize and provide basic care for breathing and cardiac emergencies for adults including the use of an AED (automated external defibrillator). How to respond to sudden illness, injuries.

Meets OSHA Guidelines for First Aid.

Certifications:

First Aid – Valid 3 Years
Adult CPR – Valid 1 Year

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No First Aid classes are scheduled at this time.

AMERICAN CANOEING ASSOCIATION / USPS PADDLE SMART

Description of Course:

This course gets you ready for everything from an afternoon on a lake to a week on the Colorado River! This course developed by leaders of the 1999 Northern Tier expedition to Canada. Learn canoe handling, paddling ... ... and camping next to waterways. Learn safety AND fun. Must have current Safe Swim Defense and Safety Afloat certification cards (waived for Arrowhead members). This course available to adults and Venturing-age youth (14+).

This is a three-day course. Day 1 is in the classroom learning canoeing skills. Days 2 and 3 are on the water putting learning to work doing a Trek called the Salty Rat. Salty Rat is topped off with a potluck Dutch oven cook. Participants may opt to go home or stay the night.

Topics include:

Basic canoe handling
Strokes
Rescues
Equipment
Safety

Choose a class:

	No, thanks.
	Saturday, Oct 24 (on the water Nov 6-7), 2010, Lake Perris; Instructor Boothe

Cost: $35

WILDERNESS BASIC FIRST AID

Description of Course:

This course shows you techniques for first aid in the wilderness.

Topics include:

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No Wilderness Basic First Aid classes are scheduled at this time.

KID SMART

Description of Course:

Safe boating for kids. All the topics are hands-on with a fun activity to learn each topic.

Topics include:

Cold Water Survival -Life Jackets, Hypothermia, H.E.L.P.
Self Rescue
Fire and Carbon monoxide
Operating the VHF radio
... and more

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No Kid Smart classes are scheduled at thit time.

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USPS UNIVERSITY SEMINAR SERIES

In addition to full-length courses, USPS offets a variety of short seminars that address various boating topics.
These seminars are open to the public.
CLICK HERE to learn more about them, or to enroll in one.