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Canadian Power & Sail Squadron Courses
New boaters should always take a boating safety course. Experienced
boaters can never know enough about boating and the sea.
Boating Course
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Canadian Power & Sail
Squadrons' premier course for the recreational boater. Whether you are
interested in power, sail or canoe, this course is for you. It contains
expanded, detailed boating-safety information. As well, the challenge of
plotting and navigation skills, and the interaction with other boaters
all await you in this exciting, "chock-full-of-info" course. Successful
completion of an "accredited" examination at the end of certain sections
will allow you to achieve operator competency and a Pleasure Craft
Operator Card (PCOC), as well as an offer of CPS Associate Membership.
Successful completion of the examination at the end of the entire course
will provide you with the opportunity for Regular Membership and all its
associated benefits, along with the PCOC. The course kit for classroom,
correspondence or independent study includes Student Notes; Homework
Folder; one Training Chart "A"; Chart No. 1; Collision Regulations;
Government Publications; and CPS Course Plotter. |
Includes the BoatPro examination, held part way through the course.
Boat Pro
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All recreational boat operators,
including personal water craft, will require Pleasure Craft Operator
Cards. To find out more about Canada's Pleasure Craft Operator Card,
Click Here. The CPS' BOATing PROficiency course is a Coast
Guard accredited program. Successful candidates are given a Pleasure
Craft Operator Card and can join the CPS as a Associate Member, with
limited CPS privileges. The course runs over 2 evenings. (Boating
course candidates get the BoatPro course and more.) |
"Radio Talk" Seminar
Maritime Radio Operator's Certificate
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Persons who use a VHF
radio must hold a Maritime Radio Operator's Certificate. In 2000
the Canadian government delegated the Canadian Power & Sail Squadrons
organization with the power to issue and amend Restricted Operator's
Certificates (Maritime). Open to non-members. Learn how to use a VHF
radio courteously, correctly and safely. Candidates who pass the exam
at the end of the course will be issued a ROC. |
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We will offer Maritime Radio Operator's Certificate
"Radio Talk" seminars in Summerside periodically through the winter
months. Contact our Training
Officer. This elective Power Squadron course is open to all --
you do not need to be a CPS member. The seminar will be limited to
20 persons. Register at the Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club in
Summerside. The fee
(discounts for CPS members) includes a manual and the ROC examination. |
Marine Maintenance
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No prerequisite. The Marine
Maintenance course will expand the average boat-owner's knowledge of
vessel maintenance. Course content: Seasonal maintenance and repairs to
wooden, fiberglass and metal hulls are stressed. Sections are devoted to
maintenance for electrical and mechanical systems; spars, rigging and
ground tackle; fire and safety protection; moorings and berths;
trailers; tools and fittings. Duration: 13 weeks. Course kit includes
Student Notes and Homework Folder. Open to non-members. |
Piloting
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Prerequisite: Boating
Course. A graduate of the Piloting
Course will have the theoretical knowledge to be able to handle a boat
in rough weather, and to deal with emergency situations. Course
content: Boating Course subjects are expanded to include Relative
Bearings and the Running Fix; effects of current and leeway, and new
skills in marlinspike and coastal navigation are learned. Duration: 12
weeks. Course kit includes: Student Notes, Homework Folder, Training
Chart "A". |
Advanced Piloting
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Prerequisite: Piloting
Course. You will learn advanced
coastal navigation principles to enable you to know at all times where
you are. The vessel's position can be determined by using landmarks and
aids to navigation - allowing for current, leeway, tides and tidal
currents. Course content: Become familiar with charts; the compass;
steering and timing a course; tides and tidal currents; effects of
current and leeway; methods of determining position; Running Fixes; aids
to navigation; electronic navigational aids, and the sextant. Duration:
20 weeks. Course kit includes Student Notes; Homework Folder; AP
Training Chart; Chart No. 1; D.O.T. Tides in Canadian Waters. |
Navigating with GPS
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The objective of this
manual/seminar is to enable the operator of a recreational small craft
to navigate safely and efficiently to any destination, using primarily a
GPS receiver and conventional charts. It is restricted to only the
navigational aspects of GPS, and may suggest when additional skills are
required as a backup. No prerequisite. Open to all. No exam, no
certificate. |
Other Courses
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For a full list of CPS courses, visit
http://www.cps-ecp.ca/english/course2k_list.html . Some courses will
be offered in Prince Edward Island each winter depending on local
interest and resources. Some advanced courses are open only to CPS
members, other courses are open to all. |
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