IAP: Navigation 2 - Electronic Navigation

Description

In this session we will build on the foundation of the previous session, covering the use of electronic navigation (using OpenCPN on e.g. laptops) and chartplotters (e.g. the B&G system on Mashnee). Please bring a laptop to this session with OpenCPN installed and ENC charts for Region 2 (Block Is. to the Canadian border).

In this session we will be going over:

• The basics of how to get around OpenCPN 

• Using OpenCPN to plan a local and longer trip - tides, currents

• Importing external weather/current information (gribs)

• Exporting routes developed in OpenCPN

• The basics of how to get around the B&G chartplotter

• Important B&G charts and information

• Importing routes developed in OpenCPN

We will practice these skills with a set of in-class exercises. 

If you are going to attend this session we urge you to install OpenCPN on your laptop with the ENC charts from Region 2 (Block Is. to the Canadian border) loaded. (See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFrByYYN7Is.)

Note: all Bluewater Winter Sessions will meet in classroom 2-131.

Organizers

Questions about this event should be directed to the organizer(s): ELISABETH MEIER, SCOTT DYNES