Navigation and Piloting Classes

Winter Navigation and Seamanship Classes Offered at The Herreshoff Museum

Beginning January 18th Herreshoff museum educator Richard Feeny will be teaching piloting and navigation classes on Wednesday and Thursday evenings at 17 Burnside Street. This five-day ten-hour workshop will use Chapman Piloting and Seamanship as the primary textbook. Students will be taught the skills of plotting courses and bearings on provided charts with parallel rules and dividers also provided. Topics will include the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, latitude and longitude, nautical chart symbols, magnetic and true directions, tide and tidal currents. Classes meet from 6:30 - 8:30pm.  Museum Members: $160, all others $190. 15% discount for two people in the same family. Space is limited to 10 students.

Class will run three times.  Choose:

January 18, 19, 25, 26, February 1, February 2

Or

February 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23

Or

February 29, March 1, March 7, 8, 14, 15

Note: the sixth class is a makeup session