The course is designed to provide the student with the basics of understanding maritime navigation. The study of nautical charts is of fundamental importance to understand how to orient yourself and how to create an effective route.

The student will be able to understand how a nautical chart is constructed and how to best use it. Furthermore, all the tools that a good skipper must always have on board are listed and detailed together with the steps on how to read and understand the information contained in a nautical chart.

This sailing course is created for beginners, but can also be useful for experienced sailors.

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Shareable Certificate

Certificate of Completion

• Earn a Seably certificate of completion
• Download or print out as PDF to share with others
• Share online to demonstrate your new skill

Course Author

Nautica SIA

Nautica was founded in 2008 and is the first school in the Baltics to receive an International Yacht Training accredited certificate, which is recognized by ...

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