squadron Courses
2022 - 2023

Boating 2

Beyond Boating Basics

Suggested Prerequisite – Boating 1 (Pleasure Craft Operator Card)

Details – 6 – 8 weeks, 1 evening per week

 The Pleasure Craft Operator Card provides you with the basic navigation and safety skills, but it’s just the beginning of what you should know when you go out on the water. In the second of our Boating Series, you are introduced to the art of navigation, anchoring, ropes, lines and knots – not to mention what to expect when the boat is moving under power and an introduction to weather. This course also has a number of optional topics that will be taught depending on your interests; these include towing, trailering and a check-list for layup and launch.

Unfortunately, we have had to put our classroom courses on hold. In the meantime, the Guelph Power and Sail Squadron will be offering this course online, with experienced instructors, using Zoom. This not a self-study course. The course will essentially be the virtual version of our classroom course.

The date for this course has not yet been set, but the expected start date will likely be in October 2021. Weekly classes will be scheduled to begin at 7:30 PM EST on Wednesday evenings. Seven weekly sessions will be scheduled to prepare you for the optional exam.  To ensure a seat in the virtual classroom, early enrollment is highly recommended. Stay tuned.

Boating 3

Introduction to Navigation

Suggested Prerequisite – Boating 2 – Beyond Boating Basics

Details – 6 – 8 weeks, 1 evening per week

This is the third course in our “Boating” series. The course introduces you to marine navigation, where you will learn how to plot and label courses on paper charts. We will also discuss skipper’s responsibilities both before setting out and when under way. Environmental responsibilities, electrical hazards and “handling a boat under sail” are also covered.

Electronic Navigation

Suggested Prerequisite – Boating 3 – Introduction to Marine Navigation

Details – 6 weeks, 1 evening per week

This course will allow the pleasure craft operator to navigate safely knowing his or her exact location at all times. You will learn to navigate using GPS and paper charts as well as electronic charting devices. It includes a CD containing a number of charts and a full scale simulator of a chart plotter to help you learn by doing. Join with others to share experiences and knowledge.

Unfortunately, we have had to put our classroom courses on hold. In the meantime, the Guelph Power and Sail Squadron will be offering this course online, with experienced instructors, using Zoom. This not a self study course. The course will essentially be the virtual version of our classroom course.

The start date for this course is Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022. Weekly classes starting at 7:30 PM EST will be held on consecutive Wednesday evenings. Six weekly sessions are scheduled to prepare you for the exam.  To ensure a seat in the virtual classroom, early enrollment is highly recommended.

To register for this course, please go to; https://www.cps-ecp.ca/ecommerce/course-calendar/?cps_show_course_details_id=228&cps_show_class_id=4160

Introduction to Weather

for Recreational Boaters

Suggested Prerequisite – None

Details – 8 – 10 weeks, 1 evening per week

Winds, waves, fog, lightning, hail, tornadoes …. hurricanes! The wise boater respects and anticipates mother nature’s many moods. Beyond “red sky in the morning”, this course provides boaters with the tools to find and accurately interpret weather reports and forecasts, and to develop keen judgments in “reading” the sky and sea for optimum boating safety in and around Canadian waters. Newly developed for adult learners, this course will measure learning success not by closed-book, memory-work exams, but by practical, open-book applications of learned concepts to actual boating situations.

Unfortunately, we have had to put our classroom courses on hold. In the meantime, the Guelph Power and Sail Squadron will be offering this course online, with experienced instructors, using Zoom. This is not a self study course. The course will essentially be the virtual version of our classroom course.

The start date for this course has not yet been set, but the expected start date will likely be in October 2022. Weekly classes will be scheduled to begin at 7:30 PM EST on Wednesday evenings. Eight to ten weekly sessions will be scheduled to prepare you for the optional exam.  To ensure a seat in the virtual classroom, early enrollment is highly recommended. Stay tuned.