Member Only Boating Courses

The Norwich Power Squadron Education Department provides advanced boating courses for United States Power Squadron members. If you are interested in participating in any of the courses below, please contact us to join the Norwich Power Squadron today.

The boating classes listed below are designed to be taken in sequence because each builds on skills taught in the previous course.

Seamanship

Covers basic deck seamanship, marlinspike (knots and ropes), anchoring and rafting, basic boat care and maintenance, and nautical and USPS customs and etiquette.

Piloting

Piloting is the first and most basic navigation course, covering chart reading, course plotting, and basic coastal or inland navigation, including basic GPS usage. This course goes into more detail than the charting information covered in the public courses.

Advanced Piloting

Advanced Piloting covers more advanced coastal navigation techniques, navigation in tides and currents, and more advanced GPS usage.

Junior Navigation

Junior Navigation teaches the basics of offshore navigation, including basic celestial navigation using the sun and offshore course planning.

Navigation

Navigation is the most advanced navigation course taught by USPS, covering more advanced celestial navigation techniques, emergency navigation, and additional sight reduction techniques.

For more information on these member-only boating classes, please contact RuthAnne Collins at (860) 444-9027