Advantages of instruction for certification & informal learning

Advantages of Instruction for Certification & Informal Learning

Jack DaleISPA Yachtmaster Offshore Instructor Evaluator

Sail Canada Advanced Cruising Instructor

ASA Advanced Coastal Cruising / Catamaran Instructor

IYT Yachtmaster Coastal Instructor

Why Get Certification

Regulatory

PCOC

ROC(M)

Qualifications

ICC

Skill Improvement

Adventure

Just because

Common Sense Is Not So Common

Safe to pass between red and green buoys

Not Really

Red Right Returning

Upstream Rules

Why Take Instruction

Experienced instructors / sailors

Local knowledge

Structured learning

Learning styles accommodated

Consciousness / Competence

“You don’t know what you don’t know”

Unconscious Incompetence

“You know what you don’t know”

Conscious Incompetence

“You know what you know”

Conscious Competence

“You don’t know what you know”

Unconscious Competence

Experienced Instructors

Reflective Competence

Can teach what they know.

Structured Learning

Spiral curriculum

One course builds on another

Logical sequence for learning

Step by step approach

Spiral Curriculum

Basic concepts first

Becomes more advanced

Colregs

Sail Canada Basic Cruising

Rules 12 to 17

Intermediate Cruising

Rules 1 through 19, 40 and 45

Advanced Cruising

Rules 1 through 36, 40 and 45

Learn the Basics First

White sails before spinnakers


Paper charts before electronic charts


Official publications before private publications

Logical Sequence for Learning

Coastal Navigation

Tools and Publications

Tides and Currents

The Compass

Dead Reckoning, The Deck Log, Chart Notation and Passage Planning

Set and Drift, Estimated Position, and Leeway

Aids to Navigation

Bearings and Fixes

Step By Step - Classroom

On November 18, 2003 we plan on leaving Thieves BayMarina, Mouat Point Light (L4846.5’N 12318.75’W) forIsabella Island (L4843.75’N 12325.75’W). We will usethe current information for Swanson Channel. The chartshows the flood direction to be 360. Using our currentprediction tables, we determine that that the drift is 1knot. Our boat speed is 5 knots. Our course to makegood is 242T. We need to gauge our speed made goodand our course to steer. Knowing the distance to travelour estimated time of arrival can also be computed. Wecan also calculate estimated positions.

Determining Course to Steer

Step 1 – Draw and label the course to make good.


Step2 - Draw and label the set / drift line


Step 3 – From the end of set / drift line scribe an arc the length of the speed. Connect and label.


Step 4 – Measure CMG line to scribe mark – SMG. Label the SMG


Step 5 – Use plotter to determine course. Label the line


Step 6 – Draw a course /speed line from departure (Mouat Point Light). Label.

Step by Step On the Water

Learning Styles

Visual Learners

Learning by seeing

Auditory Learners

Learning by hearing

Physical (Kinesthetic) Learners

Learning by doing

See, Hear, Do

Sailing Organizations

Sail Canada

International Sail and Power Association

American Sailing Association

International Yacht Training

Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons

Sail Canada

Established in 1931, Sail Canada (formerly known as the Canadian Yachting Association) is the national governing body for the sport of sailing. The Association promotes sailing and power boating through collaboration with our partners, the Provincial Sailing Associations, member clubs, schools, and many individual stakeholders.

Sail Canada Canada’s ISAF sailing authority

Racing and recreational courses

Both power and sail courses

Keelboat and dinghy

Manuals at Basic Cruising level only

Others by schools / instructors

Exams at all levels

No navigation practical

Professional instructors

PCOC examiners


The International Sail and Power Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to the training of both sail and power boat operators, on the water, with an emphasis on safe handling and skillful use of pleasure craft.


Recreational focus

Both sail (keelboats)and power

Manuals for all levels

Module assessments

Practical assessments at all levels


PCOC examiners


American Sailing Association is the leading authority on sailing instruction & sailing schools in the United States.Learn to sail through our network of certified sailing schools with certified sailing instructors.Through our sailing classes, ASA will help you learn sailing, safely & with confidence.


World-wide

Recently in Canada

Separate catamaran course

IPC (International Proficiency Certificate)

Prerequisites: ASA 104 or above

Manuals at all levels

Recognizes Sail Canada qualifications


International Yacht Training Worldwide (IYT) is the most internationally accredited global leader and trusted standard of excellence in yacht training, maritime certification, safety, knowledge and sailing adventures.



Manuals and slide shows at all levels

Classroom and practical instruction

Recreation

Commercial

Red Flagged Nations

Focus on depth of knowledge

International Certificate of Competence (UN Res. 40)

Maritime and Coastguard Agency

Irish Sailing Association

Canadian Sail and Power Squadrons

To increase awareness and knowledge of safe boating by educating and training members and the general public, by fostering fellowship among members, and by establishing partnerships and alliances with organizations and agencies interested in boating.

Canadian Sail and Power Squadrons

Volunteer instructors

Active throughout Canada

Administer the ROC (M)

Classroom instruction

PCOC examiners

Manuals at all levels

Overview

Sail Canada

ISPA ASA IYT CSPS

Theory

Practical

PCOC

ROC (M)

Sail - Keelboat

Sail - Dinghies

Power

ICC (Res 40) ASA 104 = IPC

PNW – Great Place to Learn

Tides


Currents


No wind

PNW – Great Place to Learn Spectacular scenery

PNW – Great Place to Learn Spectacular wildlife


Tough navigation

Last Words

Nothing gets potential cruisers more comfortable and excited about boating than a week on the water with a qualified instructor.

Dale Miller, PY, January 2015

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Advantages of instruction for certification & informal learning