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NEW The Complete Course Version 5

No need for night school or distant learning - its all here

The course contains over One Gigabyte of clear explanation, animations, sound and photographs and video clips.
15 Day Skipper Exercises and Exams
18 Yachtmaster Exercises and Exams
Nearly 3000 questions on 660 collision avoidance situations

Plus
Meridian Chartplotter
Neptune Navigation Tidal Heights
Neptune Navigation Training Planner

The Complete Course includes:+
Nautical Terminology Stability and Safety Living Aboard
Environmental Issues Clothing Ropes and Ropework
General Seamanship Boat Handling Power and Sail
Anchors and Anchoring Safety Maintenance
Communications Chart Definitions Navigator’s Tools
The Compass Buoys and Lighthouses Position Fixing
Electronic Aids Meteorology Fog
Chartwork Pilotage Passage Planning
Heavy Weather Radar Tidal Heights / Streams
Collision Avoidance Rules

Plus more - including in depth training for the novice (eg Living on Board and Basic Terminology) and advanced sections for the experienced sailor (eg fog navigation and worked pilotage passage plans)

Work through at whichever level suits you!

All chartwork uses special fictitious charts created for the RYA. The chartwork exercises may not be your local sailing area but are relevant as they include some very interesting sailing areas with many hazards and strong tides. Exercises may be done on RYA paper charts 1 & 2 available from the RYA or Longbow Sail Training or do the exercises electronically - no need for paper charts.


Longbow The Complete Course Wetstuff Training Training Version Passage Planner- Training Version C-Map Planner Training Version Tides Site Map Contact Order Home Page	Planner Plus Software Passage Planning and Online Navigation Course Calculations from Tides, Tidal Streams and Wind data The Planner Plus software has features for training purposes. The program produces passage planning and course calculations from inbuilt tidal height and tidal streams data also takes into account the wind values from downloaded wind gribs files. The Planner Plus has many useful features, particularly useful for training aid: The route constructions showing your student the vectors used in the calculations. Tidal stream reports and graphs. Animated route calculations showing the changes in the tidal streams and Grib files as your route progresses. Interfacing to GPS and AIS. Link to the Planner Plus software
	LightMaster Training Software
LIGHTMASTER TRAINING SOFTWARE RYA recommended training software - making learning easier for the novice or yachtmaster RADAR TRAINING SOFTWARE There are two main radar products: Radar Plotting Tutorial Radar Simulator or both on one CD as the Radar TutorPlus The ‘Radar TutorPlus’ is a bargain pack which offers the benefits of both radar programs at a discounted price. RADIO TRAINING SOFTWARE Again there are two main radio products: VHF DSC Tutorial VHF DSC Simulator or both on one CD as the VHF DSC TutorPlus The ‘VHF DSC TutorPlus’ is a bargain pack which offers the benefits of both vhf programs at a discounted price. GPS TRAINING SOFTWARE There is currently just one GPS program: GPS Tutorial Most GPS receivers incorporate a simulator, which can be used for practice, so LightMaster concentrate on the GPS Tutorial for learning these ubiquitous devices. Like most electronic equipment, GPS sets are given ever more features. Some are easy to use, but need more knowledge to use them effectively and know how to avoid the pitfalls. Collision Regs Vessel Lights and Buoys
Training, Charter and Racing from Gosport
		www.wetstuff.org.uk Wetstuff is here to provide you with training, racing and charter opportunities from our Gosport base. We can help you set sail into your own personal sunset whether you are an experienced sailor, or looking to "learn the ropes" from scratch. We offer RYA Training for offshore sailing, powerboating and shorebased courses. Top of the Page
CONTACT		PASSAGE PLANNER - STUDENT VERSION
Passage Planner Passage Planner Top of the Page		Sailing Schools and Students TRAINING VERSION NEPTUNE PASSAGE PLANNER This is the Neptune Passage Planner program that enabling you to learn and practice all the fundamentals relating to planning courses taking into account all the tidal and wind information. Including GPS and Waypoint management. Please contact Neptune if you would like us to send you the Training CD that includes the Passage Planner, Neptune C-Map Planner and the Tidal Prediction software, the cost is £15.00. Quick Start Introduction System Requirements: Pentium, Windows 98SE, Me, 2000 or XP, 5.9Mb HDD Users of Windows 95, 98 (first edition) & NT4 please note that the wind functions will not operate, program operation under these systems is at the users discretion.
C-MAP PLANNER - STUDENT VERSION
Sailing Schools and Students TRAINING VERSION C-MAP PLANNER This is the Neptune C-Map Planner program that enables students to learn and practice all the fundamentals relating to digital charting and passage planning. The Program Group includes a text Word version of the manual and an Outline Passage Plan. Please contact Neptune if you would like us to send you the Training CD that includes the Passage Planner, Neptune C-Map Planner and the Tidal Prediction software, the cost is £15.00. System Requirements: Pentium, Windows 2000 or XP, 8Mb HDD C-Map Planner Top of the Page		Neptune C-Map Planner
UK TIDAL PREDICTIONS - STUDENT VERSION
Sailing Schools and Students TRAINING VERSION NEPTUNE TIDAL PREDICTION SOFTWARE Tidal Height - Tidal Range & Rate - Under Keel Clearance - Primary and Secondary Ports. The advanced functions enable student to display the astronomical tide raising forces, brilliant for education and the understanding of complex tidal patterns, to see why some ports have stands, double highs or lows. Please contact Neptune if you would like us to send you the Training CD that includes the Passage Planner, Neptune C-Map Planner and the Tidal Prediction software, the cost is £15.00. System Requirements: Windows 95, 98, 2000, ME or XP Tides Top of the Page		Neptune Tides
LONGBOW SAIL TRAINING CD		LONGBOW SAIL TRAINING CD DETAILS
Learn to Sail using the Longbow Sail Training DVD The Complete Course is the original, best selling PC course which covers all RYA® theory course from Start Yachting to Yachtmaster® Offshore. Start Yachting and Competent Crew are practical courses run afloat and The Complete Course gives a sound introduction to what to expect when afloat. The Complete Course is just that Start Yachting Essential Navigation and Seamanship Competent Crew Day Skipper Coastal Skipper / Yachtmaster Offshore The Complete Course Series can be used for either motor or sail. NO TIME FOR NIGHT SCHOOL? DISTANCE LEARNING AND OTHER COURSES TOO EXPENSIVE? NEED ANOTHER APPROACH TO THE SUBJECT? Learn with The Complete Course Series at home in your own time. Many satisfied students have used The Complete Course to understand the theory and then taken a practical course to consolidate knowledge and gain the coveted RYA certificates. Use the course on its own or to back other classes. With its new easy to use "Contents" it also becomes an ideal revision and reference work. Now it is even easier to use as a reference work with an Index for each book in the courses allowing a search by word to be made. Optimized for both 32 and 64 bit PCs. Configuration Requirements: PC running Windows XP or later with 1 Mb RAM at least 1.5 Gb hard disk space, colour monitor with minimum resolution 1024 x 768 pixels Longbow Sail Training CD £51.00 Top of the Page		www.longbow-uk.com NEW The Complete Course Version 5 No need for night school or distant learning - its all here The course contains over One Gigabyte of clear explanation, animations, sound and photographs and video clips. 15 Day Skipper Exercises and Exams 18 Yachtmaster Exercises and Exams Nearly 3000 questions on 660 collision avoidance situations Plus Meridian Chartplotter Neptune Navigation Tidal Heights Neptune Navigation Training Planner The Complete Course includes:+ Nautical Terminology Stability and Safety Living Aboard Environmental Issues Clothing Ropes and Ropework General Seamanship Boat Handling Power and Sail Anchors and Anchoring Safety Maintenance Communications Chart Definitions Navigator’s Tools The Compass Buoys and Lighthouses Position Fixing Electronic Aids Meteorology Fog Chartwork Pilotage Passage Planning Heavy Weather Radar Tidal Heights / Streams Collision Avoidance Rules Plus more - including in depth training for the novice (eg Living on Board and Basic Terminology) and advanced sections for the experienced sailor (eg fog navigation and worked pilotage passage plans) Work through at whichever level suits you! All chartwork uses special fictitious charts created for the RYA. The chartwork exercises may not be your local sailing area but are relevant as they include some very interesting sailing areas with many hazards and strong tides. Exercises may be done on RYA paper charts 1 & 2 available from the RYA or Longbow Sail Training or do the exercises electronically - no need for paper charts.