RYA Radar Course

The aim is to teach students to use small boat radar and assist decision making in collision avoidance, pilotage and navigation.

Pre-requisites: None
Minimum age: 16 Years
Where: Langebaan
Duration: 1 Days
Ratio: 12:1

This course gives you an understanding of radar as an aid to navigation and collision avoidance.

Cruising boats increasingly have radar on board. The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea require that if you have radar, you must know how to use it. Radar is probably the most versatile of all electronic aids, but the best results are only obtained when you know how to use all the functions correctly. It is not an all-seeing eye and can easily mislead those who do not understand its controls, allow for its limitations, or interpret its picture accurately.

This course gives you an understanding of radar as an aid to navigation and collision avoidance.

Cruising boats increasingly have radar on board. The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea require that if you have radar, you must know how to use it. Radar is probably the most versatile of all electronic aids, but the best results are only obtained when you know how to use all the functions correctly. It is not an all-seeing eye and can easily mislead those who do not understand its controls, allow for its limitations, or interpret its picture accurately.

Overview of course content

Basic understanding of Radar Wave Propagation
Radar Set Components
Target Definition and Discrimination
Radar reflectors

*** RYA Radar Certificate issued upon successful completion ***

Included

RYA course manual

Excluded

Transport to Langebaan from Cape Town
Food
Accommodation – you can choose to use Atlantic Crew house at a cost of R200.00/n (please bring own sleeping bag)