Port Ludlow, WA
Lat 47º 55.4' N
Long 122º40.3' W

U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary - Flotilla 41

DISTRICT 13 - DIVISION 4 - FLOTILLA 41

A M E R I C A ' S V O L U N T E E R L I F E S A V E R S ^sm

public education

Flotilla 41 Meetings

start at 1900
4th Wed. of each month
Port Ludlow Fire Station
Oak Bay Road

America's Boating Course
Let's Go Sailing
'How To' Boating

2007 Course Schedule

The following has been retained for reference. See the Current Public Education page for the current schedule.

Send Registration and fees one week prior to the class to:

USCGAux Flotilla 41
181 South Bay Lane
Port Ludlow WA 98365

Checks for course fees should be made out to USCG Auxiliary Flotilla 41.

Fees include class materials unless otherwise stated.

Class fees must be received seven days prior to the first class.

2007 Course Schedule

America's Boating Course (8 hour course)

Fee: $35 for materials, bring extra family member(s) (and share materials for $5/each) - meets from 1800-2200

Meets WA state Boater Education Requirements -

at Port Ludlow Fire Station on Monday and Wednesdays:
- JANUARY 15 & 17, 2007 or
- MARCH 12 & 14 or
- MAY 14 & 16 or
- JUNE 11 & 13, 2007
or at Chimacum Fire Station on Saturday and Sundays:
- OCTOBER 13 & 14, 2007 or
- NOVEMBER 10 & 11 or
- DECEMBER 8 & 9 or

Let's Go Sailing (4 hour course)

A course for beginning sailors (Fee $40) - meets from 1800-2200

FEBRUARY 14, 2007

'How To' Boating (each course 3 hours except for the GPS course)

Fees vary from $20-$40 class to class depending on the materials involved
meets from 1900-2200

Each "How to Boating" session is a stand alone class. You can pick and choose the class(es) when convenient for you. Take one or take all - to learn something new or refresh your memory on a topic. The twelve sessions in the course may be taken individually or as a series for a USCG Auxiliary Certificate of Completion. Classes are taught by U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliarists with extensive Puget Sound experience.

JANUARY 10, 2007 - "How to ... Read a Nautical Chart" (Fee $40) book
Characteristics of nautical charts, particularly Mercator and polyconic projections, plotting positions in terms of latitude and longitude; various chart types/scales and their appropriate uses; basic knowledge of chart symbols, rapid and reliable measurement of direction, distance, and location on Mercator nautical charts. Emphasis on Puget Sound.

FEBRUARY 7, 2007 - "How to ... Use the Marine Magnetic Compass" (Fee $20)
Parts and principles of operation of the marine magnetic compass; concepts of deviation and distinction between compass north, magnetic north, and true north, "swinging ship" and deviation table preparation; rapidly and reliably solving TVMDC and/or CDMVT computations.

MARCH 7, 2007 - "How to ... Do Dead Reckoning Navigation (Fee $20) "
Working knowledge of dead reckoning methods including plotting, labeling, measuring and determining DR positions, speed, time, distance formulas and problem solving, speed estimation, tachometers and speed curves.

APRIL 11 & 18, 2007- "How to ... GPS for Mariners" (Fee $40) book
What is the Global Positioning System? DGPS? WASS? Safely navigate a small craft to any destination using primarily a GPS and a conventional chart; waypoint entry and selection.

MAY 9, 2007- "How to ... Read the Weather" (Fee $20)
Sources of weather information; wind and boating; wind and waves; understanding weather; weather and heat; fog; non-frontal weather

JUNE 6, 2007- "How to ... Use the VHF-FM Marine Radio (Fee $20) "
Radios used on boats; functions of radios; licenses; selection your VHF-FM radio; operating your radio, maintain a radio watch; channels have special purposes, some "no-nos" radio procedures.

OCTOBER 10, 2007 - "How to ... Read a Nautical Chart" (Fee $40) book
Characteristics of nautical charts, particularly Mercator and polyconic projections, plotting positions in terms of latitude and longitude; various chart types/scales and their appropriate uses; basic knowledge of chart symbols, rapid and reliable measurement of direction, distance, and location on Mercator nautical charts. Emphasis on Puget Sound

NOVEMBER 7 & 9, 2007- "How to ... GPS for Mariners" (Fee $40) book
What is the Global Positioning System? DGPS? WASS? Safely navigate a small craft to any destination using primarily a GPS and a conventional chart; waypoint entry and selection.