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Radar is an excellent item of kit to have on board a craft – but
only if you really know how to maximise its potential. Radar has a variety
of uses including navigation and collision avoidance, indeed the ColRegs
state that you must use all means available to you to avoid the possibility
of a collision. Therefore, if your craft is fitted with a Radar then you
must use it and by implication know how to use it to its full potential,
getting the most from a radar is a matter of understanding its potential and
being able to ‘set it up’ and modify the settings for the conditions you are
experiencing.
The course covers:
- Developing an understanding of how Radar works
- Set up procedure, the various functions and the correct use of
controls
- Interpreting what you see of the screen
- Target definition & discrimination
- Radar reflectors – active & passive
- Use of radar for navigation & collision avoidance
- Use and limitations of Automatic Radar Plotting Aids (ARPA)
- Advantages & disadvantages of radar
The Course Instructor is Don Roper. Don is a Yachtmaster Offshore
Commercial (Motor), an Advanced Powerboat Instructor, a Radar Instructor and
holds numerous other qualifications. Until early 2004 Don worked as part of
Dorset Police’s Marine section in Poole Harbour where he helmed the launch
Alarm, the Police RIB and their PWC. He has extensive radar experience in
practical situations in all weathers
At the successful completion of your course you receive the RYA Radar
Certificate. The course runs from 9am to approximately 5pm
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