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RECREATIONAL AQUATIC
accidents account for over 1,200
fatalities annually in Canada —
inore than the number of fatalities
associated with air disasters,
conimercial (tragedies and rail
disasters combined.

By Ken Grant
Contrifnuing Writer

Highest at risk are mates, ace
counting for 85% of the total.

In the !$5- to 49-year-old
group, nine out of 10 drowning
victims are mate.

One-third of drownings involve
power boats, usually small crafts
under 18 feet (5.4 m) in length
with flat or round bottoms. Trag-
ically, more than 50% of all
boating fatalities involve alcohol.

Norvan Power and Sail
Squadron, one of three North
Shore squadrons, is a member of
the largest national recreational
boating training organization in
Canada. It is a non-profit, vol-
unteer-based network of boaters
passing on knowledge to those less
experienced,

All training and administration
is carried out by volunteers.

Courses offered by Norvan are
divided into two types: public
courses which may be taken either
in the classroom or by cor-
respondence and advanced courses
oftered only to members of the
Canadian Power Squadron.

The Norvan Power and Sail
Squadron's fall program of
boating courses includes:
© Basic Boating Course

This course is offered every fall
and spring and is open to the
public. Its purpose is to teach safe
handling of all types of boats.
You do not have to have a boat to
enrol. If you have an interest in
‘outboards, canoes, cruisers or sail
this course is a must.

The course covers boat handling
in normal and adverse conditions,

‘fee of $120 for a single,

seamanship and common
emergencies, the rules of the road,
aids to navigation, government
regulations and cquipment — re-
quirements, .

Basics of compass and chart
familiarization as well as begin-
ning piloting will also be covered,

Norvan offers the course on
Monday or Tuesday night, for a
or $180
for a family.

@ VHF Radio Course

The VHF Radio Course is of-
fered in both the fall and spring
course program, The course, open
to anyone, provides training in the
use of the phonetic alphabet, and
correct radio-telephone operating
procedures.

The course enables the student
to pass the Department of Com-
munications’ Restricted Radio-
telephone Operator's Certificate
Exam given at the conclusion of
the course.

Basic boating course graduates
are eligible to take the advanced
courses offered by any Canadian
Power and Sail Squadron. You
must be a member of CPS to
qualify.

This fall, Norvan will be offer-
ing three of more than nine ad-
vanced and clective courses:

@ Seamanship

The primary objective of this
course is to provide the theoretical
knowledge to be able to handle a
boat in rough weather, and to deal
with emergency situations.

Course content will include ex-
panded piloting knowledge (rela-
tive bearings and the running fix;
effects of current and leeway and
new skills in coastal navigation).

The course is offered on Mon-
day nights for $85.

@ Seamanship Power

Course content includes a study
on hull forms and performance,
power ‘trains, engine controls and
instruments, handling and cruising
under power, mooring and an-
choring, legal responsibilities,

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engines, fuels, fuct-electrical
systems, cooling and lubrication
maintenance.

Seamanship Power will be held
on Tuesday nights for $85.
@ Junior Navigator

This is the first of a two-year
celestial navigation course. The

navigator applies the science of

cartography and astronomy to set
a course and position at sea, much
as a pilot uses landmarks.

Students will learn the tech-
niques necessary to navigate at sea
using celestial aids to determine
position, including extensive use
of the’sextant.

Students will also explore
celestial observation, time
diagrams, plotting sights, Great
Circle and Mercator charts, and
the sailing triangle.

The course has not been offered
for several years but will be avail-
able on Thursday Nights for $115.

Other courses will be offered
again in January.

Registration for courses is
scheduled to take place at the
Pacific Marine Training Institute,
on Monday, Sept. 13, at 6:30 p.m.
Contact: Rick Horte at 984-4013
for more information.

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