ASA 217
BASIC CELESTIAL NAVIGATION INSTRUCTOR QUALIFICATION & OVERVIEWNECESSARY INSTRUCTOR LEVEL PREREQUISITES
COURSE CERTIFICATION & OVERVIEW
Registration & Examination Process
Instructor Candidates may choose to participate in an in-person ASA 217 Instructor's Qualification Clinic or purchase the ASA 217 online course below
Prerequisites
- ASA 201 · Keelboat Sailing 1
- ASA 203 · Coastal Cruising
- ASA 205 · Coastal Navigation
ONLINE COURSE MATERIALS - WHAT'S INCLUDED
COURSE MATERIALS
All necessary materials will be provided, including a series of tables designed to make the process of finding latitude and longitude fast and easy. Additional resources and study materials include GPS Backup with a Mark 3 Sextant textbook as well as access to e-Book How To Use Plastic Sextants.
INSTRUCTORS & DISCUSSION GROUPS
Each Starpath course includes free access to online resources and discussion groups. Starpath has staff in three different time zones monitoring these groups so, should any question arise, simply post it in the Discussion Forum for a quick answer — or search the forum to see if an answer to your question already exists.
1 year access
You have one year to complete the course or request an extension.
Course Accessibility
This course can be accessed from any computer (Windows or Mac) with an internet connection. Work through the lessons, assignments and quizzes in the interactive online classroom and, when you are away from the computer, study with the printed study materials.
This course includes the opportunity to submit your sextant sight data for analysis if the results are not within specified uncertainties to help determine why, based on a series of sights, results may be inaccurate.
With the electronic components instructors can take the complete course with them as they travel, or use these materials as a resource to search specific topics. If you prefer to work on your own without computers, you will have a complete syllabus with practice exercises and answers in the printed materials. For added structure to your training, take part in the online discussions and individual quizzes for each lesson.
Teaching Students
Basic Celestial Navigation Endorsement - ASA 117
Please register for one or more of the Starpath courses below.
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