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Bill 310

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Last spring I signed up for the Power Squadron now "CanBoat" Radar Course.

It was an Instructor-led online course . Enrollment comes with a comprehensive textbook.

Unfortunately, do to some PPP (**** Poor Planning) we were going to be in New Zealand for over half the course and the 18 hour time difference made finishing the course impossible.

When the 2 hour online class started in Toronto at 7 pm it would be 1pm in New Zealand. Those of us who are in a realtionship, married or having just relations understand that my finding WiFi and taking two hours plus out of one's wifes dream vacation is a no go.

I was able to transfer my course at no charge to a Power Squadron (CanBoat) Radar Course this year at no charge.

I am hoping that some of the folks on BC Sportfishing might want to enroll in a Radar Course this winter/spring .

Here is the scoop.

First of all it is being taught online by someone in our time zone , for two hours Thursday evenings Feb 5th to March 12th from 7 -9 pm.

I was supplied with an excellent textbook and from what little saw before heading to NZ the Class was well laid out. with good teaching materials


Additional Information

This Virtual classroom will be approximately 2.5 hours each week. All classes will be held using Zoom. You will be required to complete the online exam within 2 weeks of the final class.

Pricing and Packages:

Radar for Boaters - Virtual Classroom (printed book)
Non-Member Price
$180.00
Member Price
$144.00


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There is an online Course being taught by west coaster Alexa Stochmal and runs from Feb 5th to March 12th Class time 2.5 hours each session

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Now lots of us know our partners are thinking "what do I get the Christmas for my PP?" (Perfect Partner )

Well..... rather than socks maybe ask for a Radar Class.... just in case you are thinking that adding radar is somthing you might want to add to the boat but you want to see if "having radar even makes sense for our boat".

... just saying
 
kaelc said:
@Bill 310 Does it touch on using radar to spot birds feeding on bait while hunting for tuna? I’m two online courses paid for but not finished, but my buddy is picking up his boat tomorrow with the new Halo+. He isn’t ready for fogust much less California tuna runs so this course is just what the doctor ordered.

I suggest Poets Cove for the graduation party.
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If you can learn to tune your radar, you can do this.
Gain, power and clutter knobs are key, not sure how easy it is to tune a touch screen.
I keep my old furuno radar on board for that reason alone, it has knobs/buttons for gain and clutter.
Problem is picking up heavy precipitation when tuning for birds.

The course should most definitely teach tune, then you learn to apply to different targets.
 
I guess I should say this sounds like the fish symbols on fishfinders.
Tuning and reading your equipment is more important than a fish or bird symbol.
 
You should all be happy that daylight screens for radar were invented , I once spent 9 days straight with my face in the rubber dome cover of the old style radar trying to avoid 90 other seine boats in the fog on the west coast trying to set their 1/3 of a mile long seine nets. That was 36 years ago and I'm just starting to get over it now.
 
kaelc said:
@Bill 310 Does it touch on using radar to spot birds feeding on bait while hunting for tuna? I’m two online courses paid for but not finished, but my buddy is picking up his boat tomorrow with the new Halo+. He isn’t ready for fogust much less California tuna runs so this course is just what the doctor ordered.

I suggest Poets Cove for the graduation party.
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I signed up for the radar course last year thinking I could do the last 4 of the online classes in New Zealand.

That was not to be.

I was surprised that Can Boat just rolled me over into this years course at no cost . I am pretty sure that is SOP for folks who sign up and for some reason don't get to finish a class.

You might want to call and go for the ask
 
Capt_Ed said:
You should all be happy that daylight screens for radar were invented , I once spent 9 days straight with my face in the rubber dome cover of the old style radar trying to avoid 90 other seine boats in the fog on the west coast trying to set their 1/3 of a mile long seine nets. That was 36 years ago and I'm just starting to get over it now.
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It sounds like those were busy times for you 😱 What a nightmare.

Last fall leaving the dock at Princess Lousia It was pea Soup 1/2 mile out and cleared just before Malibu . Obviosly, we would have waited above the rapids until it burned off . I decided right then that I was going to finish that Radar course .

My late Father in-law went back and forth across the Atlantic in WW 2 in Corvettes and frigates. He went in the water three times and survived. He was an early Asdic operator, and coming to no one's surprise post war he was a chronic alcoholic.
 
Everybody having a radar reflector would go a long ways to solve peoples radar issues. Not having one on your boat is just asking for problems, especially on the west coast.
 
Capt_Ed said:
You should all be happy that daylight screens for radar were invented , I once spent 9 days straight with my face in the rubber dome cover of the old style radar trying to avoid 90 other seine boats in the fog on the west coast trying to set their 1/3 of a mile long seine nets. That was 36 years ago and I'm just starting to get over it now.
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The orange glow coming out of the rubber viewer of the Decca is a strong memory.
I do not get seasick easily, but having your face in that viewer in sporty conditions was a gut test.
The rubber had a special smell too.
Ooohh the horror...
 
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