Marine Radar and AIS
Do you know how to interrogate your RADAR and AIS systems to give you a more informed picture of what is around you? See our Training Tips video for more.
Kath Scott
Limitations of Marine Radar (Radar Shadow)
There are many limitations of your radar set – the most important being YOU the operator. However one key limitations is that your RADAR can NOT see around corners or through large/reflective objects – see our short Training Tips video for more details.
What is Marine Radar?
Wikipedia Definition: Marine radars are X band or S band radars on ships, used to detect other ships and land obstacles, to provide bearing and distance for collision avoidance and navigation at sea. They are electronic navigation instruments that use a rotating antenna to sweep a narrow beam of microwaves around the water surface surrounding the ship to the horizon, detecting targets by microwaves […]
Air Masses and Weather Fronts
Get to grips with Air Masses and Weather fronts to understand more about our weather.
Types of clouds
Types of clouds and how to make your own portable cloud.
Buoyage and Flags Quiz
How well do you know your Buoyage and Flags – test your knowldge on our new online quiz
Training Bites – Basic Chartwork
Get to grips with fixing your position and dead reckoning navigation
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Training Bites – IRPCS (Rules of the Road / Col Regs)
How well do you know your Rules of the Road?? Join our FREE online training session to learn more.
Training Bites – Intro to Chartwork
How well do you know your Charts?? Join our FREE online training session to learn more.
Lifejackets and Buoyancy Aids
There are hundreds of different Life jackets and Buoyancy Aids on the market and it can be difficult to know which his best for you and the on water activities that you do.