Radar is one of the best aids you have onboard your yacht, all you need to know is how to operate it and understand the picture you get. We us a real Raymarine C120 dispaly unit so you get the best posable training o how to use a small craft radar unit.

We are familiar with the Raymarine (Raytheon) Pathfinder SL70 and C/E-Series of Radar and the JRC Radar 1000

Topics covered:-

• General safety precautions in using equipment.
• Basic understanding of radar wave propagation.
• Conditions giving rise to abnormal propagation.
• Set up procedure, functions and correct use of controls.
• Radar set components.
• Target definition and discrimination
• Passive and active Radar reflectors.
• Radar beamwidth over distance
• Collision Avoidance
  • Plotting rules and techniques
  • Plotting Aids - Use of Mini Automatic Radar Plotting Aid (MARPA), based on Raymarine C120.
  • AIS - Automatic Identification System (not part of the RYA syllabus, but we cover it)
• Use of Radar as a navigation aid.
• Accuracy and inaccuracies of radar.

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RYA Radar course Covers: Using a small boat radar Collision avoidance Using Raymarine C120 display Duration 1 day Includes course material Cost: Select Date: 12 February 2012 26 February 2012 25 March 2012 22 April 2012 20 May 2012 8 January 2012 22 January 2012 12 February 2012 26 February 2012 25 March 2012 22 April 2012 20 May 2012 1 July 2012 23 September 2012 14 October 2012 11 November 2012 9 December 2012 If the date is not listed then the course maybe full Click here for more information Make on-line course enquiry: Your Name: Email Address: Phone Number : Number of persons to attend: 1 2 3 4 5 6 ALL above fields must be completed, thank you.