BOATING

The instructor for these courses is Captain Jim Saputo,, a Master Captain and owner of a private boat school and charter service. He has worked as a captain on ferries, dinner boats, survey boats, supply boats, and transports. He also served as port captain at Liberty landing water taxi.
His vast experience of ocean and harbors allows him to bring real life experience into the course work, a great benefit to his students.

CAPTAIN COURSE USCG 6PACK OUPV
Did you ever want to launch a new career as a charter boat captain? The Operator of Un-Inspected Passenger Vessels 6 pack course at CSI can lead successful students to become a professional captain.
Students who successfully complete the course and pass the test will have a merchant marine license. The student can then seek employment on inland and coastal water. This accounts for more than half of the water transportation employment. Opportunities exist aboard launch boats, fishing boats, work boats delivering stores or start your own charter service. With a simple upgrade to master you can seek employment on ferries, dinner cruise boats, casino boats sightseeing and supply boats on rivers, lakes, canals and near coastal waterways.

Sunday, October 9-January 29: 10:30am-2:15pm
No class November 27, December 25 & January 1
THIRTEEN SESSIONS
BOAT01: $525

GENERAL NAVIGATION CHART PLOTTING AND WEATHER
This course introduces a mariner to the use of a compass, understanding aids to navigation, basic plotting and understanding of weather with currents and tides. Symbols on a nautical chart and their meaning will be studied.
Additional topics are; finding your course made good, speed made good, finding estimated time of arrival, three bearing fix, finding deviation ( compass era ) and dead reckoning.

Sunday, October 9-November 20: 2:30pm-4pm
SEVEN SESSIONS
BOAT02: $395

BOAT HANDLING AND DOCKING
This course prepares the student to successfully steer a boat, by using the elements (wind and current) to their advantage, as well as navigate heavy seas and understand tides, currents and weather.
Learn the use of spring lines while docking. This will give the student the competency to arrive and depart the dock in control. The course also covers navigational rules, deck general, use of VHF radio and tides.

Sunday, October 9-November 13: 9am-10:30pm
Water Session TBA
SIX SESSIONS (5 classroom and 1 day on the water)
BOAT03: $450

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Phone: 718.982.2182
Fax: 718.982.2038
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