SHIP AND BOATS LINES DRAWING Winter Students in this course begin by lofting a line drawing of a sailing model from a table of offsets. Next each student drafts a series of drawings of his/her own ship and boat designs. Students who have previously completed Practical Ship & Boat Design are not eligible to enroll in this course. Completion of this course earns 1 trimester of arts units. THEORETICAL SHIP AND BOAT DESIGN Fall / Spring This is an introduction to the theoretical concepts of ship and yacht design. The course begins with ship and boat types, from modern container ships and tankers to smaller boats and yachts. Following that, there are calculations for determining a boat's displacement, longitudinal center of buoyancy, pounds per inch immersion, and block, prismatic and water plane coefficients as well as a displacement hull's maximum theoretical speed. Instruction also covers various types of resistance and the theory and determination of stability. Students learn how to read a lines drawing and to use that in applying various calculations. Completion of this course earns 1 trimester of arts units. LIFEBOATMEN Fall / Spring Lifeboatmen is primarily a course in sea survival and marine safety. Topics include coastal navigation fundamentals, leadership, morale, ship stability, and firefighting. Classroom instruction is supplemented by practical training in the use of survival suits, life rafts, and lifeboat handling skills. US Coast Guard Lifeboatmen certification: When taken in combination with Advanced Nautical Science, Lifeboatmen is a US Coast Guard Approved course, which certifies Tabor students as Lifeboatmen aboard TABOR BOY. *new* ADVANCED NAUTICAL SCIENCE Winter Prerequisite: Elements of Nautical Science or Lifeboatmen The Advanced Nautical Science course covers higher-level nautical science topics such as anchoring, heavy weather sailing techniques, voyage planning, rules of the road, and meteorology. This course is the prerequisite to those Lifeboatmen students who wish to earn the US Coast Guard Lifeboatmen certification. U.S. SAILING LEVEL 1 INSTRUCTOR Spring This specialized certification course is available to experienced sailors who wish to undertake intensive training that will certify them to become U.S. Sailing Level 1 instructors. Further details are available through the Instructor or online at www.ussailing.org. This course is offered based upon the interest level of students and the availability of instructors. Please note: students who enroll in this course are responsible for a certification fee of approximately $300.
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