The Marine Society is launching a new digital course – Navigation@Sea – to help learners acquire the underpinning knowledge in an engaging, virtual and flexible environment.

Available via a smartphone app download, this course gives you the chance to plan and chart your own online voyage from Plymouth to Dover, learning how to plot and calculate a course while creating a passage plan. It also shows the effect of tides and weather and helps the learner understand the function and uses of electronic navigational aids.

Written in accordance with MSQ Unit 95 – Introduction to Navigation – the course will suit anyone who does not have prior knowledge in this area. Those interested in learning more about the course can contact the Marine Society at learning@ms-sc.org or visit  fal.cn/navigation to purchase.

Darrell Bate, Director of Maritime Training and Development at the Marine Society, said: ‘This is a much-needed addition to our growing suite of maritime contextual upskilling courses that will help individuals build their navigational knowledge in preparation for more formal study.’

Press release from Marine Society and Sea Cadets