Frequently Asked Questions | International Navigation School

Barrie Hudson is the owner and Chief Instructor of International Navigation School. He is a Master Mariner and Nautical Educator, with more than 30 years of teaching experience. He has taught hundreds of professional mariners qualifying as Masters and Mates, as well as non-professional mariners. He networks actively to keep up to date with the latest advances in nautical training.

Cruise with the skills of a professional and ensure your voyages are a complete success. Prepare for certification with:

Sailing Associations
Power Squadrons
Coast Guard
Transport Canada, Marine Safety Certification

Comprised of a series of units written in straightforward, practical language that you will have as a ready reference whenever the need arises.
Designed for everyone — the novice to the more experienced.
Totally complete, to progress rapidly from basic to advanced navigation and certification.
Done totally within your timelines, at home or on deployment at sea — and can (if you wish) take up to six months to finish.
For Transport Canada, Marine Safety students, these courses are amplified to cover the syllabi for Chartwork and Pilotage Level 2 and Astro-Navigation Level 1 and Level 2 and the Sailings.

Issued on completion.
Yachting courses fully meet Canadian Yachting and Power Squadron standards.

Test materials
Celestial plotting sheets and sight table extracts
Catalogue of Charts & Boating Safety Guide
Tide table extracts
Navigational aids template
Navigation charts — two full-size, up-to-date coloured: one Canadian, one American

Unlike a course requiring personal attendance at specific times each week, you are not tied to a regular schedule. You control when, where, and how long you will study (up to six months to complete).

The school offers short refresher courses on request:

A special one-day Coastal course, covering: the chart, buoyage, time/speed/distance, compass, visual fixing methods, the sextant, tides and voyage planning.
A special one-day Celestial course, covering: position, Earth & the Celestial Sphere, time, the Celestial Triangle, and a short method to find intercept and position line.
Transport Canada, Marine Safety Certification subjects.

Please refer to the relevant registration form. One-day seminars are available (pricing dependent upon location). Please contact us for more details.

Fill out the registration form for your course — choose Celestial & Coastal or Marine Safety below.

Answers before you set sail