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1948 - Celebrating 60 years of volunteer service - 2008

Toronto Power and Sail Squadron was the first squadron within the Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons to receive its charter, on December 1, 1948. Although two other squadrons were formed prior to WWII (Windsor and Sarnia in 1938 and 1939 respectively), they did not receive their charters until 1949.
The national organization looks to 1938 as its actual formation date and, for that reason, is celebrating 2008 as its 75th year of operation. The anniversary will be celebrated at the National Conference at Windsor in October 2008.

BOATING COURSES 2008-9
[ On-Line Event  & Course Calendar ]
The Event Calendar lists proposed dates for Fall 2008 and Winter 2009 courses and events

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On-line secure registration and payment now available for all 2008-09 courses

Classes are all held at:
Forest Hill Collegiate Institute

730 Eglinton Ave West (at Bathurst)

Class duration 7 - 9:30 pm
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[NOTE: For details of courses in other areas, please check the national website for Squadron listings


The Boating Course - includes the "Boat Licence"

The Power Squadron Boating Course
Next Course - Starts Tuesday, January 20, 2009 for 12 weeks


The Boating Course provides in-depth boat operation and safety training. * Tuesdays, 7 - 9:30pm for 12 weeks. You will experience the challenge of plotting and navigation. Comprehensive student materials are provided. The course includes significantly more information than is found in the short BoatPro/PCOC course and is an essential basis course for anyone planning on handling a vessel on the Great Lakes. Enroll the family!  Exam for the "Boat Licence" is included. This course now includes first-year membership in CPS.
 Full details and registration


Boat Pro -
Pleasure Craft Operator Card
("Boat Licence")
The Boat Licence course

March 5 and 12, 2009 and May 5 and 12, 2009

A complete short course and exam in two evenings!

Note: we do not provide courses during the summer months. However, we can arrange tests for anyone wishing to challenge the PCOC exam after they have studied the required material.

The deadline for ALL boaters to obtain the PCOC is September 15, 2009

Clearly the best of the PCOC seminars available, this highly acclaimed seminar was one of the first to be accredited by the Canadian Coast Guard. Crossing the border? CPS-ECP is one of the few providers of safe boating courses that is approved by both the Canadian Coast Guard and the U.S. National Association of State Boating Law Administrators. Full details and Registration
 

Seamanship (formerly Piloting)

PilotingJanuary 19 - April 20, 2009


As a CPS-ECP Boating Course graduate, you expect more from your boating experiences. You plan next year’s season to be better than ever. Our advanced level courses further your pleasure by strengthening your boating skills. The Piloting Course extends the navigation and vessel-handling techniques introduced in the Boating Course.

The course presents the three aspects of seamanship.

1. Navigation and Plotting Skills (both traditional and electronic): interpretation of charts and chart symbols; the DR plot; bearings; Fixes and running Fixes; determination of course to steer in a current, and determining distance off.

2. Seamanship Skills: understanding the hazards of weather, wind, waves, currents, tides and tidal currents, and how to deal with them and with emergencies.

3. Boat Capabilities and Performance: hull speed, stability, rudders and propellers.

Sign up for the Seamanship Course today. Prerequisite: The Boating Course or equivalent experience

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Navigating with GPS
Complete in 4 evenings, plus exam

Navigating with GPSApril 2 - 30, 2009

This short course will introduce you to the versatile Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers
that are now common in everyday life. The new Navigating With GPS (revision 4) is a complete re-write of the previous course, with a new colour manual and an accompanying CD which includes, amongst other things, a GPS/Chartplotter simulator. All of the students receive a copy of the CD with their manual.

A national survey was recently taken of Boating Course graduates. They were asked what courses they wanted to take next. GPS was the most requested.

Full details and registration



Fundamentals of Weather - don't leave port without this course!
CPS Fundamentals of Weather course

5 weeks 7 - 9:30 pm

April 15 -  May 27, 2009


This course covers many aspects of the formation and behavior of the weather around us. whereas meteorology (the study of weather) is quite technical in nature, in contrast, “Fundamentals of Weather” is presented in a straightforward manner eliminating much of the jargon.

Every boater intending to head out onto "big water", such as the Great Lakes, needs this course!

Full details and registration


 
Joni checking the weather buoy

The Weather course is presented by Joni Alexander, JN, who says of of her experience:

" I've been sailing, mainly on Lake Ontario, for almost 20 years and have been a CPS member since 1990. I have been teaching as a part-time occupation for over 30 years and teaching CPS courses-- Boating and Weather-- for about 5 years. My special interest is weather and the picture is me checking on the weather observation buoy located between Toronto and Niagara! "


 



Marine Radio (VHF with DSC) - radio licence is mandatory for legal radio operation.
Maritime Radio course

2 sessions to choose from:
December 9, 10 and 16, 2009
March 25, April 1 and 8, 2009




The Maritime Radio course teaches emergency radio procedures, as well as everyday operating techniques to you and your family. As well, the course prepares you for the Restricted Operator Certificate (Maritime) with DSC Endorsement examination. The ROC(M) is required to operate a VHF radio in Canada. 3 evenings including exam.

Full details and registration





 


Extended Cruising - for the serious cruiser
Extended Cruising
 Another course in 2009- January 21 to March 25, 2009


The “Extended Cruising” course helps establish the skills required for you to seek distant shores. Course Chief Instructor Wanita Gray is an accomplished Bluewater sailor with many thousands of miles experience offshore. Individual course sections are taught by several highly-experienced offshore sailors.

Full details and registration


 


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