Master 500gt / 3000gt – Advanced Navigation & Radar

What this course covers

The Master 500gt/3000gt course is a 30-day programme made up of five separately examined MCA modules that cover the academic side of stepping up from Officer of the Watch to Master: Advanced Navigation and Radar, Seamanship and Meteorology, Stability, Business and Law, and Masters Celestial. It’s designed for qualified OOWs and Chief Mates with the right sea service who are working towards command, and you can book the full block back to back or take one module at a time around your time on board.

You’ll work through advanced radar and ARPA, passage planning and blind pilotage, heavy weather handling and ocean weather routing, stability calculations, the legal and commercial duties of a master, and sextant-based celestial navigation, taught by lecturers who know what the examiners are looking for.

On completion you’ll have passed the MCA modules needed for your Master 500gt/3000gt CoC, with the four core modules taught in Simon’s Town and Celestial in Hout Bay.