Join us for a day of navigation practice, with hand-on exercises on land, in the classroom at REI, and in your kayak on a nearby pond.
9 - 11: Basics of map reading, orienting the map with a compass, taking a bearing with a compass, land exercises outside at a nearby park.
11 - 3: REI Reading classroom: using map and compass together, declination, lunch, plotting/reading bearings on a chart, triangulation, map and compass exercises.
3 - 5: Veteran's Field boat launch at south end of Lake Quannapowitt: (Level 1 paddle) on-water navigation practice, matching features to the chart, using ranges to stay on a bearing, triangulation practice.
5:30: dinner nearby for anyone who wants to socialize afterwards.
This is a free event, but you must RSVP ahead of time so that we can print enough maps for the class. The exact meeting time and location for Sunday morning will be sent to everyone who registers a few days prior to the navigation workshop. Please RSVP on the NSPN calendar posting and check this forum link for further discussion and to ask questions:
http://www.nspn.org/forum/topic/11468-navigation-workshop-ideas/
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