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to meet your needs. They are committed to helping you navigate the complicated waters of Coast Guard regulations and interpretation. Since its inception in 2000, Compass Courses has trained 7000+ students who’ve all enjoyed new quarters and new facilities with two large classrooms, a RADAR simulator lab and a galley. Students can also consider completing all of their maritime training in one place - at the Pacific Maritime Institute in Seattle. Whether you are just getting started in the maritime industry, or whether you are well on your way to achieving a Captain’s Licence, they have a training program that will take you to the next level. The Maritime Institute provides comprehensive maritime training that is focused on your success beyond the classroom. They focus on providing the highest quality training using effective technologies and by teaching techniques to ensure their students have the knowledge and skills to succeed in today’s merchant marine. More than twenty different courses are taught on a regular basis, ranging in duration from four-hour seminars to multi-year programs. The Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding in Port Hadlock, WA will be celebrating their 31st Anniversary during 2012.
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known as “The Boat School”, their mission is to teach and preserve the skills and craſts associated with fine wooden boatbuilding and other maritime arts, with an emphasis on the development of the individual as a craſtsperson. Since the school’s 1981 founding, nearly two thousand students have graduated from the school’s vocational programs, and thousands more have attended summer and community workshops of all types, to participate in and learn traditional maritime skills.
The Boat School builds boats - both on commission and on a speculative basis, selling and shipping their boats across the United States, Canada and Mexico. This season
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finds the students building a one-of-a kind day-sailer aptly named Sliver - designed by world- renowned boat designer Bob Perry. Sliver is 62 feet, 10 feet wide, and will have a 10 foot draſt. She will carry 976 square feet of sails, and will be tiller steered. She is designed to have a basic suite of accommodations, and will be driven in calms by a 39 hp Yanmar diesel. The boat is being designed for the pure joy of sailing, with simplicity and elegance as her benchmarks. Although not nearly finished, she is creating quite a stir on sailing-related blogs. You can follow her progress, and the rest of the boats being built at the Northwest School of Wooden Boat-
building on their flickr account, easily accessed on their website at
www.nwboatschool.org. Other fine schools, such as North Island College and the Quadrant Marine Institute, which are both on Vancouver Island, and the BCIT Marine Campus in North Vancouver offer excellent opportunities to students of all levels that are seeking training that will lead to a career in the maritime industry,
Recruiting, Training and Delivering Qualified and Competent Officers to the Workboat Industry
If you are passionate about a career at sea, contact us or visit our website.
206.617.7597 |
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