In order to further your nautical education with the Advanced courses offered by CPS, you must have successfully completed the Boating examination and become a member of any squadron.
Here are some of the Membership Benefits.

Seamanship (was called Piloting)

Prerequisite: Boating Course
A graduate of this course will have theoretical knowledge to be able to handle a boat in rough weather, and deal with emergency situations.

Course content: Piloting knowledge is expanded to include deviation, relative bearings and the running fix, effects of current and leeway, and new skills in coastal navigation.

Advanced Piloting

Prerequisite: Seamanship Course
In Advanced Piloting, the participant learns coastal navigation principles as a "pilot": to determine a course, and fix a position by using landmarks and aids to navigation—allowing for current, leeway, and the prediction of tides and tidal currents.

Course content: Charts; compass; tides and tidal currents; piloting, steering and timing a course; effects of current and leeway; methods of determining position; running fixes; standing clear of danger; aids to navigation; electronic aids; the sextant.

Celestial Navigation

Prerequisite: Advanced Piloting Course
This  course combines the original works of Junior Navigator and Navigator and applies the sciences of cartography and astronomy to set a course and determine a position at sea. Emphasis is placed on "how" to navigate and, with basic math and calculator skills, the student will have little difficulty. For proper study, the student will require the use of Bowditch, current-year Nautical Almanac and Star Finder. (These items must be ordered separately). The student will also require a scientific hand-held calculator with trigonometric capability.

Course content: Use of the sextant, electronic navigation, the Nautical Almanac, sight reduction by formula and scientific calculator, the Pilot and Great Circle charts and much, much more.