Coastal Navigation

Mike Scanlan is a master mariner who worked for many years as navigator on some of the world's largest passenger liners and cruise ships. For over thirty years since swallowing the anchor he has been putting this knowledge to good use, by teaching and writing about the theory and skills of all forms of navigation, traditional and electronic. Mike has written five books, including the best selling Safety in Small Craft. As a past senior lecturer at the New Zealand Maritime School, Mike taught and examined students for all grades of certificate, from masters and mates of foreign-going vessels to skippers of commercial and pleasure boats. He has also been particularly involved in the teaching and administration of navigation and safety in small boats, as a member of the Small Boat Safety Committee and as a past director of the Royal New Zealand Coastguard Boating Education Service.