The flotilla verified 15 private
aids to navigation in May for a total of 269 for the year. There are about 400
aids to navigation in our area of responsibility so we still need to observe about
130 aids as soon as we can. A lot of the
remaining aids are in Spring Creek. These will be difficult to observe because
of the shallow water and narrow channels in that area.
We are still formulating a plan
for training aids to navigation (AV) verifiers. The staff officer for navigation systems for
our division, Paul LeBlanc, is now qualified to be a mentor and qualification
examiner (QE) for verifiers. I am
working with our flotilla commander and our member-training officer to provide AV
training in the future. But first we must make a plan with the division staff
officer for navigation services so our instruction will meet division
requirements.
