Sea School Alabama Acquires NAUTIS Full Mission Bridge Simulator

Sea School Mobile, part of Ocean and Coastwise Educational Services Inc. family, located in Bayou La Batre, AL has just acquired a NAUTIS Full Mission Bridge Simulator and Instructor Station to enhance the training curriculum for its maritime students. The NAUTIS simulator is being installed by VSTEP and its U.S partner, Annapolis Simulation.

Sea School’s new DNV certified NAUTIS Full-Mission Bridge Simulator features a 180° external view angle, which exceeds the minimum 120° exterior view angle required for DNV Class B simulators. This Simulator allows Sea School to now offer the highest quality of competency training, including; Advanced ship handling & maneuvering, ECDIS Model Course 1.27, Radar/ARPA Model Course 1.07, VHF Radio Communications, Navigational Instruments (GPS, AIS, Echo Sounder, and Speed Log), and GMDSS Radio Communications Model Course 1.26.

Victor Tufts, VSTEP North America Sales Manager: “Together with our North American partner Annapolis Simulation, we are very happy to include the Sea School™ in the NAUTIS family. The acquisition of this Simulator and Instructor Station guarantees realistic simulator training of the highest quality for the Sea School students for years to come.”

Sea School is a national and internationally renowned training institution with a strong presents in the Gulf of Mexico region for their U.S. Coast Guard Approved and STCW-95 training. The nautical training institution with its professional, diverse training staff, USCG course designers, and knowledgeable administrative experts has a longstanding reputation for over 35 years within the Gulf Coast maritime community of offering hands-on, classroom and live-in campus training in accordance with the latest standards and regulations.

Sea School is a national and internationally renowned training institution with a strong presents in the Gulf of Mexico region for their U.S. Coast Guard Approved and STCW-95 training. The nautical training institution with its professional, diverse training staff, USCG course designers, and knowledgeable administrative experts has a longstanding reputation for over 35 years within the Gulf Coast maritime community of offering hands-on, classroom and live-in campus training in accordance with the latest standards and regulations. Simulators offer the critical and proven effective learning experience for the mariner by connecting the classroom to actual scenarios, adding human emotions to the syllabus, developing confidence and long term expertise benefiting the industry in many ways. The navigation team is trained and evaluated in a wide variety of navigation evolutions and adverse conditions to measure response and give the ability to learn without causing damage to people, equipment, and the environment.

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VSTEP, October 9, 2013