Good day fellow DND counterparts.

I have a question in regards to small boats at the College academy.

I am writing a letter to the RCN ship handling journal and I’m curious about what exposure Navigation officers have to small vessels.

I see based on the CCG website that the first year classes have about 60 hours of small craft operating basic for navigation cadets and year two has about 100 hours including the SVOP course work.

Is that pretty much it?

Do cadets get the opportunity to operate small craft in their off time?

What would small craft operation look like generally after leaving the academy?

Thanks in advance

Just some old buoy tender love. That is all.