Our association

Helsingin Navigaattorit is a registered association. We are based in Helsinki, Finland. Our navigation club was founded year 1979. We have approximately thousand members interested in navigation. Most of our members live in Helsinki Metropolitan Area, but we do have members from other parts of Finland and abroad as well.

Our object is to unite those interested in navigation. We teach navigation and boating skills. Our courses [Finnish] are held in open colleges and spoken in Finnish. Twice a year we arrange navigation examinations for Suomen Navigaatioliitto. There are three levels, inshore, coastal and celestial navigation exams [Finnish]. A lower level exam must be passed before one can take the next step. The inshore and coastal navigation exams are held in April and December. Celestial navigation exam is held only in April.

In order to take a navigation exam you need to contact our secretary one month before the exam date. Please state the exam you are taking and the ones you have already passed. For inshore and coastal navigation exam there may be available an English version (if you do not understand Finnish at all, we do recommend you to contact us two months before so we can request translation).

Our membership requires a passed inshore navigation examination. We have no other requirements but we hope to reach you via email. Please contact our secretary for more information and membership application.

We are an associate member of Suomen Navigaatioliitto, Suomen Purjehtijaliitto and Suomen Veneilyliitto. Our members belong automatically to Suomen Navigaatioliitto and optionally to the latter ones.