Learned to fly floats in Ontario, and will be heading out to the west coast in a couple of weeks.

I have yet to be exposed to currents, and was wondering if anyone has some good tips on how to judge and be successful in docking with a current.

Get some dual instruction.

Just make sure the person who is teaching you has lots of experience outside of a flight school environment.

Is it AC or DC. I believe the heading attitude and turn and bank are AC? I just go with the flow , Seriously though, are you talking rivers or tides

Currents associated with Tides.

As I said before, get instruction from a local pilot that works in the industry out here.

Cat makes a good point, nothing beats instruction from an experienced float plane driver.

David Budd, with Ocean Air, is probably the best guy on the entire coast to see for float instruction.

http://www.oceanair.ca/floatplane_seaplane_training.htm

The most experienced instructor around, quality guy, knows his stuff and can teach you everything and anything you wanted to know about flying on the coast.

His rates are reasonable as well, around $50/hr I believe for his time. Not sure if you have your own plane or not but he has a C180.

Road Trip wrote:Cat makes a good point, nothing beats instruction from an experienced float plane driver.

David Budd, with Ocean Air, is probably the best guy on the entire coast to see for float instruction.

http://www.oceanair.ca/floatplane_seaplane_training.htm

The most experienced instructor around, quality guy, knows his stuff and can teach you everything and anything you wanted to know about flying on the coast.

His rates are reasonable as well, around $50/hr I believe for his time. Not sure if you have your own plane or not but he has a C180.

Ok, now i'm blushing!