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Sing up Today - Special 8-hour Course
Basic Essentials of Marine Weather
Sunday, Sept. 16th, 8 AM – 5 PM
Newport Harbor Hotel and Marina - Ballroom
Instructor: Lee S. Chesneau
USCG Certified STCW Basic and Advanced Meteorology Instructor: lee@chesneaumarineweather.com
Prerequisites: None
Description:
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How weather works: The atmosphere & principles of how clouds form; cloud types and what they mean to a mariner.
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Review of pressure and wind concepts.
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Overview of surface weather systems (lows, fronts, and troughs; highs and ridges). Warning labels, wind barbs and other surface chart symbols as depicted on Ocean Prediction Center and Tropical Prediction Center marine surface weather maps.
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Where to access weather information from the public domain.
Sign Up : Call the Boat Show Office at 401-846-1115, ext. 219 (seating is limited)
A review course binder will be provided at the end of the session to supplement notes taken, along with keeping the reinforcement exercises. Certificate is awarded upon successful completion of the course; Price: $150.00 p/p, Morning Coffee & Danish and Box Lunch included.
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Ballroom Salon A | Ballroom Salon D
| Ballroom - Salon A |
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - Salon A |
| Time |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
Captain Ed Mapes, Offshore Voyager |
Priority Equipment;
The Gear and Instrumentation Needed For Safe Passagemaking |
12:00 PM -
1:00 PM |
Captain Max Fentress,
American Boat School
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How to Get A Captain’s License |
1:00 PM -
2:00 PM |
Captain Kent Dresser, President, Confident Captain/Ocean Pros
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Careers On Board Yachts And How To Get One |
2:00 PM -
3:00 PM |
Kim Hess, Author, Yoga Instructor |
Yoga Onboard; Yoga Practices Adapted to an On Board Setting
Slide Show, Q & A
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3:00 PM -
4:00 PM |
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4:00 PM -
5:30 PM
Special Presentation |
Gary Jobson, ESPN Sailing Commentator, World Class Sailor and America's Cup Hall of Fame member
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Sailing Update - America's Cup Review plus the 2008 Olympic Outlook |
| Friday, September 14, 2007 - Salon A |
| Time |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
Michele Boulay, Author |
Leave the Shore Behind,
presentation and book signing |
12:00 PM -
1:00 PM |
Captain Kent Dresser, President, Confident Captain/Ocean Pros |
Careers On Board Yachts and How To Get One |
1:00 PM -
2:00 PM |
Kim Hess, Author, Yoga Instructor |
Yoga Onboard; yoga practices adapted to an on board setting
Slide show, Q & A |
2:00 PM -
3:00 PM |
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3:00 PM -
5:00 PM
* 2 Hours |
Captain Ed Mapes, Voyager Ocean Passages |
Storm Evasion and Heavy Weather Tactics - How to Keep Out of Harms Way and What To Do When You’re In It. |
| Saturday, September 15, 2007 - Salon A |
| Time |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM |
Captain Ed Mapes, Voyager Ocean Passages |
Boat Inspection Prior to Sailing; A Systematic Method to Assure Seaworthiness |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
Michele Boulay, Author |
Leave the Shore Behind,
presentation and book signing |
12:00 PM -
1:00 PM |
Kim Hess, Author, Yoga Instructor |
Yoga Onboard; yoga practices adapted to an on board setting
Slide show, Q & A |
1:00 PM -
2:00 PM |
Captain Max Fentress, American Boat School |
How To Get A Captain’s License |
2:00 PM -
3:00 PM |
Captain Kent Dresser, President, Confident Captain/Ocean Pros |
Careers On Board Yachts and How To Get One |
3:00 PM -
4:00 PM |
Dan O’Connor, Liferaft + Survival Equipment, Inc. |
Survival at Sea; Emergency Liferaft Deployment (actual demonstration) |
4:00 PM -
5:00 PM |
Theresa Barbo, Author |
The Pendleton Disaster off Cape Cod; The Greatest Small Boat Rescue in Coast Guard History (book signing) |
5:00 PM -
6:00 PM |
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| Sunday, September 16, 2007 - Salon A |
| Time |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
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12:00 PM -
1:00 PM |
Kim Hess, Author, Yoga Instructor |
Yoga Onboard; yoga practices adapted to an on board setting
Slide show, Q & A |
1:00 PM -
2:00 PM |
Captain Kent Dresser, President, Confident Captain/Ocean Pros |
Careers On Board Yachts and How To Get One |
2:00 PM -
3:00 PM |
Captain Ed Mapes, Voyager Ocean Passages |
A Voyage at Sea; What it’s Really Like at Sea? Illustrated discussion of a typical Ocean Passage |
3:00 PM -
4:00 PM |
Michele Boulay, Author |
Leave the Shore Behind,
presentation and book signing
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4:00 PM -
5:00 PM |
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| Ballroom - Salon D |
| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - Salon D |
| Time |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
Mike Muessel,
Oldport Marine Services
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Repowering Your Boat |
12:00 PM -
1:00 PM |
Capt.Rick Kilborne, Boatwise Marine Training School
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GPS / Chartplotters: Operation, interpretation of data, setting waypoints & building routes |
1:00 PM -
2:00 PM |
Lee Chesneau, US Coast Guard certified, STCW, Basic/Advanced Meteorology Instructor
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Marine Weather Interpretation |
2:00 PM -
3:00 PM |
Sue Kilborn, Boatwise Marine Training School |
Getting The Boat Home Without the Captain: What the first mate needs to know in order to get the boat back safely if the Captain becomes ill.
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3:00 PM -
4:00 PM |
Dr. Michael Jacobs, Author
Practicing Physician |
Cause, Prevention and Treatment of Sea Sickness
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4:00 PM -
5:00 PM |
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| Friday, September 14, 2007 - Salon D |
| Time |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
Keith Banks, Representative- HeartSine Technology and First Responder Educational Services |
Importance of Having A Portable, Public Access Defibrillator On-Board and at Home |
12:00 PM -
1:00 PM |
Captain Max Fentress, American Boat School |
How To Get Your Captain’s License |
1:00 PM -
2:00 PM |
Sue Kilborn, Boatwise Marine Training School |
Getting The Boat Home Without the Captain: What the first mate needs to know in order to get the boat back safely if the Captain becomes ill. |
2:00 PM -
3:00 PM |
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3:00 PM -
4:00 PM |
Captain Rick Kilborn, Boatwise Marine Training |
Navigating with Laptop Software |
4:00 PM -
5:00 PM |
Lee Chesneau, US Coast Guard certified, STCW, Basic/Advanced Meteorology Instructor |
Marine Weather Interpretation |
| Saturday, September 15, 2007 - Salon D |
| Time |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
Captain Manny Perry, Boatwise Marine Training |
Effects of Ethanol Fuel on Marine Engines |
12:00 PM -
1:00 PM |
Capt.Rick Kilborn, Boatwise Marine Training School |
Basic Radar Operation |
1:00 PM -
2:00 PM |
Richard V. Simpson, Author |
The Herreshoff Yachts; Seven Generations of Industrialists, Inventors and Ingenuity in Bristol (book signing) |
2:00 PM -
3:00 PM |
Captain Rick Kilborn, Boatwise Marine Training |
Navigating with Laptop Software |
3:00 PM -
4:00 PM |
Lee Chesneau, US Coast Guard certified, STCW, Basic/Advanced Meteorology Instructor
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Marine Weather Interpretation |
4:00 PM -
5:00 PM |
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5:00 PM -
6:00 PM |
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| Sunday, September 16, 2007 - Salon D |
| Time |
Speaker |
Topic |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
Capt.Rick Kilborn, Boatwise Marine Training School |
GPS Chartplotters |
12:00 PM -
1:00 PM |
Captain Max Fentress, American Boat School |
How To Get A Captain’s License |
1:00 PM -
2:00 PM |
Capt.Rick Kilborn, Boatwise Marine Training School |
Basic Radar Operation |
2:00 PM -
3:00 PM |
Captain Manny Perry, Boatwise Marine Training |
Effects of Ethanol Fuel on Marine Engines |
3:00 PM -
4:00 PM |
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4:00 PM -
5:00 PM |
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