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In this online course, guided by Captn Lisa Batchelor Frley a seasoned meteorologist and passagemaking expert you will delve into seamlessly integrating navigation, weather forecasting, oceanography, and advanced techniques for planning routes and passages. Gn confidence in managing risks effectively while harnessing favorable conditions to ensure safe and successful coastal and bluewater voyages.
This 2x90-minute session offers an immersive journey through essential marine weather topics tlored for slors of all levels seeking to refine their navigation skills with a focus on leveraging predictive tools and technology. Whether you're an experienced slor looking to elevate your capabilities or just starting out, this course equips you with the knowledge and confidence needed to navigate diverse weather conditions at sea.
This class will take you beyond basic understanding and dive deep into interpreting synoptic charts, utilizing GRIB files, and working with advanced weather routing systems. A detled case study on a passage from Norfolk VA to USVI will be explored, giving you practical insights into climatology, route planning strategies, Gulf Stream crossing tactics, and navigating through various enroute conditions.
Understanding circulation patterns around highs and lows.
Decoding wind directions, fronts, and cloud formations.
Analyzing sea state parameters for safe navigation.
of planning coastal passages.
Application of climatology in route planning.
Maximizing efficiency with tidal knowledge and current dynamics.
Strategies for acquiring information while offshore.
Exploring the pros and cons of GRIB files, viewers, and apps for chartplotters.
Utilizing marine weather sources for informed decision-making.
Reading synoptic charts with expertise.
Key products from NOAA’s Ocean Prediction Center OPC for mariners.
Leveraging weather routers: vs. automated approaches.
Weather patterns specific to the Gulf Stream crossing.
Tloring passage planning to navigate safely through this complex maritime feature.
Join Captns Lisa Batchelor Frley and Andy Batchelor, founders of Sl Solomons ASA School Charter Base. With a combined military career in aviation and intelligence Andy and meteorology and oceanography Lisa, their expertise spans navigation, passagemaking, and instructing sling courses.
Co-authors of ASA textbooks on Bareboat Cruising, Catamaran Cruising, and Dinghies Outboard.
Principal contributors to ASA's Advanced Cruising and Seamanship curriculum.
Authors of Docking Maneuvering Made Easy the new textbook for American Sling Association’s ASA Docking orsement.
Andy and Lisa have lived aboard their Passport 47 ZINGARO and Outbound 46 KINETIC, making seven years of coastal passages and ocean voyages. They offer trning while living aboard in exotic locations, leading sling flotillas on cruising catamarans and monohulls across the Caribbean.
With USCG Captn licenses, experience as cruisers, instructors, analysts, and business owners, Andy and Lisa bring a wealth of knowledge from years of service in the sling industry. They share their expertise through live and virtual seminars at Cruisers' University, providing tlored instruction with a global perspective.
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