ORCV Weather for Sailors Course
Module 2 Coastal Sailing (SOLD OUT)
For 2 nights, this online course builds on the fundamental knowledge of Module 1 and prepares a sailor for longer coastal passages usually 3 days or more, whether that be racing or cruising including:
- 4 & 7 day prognosis-maps
- Routing Software and forecasts
- Topography-sea breezes-land breezes-katabatics-timings, clouds-temperatures-airmasses
- Other land effects, headlands, indents, rivers, mountains, cliffs, islands, wind directions
- Thunderstorms etc
- Jet streams briefly
- Bathymetry, tides, currents,(and shallows) moon passage, tidal nodes, using port data
- Using ORCV Bass Strait tidal model
- Gribs
- Coastal tides & Currents
- Severe weather systems
- Sailing the tropics
Pre-requisites: A sound understanding of weather terminology and basics
Cost: $150 per person non member, $127.50 per person ORCV Member
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Module 2 Coastal Sailing (SOLD OUT)
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