Category Archives: Training Event

There is always a little anxiety.  The yacht, Wild Spirit, a Jeanneau 40 berthed in Lymington, well founded and with an excellent racing pedigree, is comfortable and handles well for teaching.  The victualing done, with heavy duty tupperware (frozen bouef bourgignon, chorizo and bean stew, green Thai chicken curry…) safely stowed in the fridge after [...]

 
 
 
This is a very brief introduction to radar without going into the niceties of plotting on graph paper or a chart what an actual set of conditions would look like on radar.
Click here to access this tutorial.

Tom Cunliffe ran an electronic navigation seminar at the Cruising Association on 11 December.  The topics covered were computers and electronic charts (Chris Pontet from Euronav), radar (Alan Watson, independent practitioner) and chart plotters (Nick Meadow from Garmin).
Tom says electronics are aids to the Mk I eyeball.  Electronic charts are either Raster or Vector.  Which [...]

January 20th 2009
Withdrawal symptoms were clearly getting to members of the High Seas as more than 15 eager beavers got together at Bernays Hall, Stanmore for a workshop session on the much sought-after art of correctly manoeuvring your canvas in order to progress in a forwardly direction with appropriate momentum according to the prevailing airflow [...]