[SDSPS Members] Piloting and Weather Classes

[Michael Fontaine]

SAN DIEGO SAIL & POWER SQUADRON 
PILOTING
                   Monday JUNE 16, 2008  1900  (7:00 PM)
                   Southwestern Yacht Club
Piloting is the first of the navigational classes focusing on techniques for piloting a boat in coastal and inland conditions.  The course emphasizes planning and checking along with the use of GPS for determining position, and introduces digital charting along with traditional charting, compass and dead reckoning skills.  Plotting, labeling, use of the compass, aids to navigation and a host of related topics are included in this all-new approach to coastal and inland piloting.
Please call Dave Baer at 619-223-4479 for additional information or to register for the class. Cost of materials is $50.00 which includes student manual, MAPTECH CD and the book Weekend Navigator.

SAN DIEGO SAIL & POWER SQUADRON 
WEATHER 101 & 102
 
Monday 2 June 2008  1900  (7:00 PM)
                   Southwestern Yacht Club
This course will furnish basic weather knowledge for safer and more enjoyable boating.  The student will learn to make weather predictions based upon observations of the sky, upon barometer and wind information, as well as weather data provided by maps, satellite images and radio and TV broadcasts.  Wx101- Basic weather- topics include: effects of heat and cold; wind and pressure; storms and fronts; rain, humidity and fog; floods, droughts and winter precipitation.  Wx102- Advanced weather- topics include: thunderstorms, tornadoes, tropical weather, atmosphere, clouds, forecasting and climate.
Please call Bill Bridge at 858/277-2916 for additional information or to register for the class. Cost of materials is $60.00

Michael Fontaine
mwfcjf at earthlink.net
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