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Schedule
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Learn to adjust the shape of your sails to maximize their efficiency and the comfort and safety of your boat and crew during ever changing conditions. *One on-the-water...
Speakers: Captain Erica Trejo FSBC | Naomi Emmerson BoatLuv | Debby Grimm
Getting a boat in and out of a slip or off a dock is an essential skill. Gaining an understanding of how a sailboat reacts at slow speeds...
Speakers: Captain Mary Goff Narragansett Sailing School
Take the first step to sailor sisterhood! Learn the basics of sailing as crew and for taking the helm. Participants must bring a US Coast Guard approved lifejacket...
Speakers: Captain Carol Hesson Narragansett Sailing School
Profiles of women over the years who have loved offshore sailing and inspired others: Exey Johnson, Naomi James, Jean Socrates, Tania Abei and Karen Prioleau.
Speakers: Captain Sheila McCurdy
How to fill out a protest form and prepare for a protest hearing. If you are experienced in a protest room, how and why you should consider coming...
Speakers: Captain Charlie Arms
Understanding the weather is one of the most important knowledge based skills a sailor can develop. But it is complicated. Fortunately there are many great tools that use...
Speakers: Captain Linda Newland
Think you're okay with just an electronic nav station? What happens when you lose all power! Discover the trove of information on a traditional paper nautical chart, it's...
Speakers: Pat Dieselman | Captain Sue LaVoie
The language of sailing is deep, colorful and varied. Learning the basic language of sailing puts a new sailor in a good light with a skipper and with...
With an understanding of the nautical chart, calculating speed-time-distance and using common navigation tools, sailors are equipped to plot a course or even plan a longer cruise. Knowledge...