Over 3 nights, this online and instructor led course covers the fundamentals plus planning for the weather on a 3+ day coastal passage including:

• Fundamentals of weather terminology. 
• Definitions. 
• The Barometer 
• Vectors in sailing 
• Seasons 
• Coriolis 
• Weather systems, Global mechanisms 
• The forecasting process, the weather map, 
• Weather information, how to read and use it. 
• Fronts 
• Weather Warnings 
• Waves & Tides 
• An introduction to Clouds and their signs. 
• Gusts, lulls, and coriolis. 
• Sea breezes-local- -autumn, winter, summer. Land breezes, katabatics. 
• Obstructions 
• Topography, land effects & Bathymmetry  
• 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: All participants will be enrolled into the ORCV Online Learning module where you will be asked to complete the online learning content (approx 2 hours needed) prior to attending night 1.  

Cost:

$170 Non-member (plus booking fee)

$145 ORCV Member (plus booking fee)

Location

Online event access details will be provided by the event organiser

Contact Details

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