A  NEW ONE DAY

WEATHER TRAINING COURSE

FOR SAILORS



Learn to read the weather

Maximize  Your  Safety,  Your Sailing Time,  Your  Comfort,    Your Passage making

                                                            Only £89-00

                     Recommended by Tom Cunliffe
                            "Will make a really useful day, will
                         enlighten many a weather-bound sailor."

A   specialist one day  course, in  weather taught by fully qualified, professional, Met.Office trained meteorologists. This course provides an accessible and affordable complement to the one day courses in Sea Survival, Radar, GMDSS & First Aid. The primary objective is to make a significant contribution to safety for all sailors including those taking RYA DaySkipper to Yachtmaster, and to help sailors maximize their use of weather and weather windows.

We cover:

  • PRINCIPLES OF WEATHER AND WEATHER SYSTEMS
  • INTERPRETATION OF SYNOPTIC CHARTS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY
  • WEATHER FORECASTS
  • LOCAL AREA INFLUENCES AND VARIATIONS
  • WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEA STATES
  • PREDICTION FROM OBSERVED WEATHER FEATURES & BAROMETER READINGS
  • PARTICULAR  EMPHASIS PLACED ON WIND AND VISIBILITY PREDICTION
  • SOURCES OF INFORMATION
  • COURSES ORIENTED TO THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE
  • INSTRUCTORS ARE PRACTISING METEOROLOGISTS QUALIFIED TO DEGREE LEVEL WITH ADDITIONAL  MET. OFFICE TRAINING

     A Big Thank You To All Those Who Visited Our Stand At The Earls Court Boat Show

We had a great response, with over 240 people leaving their contact details. They were all followed up with an email, giving details of the next two courses, but inevitably some addresses were taken down incorrectly and their emails failed to arrive.

If you are one of those who left your details but have not received a follow-up, please accept my apologies and email me (groundtrack@weather-to-sail.com) so that I have your correct email address.


            For an independent review of the course

please see the article on 'TheMainsail' website by clicking on:

www.themainsail.com


click on 'cruising', click on 'seamanship', enter Weather-to-Sail
into the search box and click, then click on the article.


(Weather-To-Sail site last updated 10.2.2008)