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FEATURE STORY
Besides the nature of wind and how it interacts with
water and land, by the end of the course, the student will
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have learned the role of marine weather in their overall
The recommended text for the course is Modern Marine
navigation program. This will include how to plan the
Weather and the accompanying Marine Weather
time and route of a voyage—be it across an ocean or
Workbook, designed specifically for the ASA weather
around a nearby island—and once underway how to
endorsement course. Instructors will use graphics from
monitor changes in the weather that might affect previous
the Weather Trainer program as well as other resources
decisions. For this they will learn use of the latest
developed by Starpath to
wireless communications and new weather resources now
supplement their own materials and
available, along with time-honored traditional shipboard
experience. The course is intended
observations of barometer, wind, clouds, and sea state to
to run from 12 to 18 hours as
judge the validity and progress of the forecasts they have
adapted by individual instructors to
received.
best meet the needs and desires of
their students. The course can be
To prepare for unexpected or unavoidable circumstances,
adapted to local sailing conditions
the course also covers the properties and behaviors of
by expanding upon the more locally
squalls, fronts, storms and hurricanes. And to bind these
relevant parts of the overall course
elements of practical goals, students will learn about
syllabus and standards.
atmospheric pressure, clouds, fog, global wind patterns
that lead to what we see in specific cases, and an in-
Weather is a big subject with many facets, but when it
depth understanding of the relation between wind and
comes to marine weather it boils down to the wind. Wind
sea state, including how to predict wave heights. An
drives the boat and wind makes the waves the boat must
inevitable byproduct of the study will be a thorough
drive through. But it is not just strong winds and how to
knowledge of weather maps and how to use them.
avoid them that matters. The course also teaches how to
find more wind when there is little to be had—a skill
With weather being the most pressing factor in a journey
that will be used to much benefit by sailors far more
by sail, this course is a must-do for those looking to make
often than avoiding too much wind.
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