BOAT HOW TO & OCEAN POSSE SEMINAR - SAT SEP 2 2023
We are please to announce an introduction to BOAT HOW TO and their most comprehensive online learning system.
This ZOOM introduction is hosted by NIGEL CALDER
INTRODUCTIONS TO THE FOLLOWING YACHT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TOPICS
- Properly sizing conductors ( q&a )
- Making reliable connections ( q&a )
- Batteries The Charging System ( q&a )
- Best practices of monitoring and improving your electrical system ( q&a )
- Adding appropriate over current protection ( q&a )
- Check before you head out ( q&a )
- Simple troubleshooting techniques ( q&a )
- Emergency repairs, parts and tools ( q&a )
- Back Up system ( q&a )
TIME
Sat Sept 2 @ 7 AM Pacific Time 10 AM Eastern Time 4 PM Spain
Nigel's Story
Nigel got into motorcycles and sailing dinghies as a teenager, and has never been far from mechanical things and boats ever since. He has a BA in Philosophy from Exeter University (UK) and an MSc in Operations Research from Sussex University. In a varied career, before becoming a full-time sailing writer, with a focus on marine technical systems, he worked on automotive assembly lines, in foundries and machine shops, and on offshore oil production platforms.
He and his wife, Terrie, built a couple of 70-foot canal boats (on which they lived in England), and a 39-foot Ingrid cutter. They then sailed a Pacific Seacraft 40 for 5 years, following which they had a Malo 45 built in Sweden. This was sold to be replaced by the same boat but with an experimental electrical distribution and propulsion system.
It has been used for extensive testing of cutting edge systems, including a 4-year European Union funded project (HyMar), of which Nigel was the Technical Director, investigating the applicability of hybrid technologies to marine propulsion systems. Based on data collected during the HyMar project, Nigel initiated, and was a lead developer in, a multi-year project resulting in the award-winning advanced generator technology now sold under the Integrel brand name.
Nigel and Terrie have sailed in the North Sea, the Atlantic as far north as the Faroe Islands and as far south as Portugal, the U.S. east coast, the Bahamas and extensively in the Caribbean, with Pippin (now aged 37) and Paul (36) augmenting the crew along the way. In addition to his books on boat systems and hundreds of magazine articles, he has also authored a ‘Cruising Guide to the Northwest Caribbean’, ‘Cuba: A Cruising Guide’, ‘Nigel Calder’s Cruising Handbook: a Compendium for Coastal and Offshore Sailors’ and ‘How to Read a Nautical Chart’. He recently released a memoir of his family’s first long cruise titled ‘Shakedown Cruise’.
Nigel is currently the Technical Editor and/or Associate Editor of PassageMaker, Professional Boatbuilder, Sail, and Ocean Navigator magazines and a consultant on marine energy issues. He has recently joined marine energy systems company OceanPlanet Energy as a mechanism to continue his passion for constantly improving boat electrical systems.
Nigel is a 30-year veteran of the American Boat and Yacht Council’s Electrical Project Technical Committee, which writes the U.S. standards for recreational boat electrical systems, and a founder member of www.BoatHowTo.com, the online marine technical education site which is at the heart of today’s discussion.’
Dr. Jan C. Athenstädt
Jan runs KlabauterKiste, the German online magazine for boatowners and Klabauter-Shop, an online shop for boat electrics as well as BootsBastler.org, a German online community for people who love "messing about in boats".
He holds a PhD in computer science and loves to teach people new skills.
ver since he set foot on his grandfather's boat as a child, Jan has been dreaming of sailing around the world.
During his studies in computer science, he has worked as a deckhand and bosun on tall ships such as the Schooner Zodiac and the Bark Europa, sailing well over 10,000 miles on the world's oceans and making it all the way down to Antarctica. In recent years, he has been responsible for rewiring and maintaining the technical systems on various yachts, such as the research vessel Aldebaran.
Jan holds a PhD from Konstanz University and a master's degree from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. (Both in Computer Science, but for his PhD he worked with archaeologists in the Caribbean, using network science to reconstruct pre-Columbian voyages.) He also studied for a year at the University of Washington in Seattle on a Fulbright grant, which gave him the opportunity to explore the beautiful Pacific Northwest and British Columbia.
When he bought his Laurin32 Ahora in north Germany to prepare it for extensive cruising, he noticed that there is very little reliable information on the internet about boat electrics and mechanics. So he started the German online magazine KlabauterKiste where he publishes technical advice as well as stories about boatbuilding and refit projects.
In order to help boatowners acquire supplies for their rewiring projects, he started his online store Klabauter-Shop, where people can order everything from a simple cable lug to a high end radar system. And in order to connect German boatowners and help them exchange ideas, he recently started BootsBastler.org.
Jan lives and works on his boat and is currently sailing southern Europe and the Mediterranean. If you are interested, here is a 6-minute video about his liveaboard life:
Nigel got into motorcycles and sailing dinghies as a teenager, and has never been far from mechanical things and boats ever since. He has a BA in Philosophy from Exeter University (UK) and an MSc in Operations Research from Sussex University. In a varied career, before becoming a full-time sailing writer, with a focus on marine technical systems, he worked on automotive assembly lines, in foundries and machine shops, and on offshore oil production platforms.
He and his wife, Terrie, built a couple of 70-foot canal boats (on which they lived in England), and a 39-foot Ingrid cutter. They then sailed a Pacific Seacraft 40 for 5 years, following which they had a Malo 45 built in Sweden. This was sold to be replaced by the same boat but with an experimental electrical distribution and propulsion system.
It has been used for extensive testing of cutting edge systems, including a 4-year European Union funded project (HyMar), of which Nigel was the Technical Director, investigating the applicability of hybrid technologies to marine propulsion systems. Based on data collected during the HyMar project, Nigel initiated, and was a lead developer in, a multi-year project resulting in the award-winning advanced generator technology now sold under the Integrel brand name.
Nigel and Terrie have sailed in the North Sea, the Atlantic as far north as the Faroe Islands and as far south as Portugal, the U.S. east coast, the Bahamas and extensively in the Caribbean, with Pippin (now aged 37) and Paul (36) augmenting the crew along the way. In addition to his books on boat systems and hundreds of magazine articles, he has also authored a ‘Cruising Guide to the Northwest Caribbean’, ‘Cuba: A Cruising Guide’, ‘Nigel Calder’s Cruising Handbook: a Compendium for Coastal and Offshore Sailors’ and ‘How to Read a Nautical Chart’. He recently released a memoir of his family’s first long cruise titled ‘Shakedown Cruise’.
Nigel is currently the Technical Editor and/or Associate Editor of PassageMaker, Professional Boatbuilder, Sail, and Ocean Navigator magazines and a consultant on marine energy issues. He has recently joined marine energy systems company OceanPlanet Energy as a mechanism to continue his passion for constantly improving boat electrical systems.
Nigel is a 30-year veteran of the American Boat and Yacht Council’s Electrical Project Technical Committee, which writes the U.S. standards for recreational boat electrical systems, and a founder member of www.BoatHowTo.com, the online marine technical education site which is at the heart of today’s discussion.’
Dr. Jan C. Athenstädt
Jan runs KlabauterKiste, the German online magazine for boatowners and Klabauter-Shop, an online shop for boat electrics as well as BootsBastler.org, a German online community for people who love "messing about in boats".
He holds a PhD in computer science and loves to teach people new skills.
ver since he set foot on his grandfather's boat as a child, Jan has been dreaming of sailing around the world.
During his studies in computer science, he has worked as a deckhand and bosun on tall ships such as the Schooner Zodiac and the Bark Europa, sailing well over 10,000 miles on the world's oceans and making it all the way down to Antarctica. In recent years, he has been responsible for rewiring and maintaining the technical systems on various yachts, such as the research vessel Aldebaran.
Jan holds a PhD from Konstanz University and a master's degree from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. (Both in Computer Science, but for his PhD he worked with archaeologists in the Caribbean, using network science to reconstruct pre-Columbian voyages.) He also studied for a year at the University of Washington in Seattle on a Fulbright grant, which gave him the opportunity to explore the beautiful Pacific Northwest and British Columbia.
When he bought his Laurin32 Ahora in north Germany to prepare it for extensive cruising, he noticed that there is very little reliable information on the internet about boat electrics and mechanics. So he started the German online magazine KlabauterKiste where he publishes technical advice as well as stories about boatbuilding and refit projects.
In order to help boatowners acquire supplies for their rewiring projects, he started his online store Klabauter-Shop, where people can order everything from a simple cable lug to a high end radar system. And in order to connect German boatowners and help them exchange ideas, he recently started BootsBastler.org.
Jan lives and works on his boat and is currently sailing southern Europe and the Mediterranean. If you are interested, here is a 6-minute video about his liveaboard life:
PREDICT WIND & OCEAN POSSE / Weather Routing while under way
PREDICT WIND & OCEAN POSSE / Weather Routing while under way.
Friday, December 8, 2023⋅11:30am – 1:00pm
Complex weather analysis made easy.
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PREDICT WIND & OCEAN POSSE / Departure Planning & Weather Routing
PREDICT WIND & OCEAN POSSE
Departure Planning & Weather Routing
With advanced weather technology, there is no reason to get caught out in unfavourable weather conditions. PredictWind introduced the first online Departure Planning tool over a decade ago and now with new updates, it’s even more effective at finding the best weather window for departure.
Using the power of PredictWind’s Weather Routing, the Departure Planning tool compares four departure dates and associated weather conditions to enable you to make the best departure decision. A PredictWind weather route performs an incredible one billion calculations to remove all the “guesswork”, of “when and where” you will encounter the next weather system. By examining the four departure dates or times, and the four models, Departure Planning performs 16 billion calculations in the PredictWind cloud. This data is then summarised to ensure that selecting your departure date is both easy and stress-free.
Departure Planning has been upgraded with the following features:
• Previously you could only compare two weather models at once, but now you can compare four models. This gives you double the confidence in your decision-making process.
• You can now select which forecast models to use in the departure plan. We recommend our top-performing long-range forecast models are used as the default selection.
• The updated user interface allows you to summarise each departure date with an average of the four models, or alternatively, drill into the detail by comparing the four models on each departure date.
Make planning your next offshore or coastal trip a breeze with the PredictWind Departure Planning tool.
Departure Planning is available on the PredictWind Forecast Website, PredictWind App or the Offshore App.
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PREDICT WIND & OCEAN POSSE / PredictWind App Zoom Seminar
PredictWind App ZOOM SEMINAR THU Nov 16 2023
Marine forecasts and tools for inshore and coastal applications.
Forecasts on any device
The PredictWind App and Website are designed for use on cellular and wifi networks. View high resolution forecasts on your mobile, tablet or computer.
Available on iOS and Android.
Forecasts
Daily Briefing
Tables
Graphs
Wind
Gust
Cape
Wave
Rain
Cloud
Isobar
Air Temp
Sea Temp
Solunar
Tools
Weather Routing
Departure Planning
Ocean Data
Local Knowledge
Observations
Validation
GPS Tracking
YB Tracking
Forecast Alerts
AIS Data
GMDSS Map
ZOOM INFO
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Digital Yacht Tablet and iPad Navigation Seminar OCEAN POSSE's Zoom Meeting
Nicholas Heyes will present best practices of integrating Digital yacht devices into the modern yacht systems as an additional aid to navigation
Monday Sep 4th, 2023 12:00 Pacific Time
Digital Yacht Ltd
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UK DIRECT DIAL + 44 207 100 9116
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OPEN CPN ZOOM SEMINAR
This will be our annual pre-season OPEN CPN seminar hosted by Rob Murray and Captain Dietmar
Requirements:
Preinstalled opencpn on a laptop or android tablet and running.
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