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Managing
Your Boat Like a Pro
Length
-- 8 hours
Developed
jointly with Fine Edge Nautical Seminars
What does it mean to “Manage your
boat like a Pro”?
This
seminar presents a systematic program of boat and passage management
consisting of critical knowledge elements, Standard Operating Procedures,
checklists for maintenance and day to day management, and planning tools.
Tools are provided for the management of all “phases of operation”,
and preparation, planning, and maintenance cycles
In
some ways, it is more challenging for a recreational boater to “manage
like a pro” than it is for the true professional. Professional mariners
depend on engineers to do the mechanical work, on deckhands to manage the
deck, and on a cook to manage the galley. The recreational boater must
combine elements of all four functions, engineer, deckhand, cook, and
skipper into one, without burdening him (or her) self with so much
responsibility that it takes the fun out of boating.
One
way in which there is a significant difference between the competent
recreational boater and the professional seaman, is that the professional
is often compelled to travel and perform during marginal weather
conditions whereas the recreational boater is very seldom compelled to do the same. The true measure of a
successful recreational boater is that he or she does not come home with
horror stories, and tales of adventure or disaster. Instead, a truly
successful boater avoids traveling in bad weather, does not experience
critical failures of equipment and basically has no surprises.
Modern
commercial ship management operates on similar principles, Maritime safety
management as practiced by modern captains now resembles the management of
aircraft safety more than it does the “seat of the pants” type marine
management of the last century.
Above
all, this is a course about management, not about the details of
seamanship. We strongly recommend the various seamanship and navigation
courses available, especially those offered by the
US
and Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons.
The
main principles of vessel management are captured in a number of
conceptual areas. These areas are shared by big commercial shipping, but
their basic principles are as applicable to small recreational boats as
they are to supertankers.
A
professional skipper skilfully manages his or her boat with time honed
practices built upon experience. Experienced instructors will guide you
step by step with techniques they have learned for a successful and safe
means of managing your boat and enjoying your passage.
A
course binder will be provided with all of the key information covered in
the seminar. This will include checklists for use on your boat to allow
you to quickly and easily use the techniques for each of your passages,
whether for a single day or weekend or to visit a far off and remote
destination. The techniques taught in this class apply to any powered
vessel, sail or power. Specific sailing techniques will not be covered,
but all planning, boat handling and management applies to either sail or
powerboats.
Click
here for the seminar outline
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