Mariah II Branches Out – Part 3 of 3 (You can listen to this via podcast here) Bidding a sad farewell to the dramatic Canadian scenery, we ease our way back into the States and pick our time to go south along Michigan Lake. While the wind gathers spirit, Penguin Jack (our dinghy) has been […]
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Mariah II Branches Out Part 2 of 3 (You can listen to this via podcast here) Noel throws me a look as my loud sneeze bounces off the vast pink, glimmering rocks, the alien noise echoes around in our secluded, staggeringly quiet anchorage. We would not be at all surprised if a salivating T-Rex crashes
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Mariah II Branches Out – Part 1 of 3 (You can listen to this via podcast here) Watching the skyscrapers shrink as we drop our mooring in New York, we focus on the next part of our adventure in America and we and look back with wonder. Hiding from Hurricanes After a month in Puerto
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On the ocean, our radio is almost like a telephone (power permitting). Now, back in Australia we have used our HF (SSB) to speak to buddies in New Zealand. The crackle and buzz moving us to melancholy; we remember how great the radio was on our travels. There’s the one time we realised ignorance is
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Partnership Training is one arm of the SisterShip Training team, which is made up of: SisterShip Training Lisa Blair’s Offshore Masterclass PartnerShip Training After an extremely successful (and fun) two-hour navigation workshop at Women Who Sail Australia’s (WWSA) “Gathering on The Bay”, a yearly event, SisterShip Training were asked to hold all women Coastal Navigation courses.
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A huge thank you to Morton Bay Trailer Boat Club. In September they hosted SisterShip Training’s Navigation Course. The venue is spectacular, if you’ve not visited yet be prepared. Beautiful markets at the weekend Stunning location Fabulous food View to help you lose concentration! 😉 Helpful and friendly team, they made us all feel very
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Why aren’t men allowed? Well, they are! Yes, we’ve previously run a few all-women navigation classes, because they asked us to. Now the classes are open to everyone. It wasn’t about leaving anyone out, it was fulfilling a request. Now, men are joining in. It’s great, looking forward to meeting you all. Coastal Navigation:
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Here’s what they are saying about Lisa Blair’s Masterclass. Everyone is welcome, it is for all levels: Lisa shares her unique knowledge and experience. “Lisa gave us very relevant information and we could ask specific advice for our boat. She also didn’t cover material that is already included in the Safety and Sea Survival
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Finding your position with double the angle off the bow This calculation takes advantage of the properties of an isosceles triangle. An isosceles triangle has two sides of equal length and consequently, it has two internal angles that are also equal. This rule is used when the second bearing between the bow of your boat
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Nautical Mile/One Minute of Latitude We know that we measure in degrees (°), minutes (’) and seconds (ʺ) or decimals of a minute. One minute of latitude is equal to one nautical mile (1,852 metres or 1.852 kilometres). TIP: You MUST measure distance from the latitude scale adjacent to the area you are working in
