This is from “Noel and Jackie’s Journeys” website, with the story of Noel living it up in a hospital in Ecuador, while I do battle with the dinghy and the heat. We had great medical help abroad while sailing the world. Medical Help Abroad We still need to visit Doctors when travelling. I had to […]
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As we create more workshops that combine our recreational and commercial boating experience, it becomes more and more obvious that Knowledge is Power. Cruising successfully isn’t just luck it takes planning and preparation. We prepare the boat and its systems, we buy safety equipment and merrily go on our way thinking we are ready! But
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Other courses WeatherPassage PlanningNavigationCol RegsMarine Radio Who’s this course for? This course is for anyone that wants to feel safe and confident on the water; Catamaran owners, monohull owners, motorboat owners. It’s about YOUR boat, and YOUR systems and equipment – it’s about YOU and YOUR crew. Emergency Preparedness – What Would You Do? BOOK
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The Australian Hydrographic Office (AHO) is phasing out the paper-planning charts (chart indexes) Aus5000 and AUS5001 in 2022, all Australian navigation charts can be viewed here. It’s a great way to view up-to-date charts, and it makes it easy to view the charts needed for your voyage, assisting with Passage Planning. The AHO state: The
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Here are the Navigation Course Full Content Details – each topic is video learning, step-by-step. Hit play, sit back and absorb the techniques and then practice yourself. Bite-sized: (scroll down on this page) We are pleased to say you can now sample and tackle one section at a time. With 15 bite-sized sections, plus a
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How do I Get my Marine Radio Licence? If you have a VHF or a MF/HF radio on board you must have a licence to use it. What does VHF mean? VHF is Very High Frequency and is a short range radio. The range is the aerials’ line of sight. What does MF/HF mean? MF/HF
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Good communication is key in relationships, business, and on board your boat. Without good, solid communication relationships crumble, businesses fail, and boats, well it will become dangerous! Where are we? Our first foray into Moreton Bay, Noel and I checked each marker diligently. “Have you seen the green marker of the next channel?” I asked.
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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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Conversions If you are calculating the time you will arrive at your destination, you would use the Speed, Distance, Time formula. To enable the use of a calculator we must convert the minutes (or seconds as per the example) to a decimal. Once calculated, the navigator would not say, “We will arrive in 3.5 hours,
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The Great Circle is the largest circle that can be drawn around the Earth’s sphere. When cutting a sphere exactly in half you have cut along one of its great circles. All Meridians are great circles. The Equator is a great circle (i.e. cutting the Earth in half). Great circles are useful in planning routes
