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05/17/04

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The Sailboat:

First, there is my hole in the water. Visit Michi's Home Page.

Michi is back from cruising Mexico. Read all about it.

Michi has been around. Read about past adventures on Michi's previous owner's home page.

Scott's Rules for Boat Projects:

Read these rules before starting any boat project.

 

Standard Operating Procedures for sailing

One of the things I believe in is being prepared when sailing offshore. This means getting the boat ready for all possible contingencies. To make this process easier, I created a series of check-lists and SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) to help me prepare for offshore journeys. I did this while taking Advanced Coastal Cruising at Club Nautique. These SOPs are very valuable in organizing the process of being 'skipper'. I have been happy to see others finding them valuable as well. I have seen them posted in other Club Nautique boats as well as having some of the instructors use them when doing their own passages or deliveries. These were created from bits and pieces of other prep documents that others before me had created. I just added some innovations of my own and organized them. I hope you like them.

Download the Word 7 version of the SOPs here

Sailing Resume:

I have taken numerous training courses. Most have been through Club Nautique:

ASA Basic Keelboat Sailing
ASA Basic Coastal Cruising
ASA Bareboat Chartering
ASA Coastal Navigation
ASA Advanced Coastal Cruising
ASA Celestial Navigation
US Sailing Basic Keelboat
US Sailing Basic Cruising
US Sailing Bareboat Cruising
Spinnaker Clinic
Racing Clinic
Diesel Engine Seminar
Some Boats I have Skippered or Crewed on:

 

Olson 25 Olson 911 Ericson 34
Ericson 38 Pearson 303 Pearson 36
Hunter 30 Hunter 29.5 Santa Cruz 40
J/24 Cal 25 Ranger 23
C&C 27 C&C 37++ Nordic 40
Cal 35 Jeanneau 41 Jeanneau 42
Kerby 25 Santana 25 O'Day 35
Ericson 30 Catalina 30  
Celestial

I also took celestial navigation and worked up some Sight Reduction Worksheets. You can download the Word format documents here

 

Favorite Weather Links:

Wind Flow map of San Francisco Bay
NWS MARINE WEATHER PAGE
NWS San Francisco Bay Area Weather Page
Marine Prediction Center (weather fax information)

Current San Francisco Weather:

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