Celestial Workshop 2.0

I'm offering a second celestial navigation workshop (the first one was a huge success last weekend, so I'm doing another!). If anyone wants to just come for the cookout, just bring your own grillable food and your beverage of choice. I'll provide that stuff if anyone signs up for the course. Hope to see you guys there!

Andy's Celestial Workshop 2.0:

When: Saturday & Sunday, October 3-4

Time: Sat. 9-5, Sun. 9-3ish

Cost: $400 per person 

Details: I'll provide all materials for the course, including a couple sextants, plotting paper and tools, sight reduction tables, the nautical almanac, etc. You can feel free to bring your own if you have them / want to. We'll grill out at the Sarles patio Saturday night, and I'll provide burgers, beer and soft drinks for anyone who attends the course. If you want to just come to the cookout, please BYO. 

The Workshop: We'll do some intro. theory in the morning on Saturday, then either head out on the boat, or head out to Bay Ridge in the car to take some practice sights when we have a clear horizon around noon. If the weather doesn't cooperate, I have a lot of sight data from the previous workshop that we can use. Saturday afternoon we'll learn how to reduce a sun sight and get a line of position from it. Sunday we'll start with some review, and then get into star navigation, star finding, natural nav. and some cool tricks with celestial. 

For those of you who don't know me, I crewed for the Woodwind for 3 years, and have recently started running sail training programs in the Caribbean for Broadreach / Acadmeic Treks, and doing private sailing instruction here in Annapolis and deliveries on my own. I hold a USCG Master License as well as the RYA Yachtmaster Oceans license, which had a rigorous celestial exam including a 600-mile offshore passage, navigating by celestial (which is how I learned the art). 

Hope to see you guys there!

Cheers,

Andy