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Maneuver and Dock Your Sailboat Under Power: High Winds, Current, Tight Marina, Backing In? No Problems!
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About Maneuver And Dock Your Sailboat Under Power: High
Product Description Let the experts at NauticEd teach you the smart way to handle your sailboat!If you skipper a sailboat, you know the inherent dangers of docking and maneuvering in a tight marina with high winds and current. Just one ding can cost hundreds of dollars and worse than that, major embarrassment.The experts at NauticEd offer a painless solution with this concise series of practice exercises using real maneuvering techniques—with clear explanations on how you can always be in full control or your boat in the marina. Once you master these exercises, you will confidently maneuver your sailboat in any marina in the world under whatever conditions are thrown at you.Grab this book, grab a friend, some (non-alcoholic) libations, and a sandwich and get out on the water for a fun enjoyable day of maneuvering practice.Here is what one of NauticEd’s students had to say:“I’ve sailed for the last thirty-plus years and have a fifty-ton master’s credential. I’m constantly learning something new or forgotten from NauticEd.” From the Author In a past life, I ran a global sailboat sharing company. Of course, our biggest day to day financial concern was how to reduce damage to our fleet. Fully, 98% of the damage to our boats happened in the marina. And so, I developed a series of exercises that each of our members would run through with a getting started starting instructor to ensure that they knew how to perfectly maneuver the boat into the dock no matter what the conditions and directions of wind, current and traffic; this before we released the boat to them on their own. This program was so successful that we reduced marina damage incidents by 80% (wish I could say 100% but you just can't teach them all LOL). It also had an added benefit that we didn't initially think about; it increased our member retention because no longer were people quitting the membership because they were intimidated by big boat, big wind, big current, in a small marina.This book is a real coming together of the real knowledge that we applied to reduce the damage happening in a real fleet of boats. I repeated the word "real" above on purpose because damage is real and costs real money and the program really worked. It's not just theory of boat operations; its real operations of a boat that will make you confident and competent about maneuvering your boat in a marina.So in this book, we first talk about the theory of the operations and then we apply that to dozens of real exercises that we want you to practice, on your own or with a friend, or with a professional instructor. The more you practice these specific exercises, the more you become an expert.Grab a copy of this book, grab a friend, a sandwich and a libation (non alcoholic) and sneak out of the office on a windy day and play with these exercises. Have fun and we know you will come back an expert. About the Author Grant Headifen is the global director of education for NauticEd, a leading international sailing education and certification company. His passion and focus is to make sailing education available and accessible to those who share his love of the water. With a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Texas, Austin, Headifen brings a unique approach to sailing education. He is able to explain the very technical in simple, practical pieces to allow anyone to grasp the concepts. His goal: to give sailors the knowledge and the competence to sail like an expert anywhere in the world. Originally from New Zealand, Grant lives in Austin, Texas, with his daughter (his other passion).
