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Anchoring & Docking

Thursday 12:30 pm - Thursday 2:45 pm | Featuring: Ace Spragg

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Ace Spragg

Carolyn “Ace” Spragg grew up on the Chesapeake Bay, messing about in boats. She built her first raft at age 6, learned to sail at age 8, and has spent more than 35 years teaching on the water. She was the Waterfront Director and Program Director at Camp Wayne for 15 years. After moving to the Pacific Northwest in 2000, she started teaching sailing and cruising skills on her Yorktown 39, S/V Fraid Knot, which she lived aboard for 15 years. Ace has her USCG 50-ton Master’s License, International Sail and Power Association Yachtmaster Offshore teaching certification, US Sailing teaching certification, and is a US Maritime Academy Captain’s License Instructor. In 2006 she skippered her boat to Hawaii and back with all-women crews. She was the Program Director of the Northwest Maritime Center from 2011-2017, and continues to teach and work there as the Adult Programs Manager.

Docking and Anchoring do not have to be fearful events when boating. There is a step by step practical approach that can work for you and your crew. Ace Spragg, of the Northwest Maritime Center, will take you through the steps of how you can successfully dock in different wind conditions. Next, she will step through her tried and true method to anchoring. With her approach and technique, you and your crew can sleep with confidence with your anchor securely hooked on the bottom.

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Anchoring Techniques: From Puget Sound to Worldwide Regions

Saturday 2:00 pm - Saturday 3:00 pm | Featuring: John Neal & Amanda Swan Neal

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John Neal & Amanda Swan Neal
John & Amanda annually sail eight months and 10,000 miles conducting sail-training expeditions in the South Pacific aboard Mahina Tiare III, their Hallberg-Rassy 46. Since 1976, John's passion has been sharing his knowledge of ocean voyaging through seminars and training expeditions and his 387,000 offshore miles include expeditions to Antarctica, Africa, Australia and Spitsbergen. Amanda completed the Whitbread Race as rigger aboard Maiden, has 44 years and 346,000 miles offshore experience and is author of Marine Diesel Engine Essentials and The Essential Galley Companion.

Review of basic and enhanced anchoring techniques commonly used in our local waters and the Inside Passage to Alaska, tropics and high-latitudes are detailed based John and Amanda Neal’s anchoring experience spanning 46 years in 55 countries. A free handout is included.

This seminar is brought to you by Sundance Yachts. Visit our Virtual Booth to start your next great adventure.

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Anchoring Basics

Sunday 1:00 pm - Sunday 2:00 pm | Featuring: Ace Spragg

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Ace Spragg

Carolyn “Ace” Spragg grew up on the Chesapeake Bay, messing about in boats. She built her first raft at age 6, learned to sail at age 8, and has spent more than 35 years teaching on the water. She was the Waterfront Director and Program Director at Camp Wayne for 15 years. After moving to the Pacific Northwest in 2000, she started teaching sailing and cruising skills on her Yorktown 39, S/V Fraid Knot, which she lived aboard for 15 years. Ace has her USCG 50-ton Master’s License, International Sail and Power Association Yachtmaster Offshore teaching certification, US Sailing teaching certification, and is a US Maritime Academy Captain’s License Instructor. In 2006 she skippered her boat to Hawaii and back with all-women crews. She was the Program Director of the Northwest Maritime Center from 2011-2017, and continues to teach and work there as the Adult Programs Manager.

Get off the dock and enjoy cruising in your own private world! Choosing an anchorage and setting the hook securely. Feel confident on your anchor.

This seminar is brought to you by Sundance Yachts. Visit our Virtual Booth to start your next great adventure.

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