Seminar Tag: Sailing

John and Amanda probably have more experience planning long passages than any cruising couple in the world. In addition they have prepared thousands of sailors on how to plan for long passages through their training programs presented around the world through their company, Mahina Expeditions. Whether you are cruising in a power boat or a long distance sail boat, their tips on how to prepare and how to cruise long distances are invaluable. They will include tips on how to prepare yourself and your vessel for a long distance passage. They will include checklists for use underway that will help a long and successful journey. Learn about monitoring boat conditions and maintaining a reasonable watch schedule, how to trouble-shoot and problem solve and how to meal plan and provision for a long passage. Whether you are headed up to Inside Passage to Alaska or crossing the Pacific Ocean, John and Amanda will provide you with an overview of the things you really need to know.
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Ever dream of buying a budget boat and fixing it up? Maybe you own an older vessel that needs T.L.C. The crew at Skagit Valley College is doing a complete refit and using it as a teaching platform for students. They are almost half way into the project and Michael will share costs, challenges, photographs, and talk about the decision making process for fixing up an old sailboat.
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John and Amanda will share valuable tips for setting up your boat plus procedures and checklists addressing the following: safety, overboard prevention, watch standing, electronics for safety, sail handling, weather resources, dealing with sleep deprivation, docking, communications and storm tactics. A handout featuring key points and resources is included.
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Let’s talk cruising and coconut palm beaches, we all need a little inspiration right now! John and Amanda Neal (Mahina Expeditions), Behan and Jamie Gifford (Sailing Totem) and Sarah and Will Curry (Hydrovane) chat sailing life and experiences during the pandemic, achieving self sufficiency onboard, passage planning to exotic destinations, and more. Listen in for insight into the cruising lifestyle and some laughs as we all catch up! The freedom to explore the world in this amazing way is yours to realize.
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Join Carol Hasse for a never before seen virtual tour of Hasse & Company Port Townsend Sails! This presentation focuses on mainsails for cruisers and gives special attention to the the storm trysail for blue water voyagers. Details and options from batten styles to reef positions are discussed in a chalk talk, and a newly completed mainsail and trysail are shown in the sail loft.
This seminar is brought to you by Sundance Yachts. Visit our Virtual Booth to start your next great adventure.


Join Carol Hasse for a never before seen virtual tour of Hasse & Company Port Townsend Sails! This presentation focuses on mainsails for cruisers and gives special attention to the the storm trysail for blue water voyagers. Details and options from batten styles to reef positions are discussed in a chalk talk, and a newly completed mainsail and trysail are shown in the sail loft.
This seminar is brought to you by Sundance Yachts. Visit our Virtual Booth to start your next great adventure.


Join Carol Hasse for a never before seen virtual tour of Hasse & Company Port Townsend Sails! This presentation focuses on the sails flown forward of the mast, and how to ensure that the right size and type of headsails are onboard for safe sailing in wind speeds from calms to gales. Filmed in the sail loft, Carol Hasse’s chalk talk is complemented with the showing of blue water sail construction details of different types of cruising headsails from roller furling genoas to hanked-on storm jibs and free-flying light air sails.
This seminar is brought to you by Sundance Yachts. Visit our Virtual Booth to start your next great adventure.


Join Carol Hasse for a never before seen virtual tour of Hasse & Company Port Townsend Sails! This presentation focuses on the sails flown forward of the mast, and how to ensure that the right size and type of headsails are onboard for safe sailing in wind speeds from calms to gales. Filmed in the sail loft, Carol Hasse’s chalk talk is complemented with the showing of blue water sail construction details of different types of cruising headsails from roller furling genoas to hanked-on storm jibs and free-flying light air sails.
This seminar is brought to you by Sundance Yachts. Visit our Virtual Booth to start your next great adventure.


Space and money are often scarce on cruising boats. Sails with little use equate to hundreds or thousands of dollars per use. That’s OK for storm sails – but not the rest of the suit! We’ll discuss big picture considerations of a cruising sail inventory; and also touch on sailcloth and sail features of sails that go the distance.
This seminar is brought to you by Sundance Yachts. Visit our Virtual Booth to start your next great adventure.
