WEATHER FOR PRAIRIE PIRATES

HJ Cody School March 14th. at HJ Cody school, 6-9 PM.

Fee: $50.00
While a simple Google search sometimes provides prairie sailors with a forecast of the next few days of weather there are other weather tools available, such as GRIB files- if you know where to find them. Once you understand weather patterns, you can be your own forecaster. For those who venture to the west coast, we will also look at how to get the most out of the marine forecast for a safer and more comfortable cruise.

Instructor Jack Dale

Jack Dale has a prairie heritage; he was born and raised in Red Deer, as were his parents. He started sailing in 1980 in Texas as a crew member on a Tartan 10. Since then he has accrued 35,000 sea miles; which include 3 passages (1 Atlantic and 2 Pacific) plus more than a dozen trips around Vancouver Island. His cruising experience includes Turkey, BVIs, The Leewards and The Bahamas as well as the Pacific North West. Jack is CYA Advanced Cruising Instructor, ISPA Yachtmaster Offshore Instructor Evaluator.

NEWS FLASH

The Sylvan Lake Sailing Club (SLSC) is proud to host the 2012 CYA Women’s National Keelboat Championship which will take place in Sylvan Lake, Alberta, Canada, September 1-2, 2012 accompanied by a training clinic August 31, 2012.

Registration is expected to include 15 women’s teams who will sail a 2 day series on Martin 242 sailboats.  More information will be posted on the website as it becomes available.  

For more info contact: Norma Turner at commodore@sylvansailing.ca