2-Day Weather Course with Hamble School of Yachting
More details: https://www.hamble.co.uk/weather-course
Dates for 2025:
- Sat 08 to Sun 09 March 2025
- Sat 05 to Sun 06 April 2025
- Sat 04 to Sun 05 October 2025
- Sat 15 to Sun 16 November 2025
The Hamble School of Yachting two-day weather course is for
any sailors who would like to expand their knowledge on a complex
subject made simple by a marine weather expert. If you are a budding skipper or
an experienced sailor this course will build on your understanding and help you
improve your forecasting skills, whether you are sailing in the Solent,
crossing the Atlantic or sailing around the world.
Weather topics covered
- Principals of
Meteorology and what we understand by weather.
- Global circulation.
- Air mass and weather
systems (highs and lows).
- Weather forecasts and
what they tell us and what they don't!
- Wind, isobars and
clouds.
- Weather dangers Tropical
weather.
- Ocean weather - with
particular emphasis on Trans-Atlantic passages and around the world on the
trade wind route.
- Coastal weather.
- GRIB files and other
sources of forecasts once away from land.
- Ocean currents.
- Weather routing.