Preparation Seminar and Party Weekend
Seminar Number 2
Okay, by now, you are totally stoked! This seminar, presented by enthusiastic experts, will help accelerate you on your way to a perfect Pacific passage.
Learn, ask, plan. THen, stay for the post-seminar party from 16:30 on !
Sunday, there will be the Safety at Sea Seminar. This is REQUIRED for the race. The rules require that 30% of crews, including the skipper, have taken this course within the last 5 years before the start. But really, shouldn't all of you be there?
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Subject |
Speaker |
Time |
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Registration |
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8:30 - 9:00 |
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Weather & Navigation (Charts) |
Jim Corenman |
9:00 - 10:00 |
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Downwind Driving |
Kame Richards |
10:00 -11:00 |
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Break |
|
11:00 - 11:15 |
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Rigging - Standing (pre-race) |
Kim Desenberg |
11:15 - 11:45 |
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Rigging - Running (on the water) |
Kim Desenberg |
11:45 - 12:15 |
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Electrical Systems |
Ron Romaine |
12:15 - 12:45 |
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Lunch - take outdoors or to pool or to simulator |
Flares demo/Life raft demo/Simulator |
12:45 - 1:30 |
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Provisioning & Storage |
Sue Corenman |
1:30 - 2:00 |
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Crew Welfare |
Sally Richards |
2:00 - 2:30 |
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Break |
|
2:30 - 3:00 |
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Spares and Repairs Underway |
Jim Corenman |
3:00 - 3:30 |
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Inspection procedures |
Skip Ely |
3:30 - 4:00 |
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Communication/daily check-in |
Michael Moradzadeh |
4:00- 4:15 |
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...a day in the life... |
Kame Richards |
4:15 - 4:45 |
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Q & A |
All |
4:45 - 5:30 or sooner |
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Party, party, party |
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Then until whenever |
