SINKING AND SAFETY INCLUDING LIFE RAFT - LIVE DEMONSTRATION
This seminar will be held around the VYC Pool, and feature a live demonstration of life raft inflation and use. Bring your swim suit if you want to practice in the water.
Dan Green will share fascinating stories and insight from his career as a professional mariner, US Navy Officer on river patrol boats and destroyers as well as his adventures from 20,000 nm cruising with his wife Linda. He is a founder of VYC and the Vallarta Sailing Foundation.
Thousands of sailors use OpenCPN, the free, open source chart plotter for Windows, Mac, and Linux computers, including Raspberry PI. Join Andy Barrow as he covers:
What is OpenCPN?
How to download and install the program
Adding charts
Connecting to external devices and your ship instruments
Navigating with OpenCPN, including setting and editing waypoints, creating and following routes
Some commonly used plugins
How and where to get charts
Where to find help
