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Tip for: Transiting Seymour Narrows


Navigation Slideshow:
*Currents

*Radar

*Estimated Position

Helpful Links:
Animated Rules of the Road

Great book on "How Boat Things Work"

Animated Aids to Navigation

Free online Boating Safety course

Chart Reading 101

Tutorial: DSC Radio

Get private on-the-water boating instruction (on your boat) that is personalized to focus on your needs:

   • Docking          • Traditional navigation
   • Anchoring        • Electronic navigation
   • Radar            • Tides and currents
   • Autopilot        • Rules of the road
   • VHF Radio        • Inside Passage Voyage Planning

If you don't have more than one person on the boat who can handle the boat, you don't have a safe boat.

Besides, it's lots more fun to "do the boat" than to just "ride the boat."

That means both captain and crew need to actively build their knowledge and skills as a safety priority and an investment in satisfying boating.

Beginning boater? You can build your skills a step at a time. Dreaming of cruising the Inside Passage to southeast Alaska? You need yet another layer in your skill set.

Call or email to discuss your current skill level and to identify the things that you want to learn. Look at the list above, pick out what you want to work on, and let's get started.

Set your course for confidence on the water!

Boating instruction by Capt. Linda Lewis:docking, anchoring

   Captain Linda Lewis, PhD:

   •  U.S. Coast Guard 100 Ton Master's license

   •  experienced professional educator (former university associate
      professor)

   •  40 years boating experience

 •  member U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary

 •  teaches advanced coastal navigation for U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary

•  cruises the Inside Passage to Southeast Alaska ("Alaska Cruising" photos/stories)

•  speaks on cruising the Inside Passage at Seattle Boat Shows (descriptions)

•  speaker at Trawler Fest, Anacortes WA, May 2009 on: "Woman At The Helm" and "Traditional Navigation Skills and Smart Use of Your Electronics" (see descriptions)

•  editor and contributor to Douglass Exploring Southeast Alaska (2007)
    cruising guide (book)

•  member Northwest Women in Boating (email leader)

PassageMaker magazine article - Feb 2009         Click here for information on obtaining the article at:   Passagemaker magazine

At the Passagemaker website, also read about one of Linda's "Radar Training Exercises" and her experience "Towing a Disabled Vessel".   (Author: Sally Bee Brown)


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Captain Linda Lewis Contact Information