SEMINARS
SATURDAY, OCT 5TH, 2019
10:00AM
5 Things That Always Go Wrong With Every Boat - Don Margraf
5 THINGS THAT ALWAYS GO WRONG WITH EVERY BOAT; WHO'S TO BLAME; HOW TO FIX IT; HOW TO PREVENT IT. OR ,,,,"WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY AND HE IS US.
About Don: Sailor, rigger, electrician, mechanic. 200,000 miles on oceans, rivers, and lakes. Consultant to designers and builders. Installed and / or repaired everything from engines to wind vanes to upright pianos. Marketing and building and testing consultant for any strange idea like catamarans and unstayed masts.
11:30AM
Splicing by West Marine - Wayne Cough
Wayne grew up in a boating family on the south shore of Long Island, NY during the Golden Age of one-design sailboat racing. He got his first boat at the age of 8 and by 12 he was totally involved in racing. Over the past 60 years he has actively campaigned a number of one-design boats including the Blue Jay, Lightning, Thistle, J24 and Etchells among others. Wayne has been with West Marine Rigging Service for 9 years.
1:00pm
Cruising the Mexico Coast - Neal Doten
Neal first sailed out of Marblehead, MA in a 40' yawl. Since then his experience includes owning, sailing and maintaining a Coronado27, Sun 35 and then Island Packet 38. He has spent 23 years living aboard and cruising. He is currently preparing for Mexico and the Sea of Cortez. His presentation is based on over 8000 nautical miles, most single handed. If cruising is in your future, attend Neal's tips and techniques for skippers and mates.
3:OOpm
Aero & Marine Tax Professionals - Tom Alston
“Aero & Marine Tax Professionals are the preeminent experts in California sales tax involving airplanes, vehicles or vessels. We can show you how to legally avoid sales tax and to make certain the full value of your next aircraft, vehicle or vessel goes in your pocket.”
SUNDAY, OCT 6TH, 2019
1:00pm
Cast Off The Lines and Cruise Margie and Peter Benziger
Cruising Stories and Tips from our 44 Country Circumnavigation.
On January 5th, 2010, Margie and Peter Benziger left Miami for, what was supposed to be, a three-year circumnavigation. Nine years later, they arrived in San Francisco, having passed through the Panama Canal twice in the same direction.
Over the years, they sailed more than 40,000 miles and learned a lot about cruising and themselves. The presentation will include pictures and videos from their travels, advance preparation, boat maintenance, sailing in heavy weather, navigation, friendships, cross-cultural communication, diving World War II wrecks and more…
Margie and Peter will describe, each from their own perspective, how to cast off the dock lines and make your cruising dreams come true.
10:00AM
5 Things That Always Go Wrong With Every Boat - Don Margraf
5 THINGS THAT ALWAYS GO WRONG WITH EVERY BOAT; WHO'S TO BLAME; HOW TO FIX IT; HOW TO PREVENT IT. OR ,,,,"WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY AND HE IS US.
About Don: Sailor, rigger, electrician, mechanic. 200,000 miles on oceans, rivers, and lakes. Consultant to designers and builders. Installed and / or repaired everything from engines to wind vanes to upright pianos. Marketing and building and testing consultant for any strange idea like catamarans and unstayed masts.
11:30AM
Splicing by West Marine - Wayne Cough
Wayne grew up in a boating family on the south shore of Long Island, NY during the Golden Age of one-design sailboat racing. He got his first boat at the age of 8 and by 12 he was totally involved in racing. Over the past 60 years he has actively campaigned a number of one-design boats including the Blue Jay, Lightning, Thistle, J24 and Etchells among others. Wayne has been with West Marine Rigging Service for 9 years.
1:00pm
Cruising the Mexico Coast - Neal Doten
Neal first sailed out of Marblehead, MA in a 40' yawl. Since then his experience includes owning, sailing and maintaining a Coronado27, Sun 35 and then Island Packet 38. He has spent 23 years living aboard and cruising. He is currently preparing for Mexico and the Sea of Cortez. His presentation is based on over 8000 nautical miles, most single handed. If cruising is in your future, attend Neal's tips and techniques for skippers and mates.
3:OOpm
Aero & Marine Tax Professionals - Tom Alston
“Aero & Marine Tax Professionals are the preeminent experts in California sales tax involving airplanes, vehicles or vessels. We can show you how to legally avoid sales tax and to make certain the full value of your next aircraft, vehicle or vessel goes in your pocket.”
SUNDAY, OCT 6TH, 2019
1:00pm
Cast Off The Lines and Cruise Margie and Peter Benziger
Cruising Stories and Tips from our 44 Country Circumnavigation.
On January 5th, 2010, Margie and Peter Benziger left Miami for, what was supposed to be, a three-year circumnavigation. Nine years later, they arrived in San Francisco, having passed through the Panama Canal twice in the same direction.
Over the years, they sailed more than 40,000 miles and learned a lot about cruising and themselves. The presentation will include pictures and videos from their travels, advance preparation, boat maintenance, sailing in heavy weather, navigation, friendships, cross-cultural communication, diving World War II wrecks and more…
Margie and Peter will describe, each from their own perspective, how to cast off the dock lines and make your cruising dreams come true.
