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Learn the skills needed to sail both small and large boats with confidence!
Join Rob MacLeod in this practical, skills-oriented approach designed to
get you sailing right away. Teaches how to quickly gain confidence in
handling small and large boats and how to set and trim sails to harness the
wind. Covers boat handling, sail trimming, anchoring, docking and
undocking, safety, cruising, man overboard recovery and racing basics. 100
min.
Learn to sail the spinnaker with a world-renowned racer!
America's Cup
champion sailor Tom Widden provides on-the-water instruction on trimming,
launching, gybing, dousing and packing. This program demonstrates spinnaker
handling for both cruising and racing chutes and providespointers to crew
positions when handling spinnakers and the effect of changing the height
and angle of the spinnaker pole. As president of North Sails, he is also a
mine of information on sails and rigging. Don't miss him! 60 min.
Mr. Boating Guy,
I'd like to try out big game fishing this summer, any suggestions?
Amberjacks
can be the most thrilling and exhausting big game fish you'll
ever battle.
Amberjacks (AJ's) are gigantic jacks that can grow to be five
feet long and weigh up to 160 pounds. The Amberjack got its name from the
amber colored stripe that runs along the middle of their body, from the eye
until just in front of their v-shaped tail fin. They like to hang out in
deep water around structures like shipwrecks, rocky reefs, and oilrigs in
the Gulf.
You’ll need 80-pound line on the reel to catch a big one. If you think
you've caught a record-breaking Amberjack contact the
International Game Fish Association.
Their website has an application and details the
requirements necessary for you to register your world record catch.
I'd recommend getting in shape this spring, so you'll be up for the
challenge this summer. You'll need strong arms and a strong back to land an
Amberjack.
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