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| Ocean Voyaging Preparation |
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Friday, April 16, 2010 |
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3:15 PM |
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Windward on Washington |
| Speaker: |
John & Amanda Neal, Mahina Expeditions/West Marine |
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| Speaker Bio: |
John Neal sailed to the South Pacific in 1974 at age 22 on a 27' sloop, wrote Log of Mahina, a best seller, and has logged 284,000 miles. Since 1976, John's passion has been sharing his knowledge of ocean cruising and he has conducted 142 sail-training expeditions in the South Pacific, Patagonia, Antarctica, Atlantic, Scandinavia and the Arctic aboard Mahina Tiare II & III. Amanda Swan Neal grew up in Auckland and set sail for the South Pacific at age 12 aboard a boat she helped her parents build. Upon returning to New Zealand, she became a sailmaker and rigger, completing the Whitbread Around the World Race as rigger aboard Maiden, the first all-women Whitbread boat. Amanda has logged 242,000 miles including two Sydney-Hobart Races and seven Cape Horn roundings and was involved in tall ship sail training in New Zealand prior to joining Mahina Tiare in 1994. She is author of The Essential Galley Companion. www.mahina.com. |
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| Details: |
Topics covered include selecting the best possible boat, refitting/outfitting for offshore, engine and electrical systems, navigation, cost of cruising, insurance, seamanship and communication options and are based on John & Amanda Neal’s combined 526,000 miles and 67 years combined experience. A free handout details this seminar. |
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