Posted in Sailing Interest, Powerboating Interest, Fun Stuff, Member Interest by Dwight Durant
The"Benson Ford" originally transported iron and coal for the Ford Motor Company. The ship was decommissioned in 1981 after nearly 50 years of service. After being decommissioned it was left to rust for four years before the front part of the ship was remove... Read More »
Posted in Sailing Interest, Fun Stuff, Member Interest, Sailing Interest by Dwight Durant
Brought to us from the inter-workings of Member, Madeleine Loh's brain... we hope you enjoy this as much as we did! I hope that 2015 passed with flying colors [sailing ships would fly their "colors," or flags and pennants, to be identified when passing othe... Read More »
Posted in Sailing Interest, Sailing School, Fun Stuff, Sailing Interest, From the Tiller by Dwight Durant
Kelly's perspective: Day 4 - BK2 - August 6, 2015 WE ALL PASSED! I am so proud of all of us. We had a written test and docking/maneuvering test in the morning, and then a sailing test in the afternoon, including a crew overboard test. Everyone did reall... Read More »
Posted in Sailing Interest, Sailing School, Fun Stuff, Sailing Interest, From the Tiller by Dwight Durant
Kelly's perspective: Day 3 - BK2 - August 5, 2015 Today we started BK2. For some people, that would be the second weekend, but we opted for the 4 weekday class instead of 2 weekends. Most of today was just review. We learned a few new things in the morn... Read More »
Posted in Sailing Interest, Sailing School, Fun Stuff, Sailing Interest, From the Tiller by Dwight Durant
Kelly's perspective: Day 2 - BK1 - August 4, 2015 Hey all! Today went pretty well. I woke up significantly less nervous, thankfully. Without many questions though, much to my surprise. I guess Peter covered everything in depth enough for me. T... Read More »
Posted in Sailing Interest, Sailing School, Fun Stuff, Sailing Interest, From the Tiller by Kelly Gunning
Kelly's perspective: Day 1 - BK1 - August 3, 2015 Hey everyone, I just want to take a quick moment to introduce myself. I am Kelly, and I am the social media director here at CN. Like many folks that come to us, I have next to no sailing experience. My f... Read More »
Posted in Sailing Interest, Local Destinations, Fun Stuff, Member Interest by Dwight Durant
So sorry - Temporarily for Croatia, click here. Dear Club Nautique; The July 21st edition of Keeping You Current included pictures of our dream wedding! We wanted to send along some additional thanks and explanation for how the event came about… Who... Read More »
Posted in Tips & Tricks, Helpful Apps, Fun Stuff, Nau-TECH-al by Joe
Learning and remembering how to tie knots are what we call “perishable memory”. Good graphical apps help learn and remember many knots. Grog Knots is effective with good graphics that allows you to step through how to tie a knot. 3D Knots is a... Read More »
Posted in Tips & Tricks, Fun Stuff, Nau-TECH-al by Joe
So with all of these great marine apps it’s important to make sure that our mobile devices are charged. When I teach overnight and offshore classes I take my Zagg external battery with me to make sure that I keep all of my devices charges. With 5 or 6 people... Read More »
Posted in Helpful Apps, Fun Stuff, Nau-TECH-al by Joe
If you are on a boat that doesn’t have an anemometer and you want to know the wind speed you have a couple of options using your smartphone. WeatherFlow wind meter Here is an excerpt from their website describing the Weatherflow app... Read More »
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