The 11th Annual
Women's Boating
Seminar
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Date of Event:
February 23, 2008
Time:
8:45am - 5:30pm
New Location:
North Seattle Community
College
Room LB1141
Seattle, Washington
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The 11th Annual Women's Boating Seminar is specifically for
women interested in boating, both power and sail. The
group of speakers are dedicated to sharing their knowledge
and encouraging women to "Take the Helm". |
Join fellow women interested in boating for a high energy day that is
both fun and educational. This is a unique event that cannot
easily be explained in words and is enjoyed by women from all over
including neighboring Canada.
Thanks to all our sponsors who have
generously donated items for our door prize drawing at the end of the
day. Everyone leaves a winner this year!
This event will once again benefit
underprivileged children in South Africa by means of sponsoring several
children to attend school in 2008. We managed to sponsor 11
children as a result of last years seminar and hope to increase that
number this year.
During my visit to South Africa
in 2006 I found out about Imibala from an old high school friend of mine.
Her artist mother Donna Downie has been actively involved with this
organization for some time. This group of volunteers donates 100%
of the money they receive to help children go to school. The
future for most South African children is very bleak as a result of aids
and high unemployment. Being able to go to school is an honor for
these children and as a result we are brightening a few children's
lives. Thank you for being part of the group and making it
possible to sponsor some of these children. If you would like more
information about the program www.imibala.com.
This seminar is
presented by Judy Nasmith founder of
Latitude Sailing Association,
specializing in women's sailing education.
program
Program
The programs include
lectures, slides, video presentation, hands-on experience.
Questions and interaction between instructors and participants is
encouraged.
Heavy
Weather Sailing
- How to make you boat perform to its optimum in
various wind conditions.
Basics
Reefing
Safe Reefing techniques
Commands and Procedures
Instructor:
Carol Hasse, the founder of Port Townsend Sails, is a world renowned
sail maker of quality offshore cruising sails. Carol holds a USCG
100 ton license, is an ISPA sailing instructor and has over 27 years of
sailing experience.
Safety Equipment and gear
- Review and comparison of products available for boating.
Instructor:
Karen Thorndike is the first American woman to
circumnavigate solo around the
world. Karen was recently acknowledged by Guinness with a
certificate for her achievement. Other awards include The Blue
Water Medal, Circumnavigation Award 1998 and Pacific NW Yachting
Woman of the Year “Tug Boat Annie Award”. The Smithsonian
will be hosting a Maritime exhibit starting in September 2008 and will
have Karen's sextant and log books from her circumnavigation on display. Karen is an
inspiration to all women who have dreamed about change or challenge.
Chart Interpretation - Charts are a treasure chest
of information that make boating safe and fun. We'll look at
important jewels in this packed treasure chest no boater can be without:
the nautical chart.
Instructor Linda Lewis, Ph.D., holds a USCG 100
Ton Master's license and is a former U of WA Professor of Nursing who
now focuses her teaching and speaking on boating. She provides
on-the-water training for power boaters. Linda is a Coxswain in
the USCG Auxiliary and teaches Advanced Coastal Navigation to the
public.
Galley
Magic
-Cooking, Provisioning and storage on board. How to
make the most of small spaces.
Judy Nasmith holds a USCG 50 ton license. She is a past
Hobie 16 Women’s National Champion. Judy lived
aboard a Valiant 47 for 5 years and has enjoyed several offshore sailing
experiences. Her cruising grounds include the East coast of
Florida, Bahamas, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, Fiji, Bay Islands and the
west coast of USA. She is a Seattle Yacht broker specializing in
cruising boats.
Keynote
Speaker - Jessica Stone, Ph.D. is an author, educator and
avid sailor. She is a ghost writer with a library of work under
her pen. Jessica specializes in writing personal biographies and
stories in the style of the Great American Novel. She spends her
time in the Pacific Northwest and aboard her 41' sailboat "Blessed Be!"
in the tropics. Jessica's wonderfully entertaining book "Doggy on
Deck" is now in its second production with a generous portion of the
proceeds being donated to N.O.A.H. (Northwest Organization for Animal
Help) a non-profit, no-kill animal shelter in Stanwood, WA. We are very
excited to have Jessica as our Keynote speaker this year.
Diesel Maintenance - Getting your diesel engine
ready for spring. How to keep your diesel happy, change the oil,
clean the water strainer, fuel filter, locate and understand the basic
parts of the engine. Basic maintenance tips and troubleshooting to
help ensure a hassle free summer of cruising.
Kathryn
Norris is a long time sailboat owner and was a manager for
West Marine for many years. Kathryn is very knowledgeable and full
of great advice regarding diesel engines and boat systems.
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Doing the BaHaHa
Blind - A boat named "Blind
Luck", owned by an inspiring blind man who loves to
sail, crewed by 8 women of various experience levels who had never met
before the start of the BaHaHa, a HUGE storm..........
Lee Wolff has only
been sailing on and off for the past 5 years and has already logged over
2000 miles of bluewater cruising experience. She is a member of
the Blue Water Cruising Assoc. in Vancouver BC and is excited to share
her recent cruising experience.
Terminology - Basic
knots, their uses, parts of a line, how to tie the bowline,
clove hitch, coiling, flaking, round turn and two half hitches - hands
on class with your own piece of line supplied.
Presented by Carol Hasse
and Judy Nasmith
Cruising with Children and Pets- Useful tips for cruising
with small children and/or pets making sure that everyone enjoys time on
board - what to bring, keeping them entertained, managing time underway.
Presented by Heather
Weinert and Jessica Stone.
Heather is the mother of two
young boys and cruises with them onboard their Valiant 42 in Puget
Sound.
Jessica is the author of the
wonderfully entertaining book "Doggy on Deck".
The true story of two women
stranded on remote Hermit Island atoll after their sailboats strikes a
reef and sinks. At the mercy of the indigenous people, they are
forced to live with the locals while they devise a plan to refloat their
boat and sail to civilization. With careful planning and the help
of the "island men", they manage to save their boat from the reef only
to find it immediately embroiled in a "Cargo cult" salvage rights
dilemma. Subject to the arcane traditions of the locals, they
struggle to keep control of their boat while they repair it in
preparation for the dangerous trip to the mainland. It is a unique
look into the primitive culture of one of Papua New Guinea's most
isolated civilizations.
Presented by Joy Smith - an
account of her big adventure.
Schedule of Events
8:45 am
9:00 am Welcome
9:00 am 10:00 am Keynote - Jessica Stone, Ph.D.
Faced with a "this can't be happening to me" life crisis,
Jessica Stone (Jes) packed up her Siamese cat, new puppy
and laptop and headed for the tropics. During a twist of
magical fate she found her life's passion - the sea. Dreaming
of skippering her own vessel she created a plan to buy a boat
and learn to sail. Using the grit your teeth determination
found only in "stubborn women" she learned to tune a diesel
engine, invent husbands when threatened by foreign men and
make fashionable earrings from beach combings. She's
survived major storms at sea, lived through a dismasting on the
ocean and watched as a yard in French Polynesia dropped her
boat engine from eight feet in the air. Her story, like many
of ours, is one of discovery, blushing red mistakes and wide-
grinned triumph. Join us for a bit of rollicking high adventure
with Jes as she help us understand that whether it's sweat,
tears or the sea; the cure for everything is salt water!
10:00 am
11:00 am "Diesel Engine
Spring Maintenance" - Kathryn Norris
or
"Cruising with pets or small children"
11:10 am
12:30 am "Chart Interpretation" - Linda Lewis
or
"Boat Terminology, knots" - Carol Hasse, Judy Nasmith
12:30 am 1:00 pm Sit down
Lunch - Cafeteria
1:00 pm 2:15 pm "Heavy Weather Sailing" -
Carol Hasse
or
"Galley
Magic" - Judy Nasmith
2:15 pm 3:00
pm "Escape from
Hermit Island" - Joy Smith
3:10 pm 4:00pm "Safety Gear and Equipment" - Karen Thorndike
4:10 pm
5:00pm "Doing
the HaHa Blind" - Lee Wolff
5:15pm
5:30 pm Closing remarks and drawing for valuable door
prizes.
Cost:
$90.00 per person includes refreshments, lunch and drawings for
valuable prizes.
This
being the 11th anniversary of the Women's Boating Seminar our sponsors
have been extremely generous in donating many fabulous door prizes -
thank you for your support - there will be a lot of lucky participants!
Space is limited.
Participants must pre-register and pre-pay.
Driving Directions
From I-5 take
Northgate Way exit and head west to Meridian.
Turn Left (south) at
Meridian.
Turn left into College
parking lot at 97th.
Library building is in
front of you.
Seminar room #LB1141
(Concert Hall) is to the right of Library.
Free Parking on
Saturdays.
register