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OFF-SHORE PASSAGE MAKING CLASS
"I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by, . . ." John Masefield - Sea Fever APRIL 6, 13, 20 2012 7 - 9 PM Bonneville's Off-Shore Passage Making Class is designed for sailors who would like to leave the lakes of Utah behind them (at least for a while) and head out on the open ocean with confidence.
This is not a class for novice sailors. Ideally, students should have either completed all of Bonneville’s other sailing classes prior to taking this one, or else they should provide a sailing resume showing they’ve gained equivalent experience by some other means. However, this rule is negotiable to certain extent. Please contact the instructor if you are interested in taking the class but don’t fully meet the “ideal experience profile”, or if you have any other questions about the class. His e-mail address is “DougHndrx@gmail.com”. Graduates of this class will be invited to sail with the instructor on his 42-foot sloop from Virginia to Bermuda in early July of 2012. (See below for a description of the boat and the journey.) If they prefer instead, graduates may sail with the instructor on the return leg of the journey leaving Bermuda in late July and arriving in Virginia in early August. (It is not anticipated that students would sail on both legs of the journey. Please pick one or the other.) During the course of each of these approximately week-long sailing trips participants will rotate through all crew positions: from acting skipper, to navigator, to deck hand, to galley slave. (Please note that “pampered tourist” is not one of the crew positions available.) Graduates of this class will not be charged any additional fee to participate in the Bermuda sailing trip other than to pay their share of the food and fuel costs. They will need to arrange and pay for their own travel from their home to Virginia and then back home from Bermuda (or to Bermuda and back from Virginia if they opt for the return leg of the sailing trip).
The class does not cover the topic of celestial navigation. That topic is covered in Bonneville’s Celestial Navigation class, which is taught separately. Although it is highly recommended that participants in next July’s Bermuda sailing trip take the celestial navigation class, it is not required. However, this class (the Off-shore Passage Making class) is required prior to making that trip. Schedule: The class meets on three consecutive Friday evenings - APRIL 6, 13 & 20. Cost: $1200.00 Deposit: $200.00 To Register call 801.636.5204 Text: “The Voyager’s Handbook” by Beth Leonard, published by McGraw Hill Alternate Texts (Highly Recommended): "Heavy Weather Sailing", by Coles and Bruce, published by McGraw Hill "Storm Tactics" by Lin and Larry Pardey, published by Pardey Books "World Cruising Routes" by Jimmy Cornell, published by McGraw Hill The Instructor
Douglas Hendricks has sailed across both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. He has sailed in the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, Tahiti, Thailand, Hawaii and the Bahamas in addition to many years sailing up & down the California coastline. The sailing trip to Bermuda next July will be done in his boat, a 42-foot sloop that is well equiped for long ocean passages and which has crossed the Atlantic several times. The Boat 
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