Nighttime & Fog: Practical Navigation under Pressure
Elective Class | Available
Night and fog travel presents a new set of challenges and hazards that we don’t encounter during the day — invisible shoals, indecipherable lights, watchkeeping, light and varied sleep schedule. This seminar will give you tips on how to make travel during the night or in limited visibility exciting and pleasant instead of nerve-wracking. We’ll cover navigation, lights, night vision, visibility, watch keeping, boat check, sleep schedules, safety, etc. We’ll talk about precise navigation in limited visibility travel – especially near shore (as that is where the navigation hazards are). We will also talk about overnight offshore travel, where watchkeeping, maintaining systems, etc is the priority.
- This course is rated as a beginner / introductory (101) to intermediate (201) course
Presented by: Teresa Carey of Morse Alpha Expeditions
Teresa Carey
Teresa Carey is a US Coast Guard licensed captain, writer, and educator. Teresa is the co-owner of Morse Alpha Expeditions, a coastal and offshore sail-training program in the Atlantic. She has worked aboard a variety of sail and power boats like schooners, motor yachts, sailing yachts, even a lobster boat — as the captain, an educator, delivery crew, and charter-boat captain. She taught for sea programs such as Outward Bound, and has also been a Marine Science educator. Teresa lived aboard a 27ft boat and sailed the northern Atlantic solo for a few years. She has given inspiring talks, such as her 2011 TED talk or 2012 National Women’s Sailing Association Keynote Speaker Address. She is also a science journalist at Freethink, and writes for NPR, Buzzfeed, The Smithsonian, and more.