Basic Cruising with Owen
Hello, welcome to my Basic Sailing Cruising channel. My name is Owen Smith, my degree is in Engineering Physics from UBC, and I've been a Sail Canada Cruising Instructor since 1999. Here I’m putting into video the lectures that I normally do on a 5-day Cruise ‘n Learn trip that I skipper as an Instructor for Cooper Boating in Vancouver, BC. A Cruise 'n Learn trip consists of 5 days living on a cruising yacht, and covers many topics such as safety, boat handling, hands-on sailing practice, anchoring, etc.. The topics I cover here include the physics of sailing, basic sail trim, Collision Regulations and Rules of the road, basic coastal navigation, knots and other topics. Sail Canada defines standards for Basic, Intermediate and Advanced Cruising courses. These lectures are mainly for Basic Cruising, but I'll also include some advanced topics. I'll start with the physics of sailing and go on from there. In the future I hope to add some on the water lessons like docking and anchoring.
Physics of Sailing Video 6: Weather Helm
Physics of Sailing Video 5: Points of Sail
Physics of Sailing Video 4: True and Apparent Wind
Physics of Sailing Video 3: Basic Sail Trim
Physics of Sailing Video 2: Drive in Sails
Physics of Sailing Video 1: A refresher on adding and subtracting arrows, or vectors.
Navigation Video 12: Using Magnetic Bearings to transit through hazardous areas safely
Navigation Video 11: Using Magnetic Clearing Bearings to stay in safe waters
Navigation Video 10: Canadian Aids to Navigation: Cardinal Beacons and Special Buoys
Navigation Video 9: Canadian Aids to Navigation symbols on Canadian Charts
Navigation Video 8: Canadian Aids to Navigation: Lateral Beacons
Navigation Video 7: Understanding Canadian Currents Tables
Navigation Video 6: Understanding Canadian Tide Tables
Navigation Video 5: Depths and some symbols used on Canadian Marine Navigation Charts
Navigation Video 4: 60 D St: Time and Distance calculations
Navigation Tips: This video provides examples of common mistakes I've observed students make.
Navigation Video 3: What is the Mercator projection, and why is it used in Navigation
Navigation Video 2: Directions of True, Magnetic and Compass, and converting between them.
Coastal Navigation Video 1: Understanding Latitude and Longitude
Physics of Sailing Video 7: Positioning the jib sheet lead block