 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Club Nautique currently has potential positions for instruction, sales and management. All current openings require extensive sailing experience. Join the team! Call or email Don Durant for details. All inquiries will be kept confidential.
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GET YOUR CAPTAIN'S LICENSE!
Get paid to go sailing! Start here.
 Learn all you need to know to successfully complete the Coast Guard licensing exams. This course, presented by Maritime Institute, is challenging and interesting. It's packed full of fascinating information and the instruction is well paced. The instructor keeps you focused and engaged with anecdotes from his personal experience and entertaining video footage. If you are considering getting your Captain's License, do yourself a favor and take the time to take this course. You won't regret it! November 29 - December 10Cost: $1250Click here to learn more about the Coast Guard Captain's License |
We are scheduling our Winter Wednesday seminar series and we'd like your feedback. Let us know what you think of certain topics that we plan to cover and give us your ideas about things that you'd like to learn more about. Click here to complete our survey
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 TODAY'S TIP
Practice rules of the road everywhere you go!
Just as you can practice wind awareness wherever you go by identifying where the wind is coming from, try and think about who has the right of way when you're walking down the street. Picture other pedestrians being on either a port or starboard tack. Think about which side of the boat the boom would be on and determine who would be the give-way and who would be the stand-on "vessel". Instructors used apples and tomatoes to demonstrate right of way.
Photo by Doug Workmaster.
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NAUTICAL NOGGIN-BOGGLER WINNER!
We selected our winner randomly from the correct answers submitted. Don't miss your chance to dazzle us with your knowledge and win a prize!
Congratulations to Meleah Larroca , this week's winner of an ACR C-Light donated by David Castillo Insurance Thanks David!!
QUESTION:
To
provide guidance to the Club Nautique flotilla, the organizers of the
Half Moon Bay Rendezvous erected a beacon on the hillside
consisting of a 500 pound Jack O' Lantern illuminated with a 10 million
candlepower light, and named it The Great Pumpkin. This enormous Jack O'
Lantern was placed at 100 feet above sea level. If your height of eye
is 10 feet above sea level and the meteorological visibility is ten
nautical miles, as you are approaching the beacon, at what range will
the Great Pumpkin appear to rise above the pumpkin patch?
ANSWER:
15.4 nautical miles.
The
geographic range of a light placed 100 feet above sea level is 11.7
nautical miles, while the additional geographic range gained by a 10
foot height of eye is 3.7 nautical miles. The combined geographic range
from the height of the beacon and the height of eye is 15.4 nautical
miles.
Equation: 1.17*sqrt(100) + 1.17*sqrt(10)= 15.4 nm
NOTE:
Even though a ten million candlepower light in ten miles of
meteorological visibility has a luminous range of 32 nautical miles, and
is bright enough to be seen for 32 miles, it will be below the horizon
until you are 15.4 nautical miles away.
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HUMP NIGHTS SAILING! Wednesday, October 20th
ONLY 2 MORE THIS SEASON!5pm - 10pmAlameda Members, come on down, jump on a boat, and go for an enjoyable evening sail. When you get back to the dock we'll have a nice warm meal ready for you and the cooler will be stocked! We're looking forward to getting you out on the water! Members & their Guests ONLY: $30 |
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BAREBOAT PREP CHARTER SHARE
 Build your skills in preparation for your Bareboat class. Join other Basic Cruising certified students and follow our guidelines to practice specific maneuvers that will get you ready to be a Bareboat student.
Upcoming Sessions:
Saturday, October 23rd
9:00am - 1:00pm - Motoring - Alameda
1:30pm - 5:30pm - Crew Overboard - Alameda
Saturday, October 30th
9:00am - 1:00pm - Anchoring - Alameda
1:30pm - 5:30pm - Sailing - Alameda
Members: $75*/Non-Members: $115*
*Take both morning and afternoon sessions and get an additional $10 off!
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NOGGIN BOGGLER!
Reply to this email with your answer to the following nautical Noggin-Boggler. There is no need to change the subject line, simply hit reply and send your answer. Club Nautique will choose the winner for this week's Boggler randomly from all of the correct entries. Please respond by noon on Monday, October 26th.
QUESTION: When studying for your Captain's License, one of the largest hurdles is learning the rules of the road as set forth in the Colregs (International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea). There is a distinct difference in the meaning of the signals given by vessels in Inland vs. International waters. In a meeting and crossing situation where two vessels are in sight and within a 1/2 mile of one another, what does one short blast from vessel A indicate if it is operating on inland waters? What if it were on international waters? Please identify the distinct difference between the two meanings.
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Cheers!
The Club Nautique Family
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