The unique seminar attended by hundreds of masters, a must for every sailor! Paper notes, exercises and video lessons are provided!
A comprehensive 9-hour webinar that educates the professional or cadet sailor:
- to read and understand official charts received on board
- to read wave charts
- to avoid tropical cyclones
- to make a forecast based on the meteorological data received on board the ship
- to plan his course safely and economically, avoiding the unpleasant consequences of bad weather
- make the most of modern digital weather forecasting tools
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The Webinar is aimed at both professional and probationary seafarers, regardless of rank, as well as ocean-going skippers. To ensure the quality of the training provided, the maximum number of participants in each webinar is 15 people.
THE 1st and 2nd day of the webinar is dedicated to how to read surface maps (facsimile) and wave charts. Through numerous examples and practical applications, participants learn not only to read the maps but also how to work with them, thus avoiding dangerous weather conditions and planning their course with safety and confidence. They also learn why they should always read the facsimile at sea, even if they have weather navigation programs. The renewed seminar also makes special reference to forecast advisories for tropical cyclones.
THE 3day is dedicated to the modern methods available for receiving all official meteorological information on board via e-mail. Thus, all the modern methods are analyzed by which the captain can access the weather forecast, anywhere on the planet, without depending on the facsimile or the office. At the same time, the usefulness of Grib Files is explained and free weather applications are also given.
For more information about the subject and organization of the seminar, click here here.
The thematic sections of the seminar are as follows:
1st Day & 2nd Day (1600 – 1900)
- Categories of Weather Maps
- surface map analysis (facsimile)
- analysis of wave height maps – significant wave height
- forecast advisories for tropical cyclones
- safe travel planning
- how choosing the right route reduces the ship's environmental footprint
- travel simulation with route planning and weather forecast.
3rd Day (1600 – 1900)
- BVS, qtVlm, Weather Routing Optimization
- Saildocs
- WWW via Internet
- Case studies
Cost
The cost of participation amounts to 200€. This price includes the notes in electronic format (pdf), video lessons on key topics of the seminar and the electronic certificate of participation.
Registrations
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Educational Method
The seminar will be conducted using the educational platform Zoom. After paying for your participation, you will be sent a link and detailed instructions to log in and watch the webinar. The course is interactive. This means that the participants are actively involved, expressing their questions but also participating in solving exercises with maps and weather programs.
Reporter
The presenter of the seminars is Dr. Nikos MazarakisDr. Nikos Mazarakis is Professor of Marine Meteorology, Visiting Professor at Uninettuno University/Institute for International Maritime Studies and General Manager of the Greek Office of the weather company STORMGEO. He has thousands of hours of teaching experience in the field of Marine Meteorology, while in the past he has collaborated with the National Observatory of Athens, the Merchant Marine Executive Training Center (KESEN) and major Athenian newspapers, radio and television stations. He organizes seminars in companies and groups, while he has given dozens of lectures in Greece, Cyprus, Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria and Egypt, on the subject of marine meteorology. For a detailed biography, click here.