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 make a forecast based on meteorological data received on board
- to plan his course safely and economically, avoiding the unpleasant consequences of bad weather
- make the most of modern digital weather forecasting tools
- to understand modern environmental regulations to reduce emissions and how they relate to weather routing
For individual registration press here. For mass corporate registration press here.
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 maps. 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 situations and planning their course safely and confidently. They also learn for more reason, they must always read the facsimile on board, even if they have weather navigation programs. Contemporary environmental regulations are also analyzed with an emphasis on CII.
THE 3day is dedicated to the modern methods available to receive all official meteorological information on board by e-mail. Thus are analyzed all the modern methods by which the captain can gain access to 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, while free weather applications are also given. During the 2nd day the participants work with their laptop.
For more information about the subject and organization of the seminar, click here here.
The thematic sections of the seminar are as follows:
1η Μέρα & 2η Μέρα (1600 – 1900)
- Categories of Weather Maps
- surface map analysis (facsimile)
- analysis of wave height maps – significant wave height
- safe travel planning
- πως η σωστή επιλογή πορείας μειώνει το περιβαλλοντικό αποτύπωμα του πλοίου
- travel simulation with route planning and weather forecast.
3η Μέρα (1600 – 1900)
- FTP Mail Service by NOAA
- Saildocs
- WWW via Internet
- BVS8, qtvlm & GribFiles
- OpenCPN
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 Mazarakis. Dr. Nikos Mazarakis is professor of Marine Meteorology, visiting professor at Uninettuno University/Institute for International Maritime Studies, lecturer at KEDIVIM University of Western Macedonia and general manager of the Greek Office of the weather company STORMGEO. At the same time, he collaborates as a research associate at National Observatory of Athens. He is one of the main presenters on meteorology in the program "Enhancing maritime security spirit in the Eastern Mediterranean". He has to his credit more than 5500 hours of teaching in the subject of Nautical Meteorology while in the past he has collaborated with major Athenian newspapers, radio and television stations. He organizes seminars for large companies and groups while he has given dozens of lectures in Greece and Cyprus on weather conditions with an emphasis on the sea. For detailed CV click here.