UPDATED Celestial Nav Workshop | Annapolis

Andy is back in Annapolis for an updated, better-than-ever Celestial Navigation workshop! Andy's been deep in the weeds building new celestial teaching tools based on our actual passage history with actual sights, and can't wait to use these in the classroom. It'll be the best celestial workshop we've ever done, hands down.

We'll kick off with an optional happy hour/meetup on Thursday April 29 from 1600-1900, then have class all day Friday and all day Saturday. Hang around Saturday night for a cookout/BBQ/hangout to talk sailing and make new friends.

BONUS: Sunday May 1, if you're still in town, there will be a FREE 'Bluewater Boat' seminar put on by our old colleagues at World Cruising Club, who run the ARC Rally. Andy will be presenting and the day will end with an Open House aboard FALKEN! Free to attend.

While there is hardly a logical argument for celestial as a backup to electronic nav, its part of sailing history, and as ocean sailors, we owe it to ourselves to at least have a general understanding of it, I say! Plus, it makes those long night watches that much more enjoyable when you know your place - physically and philosophically - in the universe.

Classroom location at J/World Annapolis in Eastport.

Day Zero | Thursday: 1600-1900

• Optional happy hour meetup in Annapolis (Eastport).

Day One | Friday: 0830-1700

• In-depth discussion of celestial concepts & a series of 'thought exercises' to get you in the right frame of mind and learn your position spatially on the surface of the Earth.
• Hands-on work with the sextant and practice taking sights.
• Break for lunch in town.
• Diving into the books and how to 'reduce' a sight.

Day Two | Saturday: 0830-1700

• Practice sight reduction problems based on real-world passages Andy & crew have completed.
• The running fix concept.
• Introduction to star sights.
• 1830-?: Cookout dinner/hangout for the evening at J/World!

WORKSHOP MATERIALS included:

• Copy of Hewitt Schlereth's Celestial in a Nutshell 
• Universal Plotting sheet booklet
• Notebook, pencil & basic plotting tools (provided by Weems & Plath)

WHAT ELSE IS INCLUDED?

• First round on 59º North at the Thursday meetup!
• Food (veg options too) and beer/soft drinks at the Saturday cookout included. (Lunch on the course days is at your own expense if you eat in town, or you can pack lunch).
• Use of a pre-owned sextant for practice during the weekend, with the option to buy one at the end of the Workshop (courtesy of Bacon Sails in Annapolis)
• Use of Nautical Almanac & Sight Reduction Tables during workshop (in-person only).