Online Zoom
15 Feb 2025 to 16 Feb 2025 0900 -1200h
Members $65 / Non-Members $95
VI Education Watchkeepers

The Vancouver Island Chapter is pleased to announce this online Zoom course which is open to all BCA members and non-members!
Spend two mornings online with instructor-extraordinaire, Kevin Monahan, learning just how much you don’t know about weather strategies for the Inside Passage. This seminar focuses on the unique weather patterns of the west coast, and how to make decisions based on weather forecasts. Once you understand the dynamics of the most common weather patterns that occur in the region, you can develop strategies that take advantage of the weather patterns for a more comfortable and more enjoyable cruise.
This seminar is not intended to teach actual forecasting of large scale weather patterns. Instead, it will show skippers how to apply the information in weather forecasts and local weather reports, to better understand actual conditions in specific locations on the water. Participants will be introduced to key concepts of mid-latitude depressions, offshore highs, and inflow and outflow winds, and how they interact with the geography of the Inside Passage. For a high level overview of the course, please click here.
Course Format
Each two hour presentation will be followed by ½ hour of questions. Register for the course and we’ll send the Zoom link to you a couple of days ahead of time.
About the Instructor
Kevin Monahan is a retired Canadian Coast Guard officer with more than 20 years navigating the British Columbia coast as a patrol vessel captain. He has also worked on fishing boats, ferries, and coastal transports. Retiring from public service in 2012, Kevin now splits his time between publishing (Ports and Passes, The Radar Book, etc.) and teaching nautical subjects to commercial and recreational mariners. In 2013 he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal.
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