Anchoring without anguish. Anchoring is one of the most stressful of boating activities. It causes many meltdowns between crew members! In this seminar Nigel Calder will look at mechanisms and techniques to take the stress out of anchoring and preserve those relationships. More >
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Mini Automatic Radar plotting Aid is a fantastic tool to use on your Raymarine chartplotter. It allows you to track other vessels you select on your radar screen. To find out more about CPA and TCPA of boats on your Raymarine chartplotter, visit the London Boat Show Knowledge Box. Where Alan Watson will be presenting a 20 minute question and answer session, on understanding MARPA.
Ocean Youth Trust South celebrates 50 years of young adult sail training. Learn about the work of OYT, hear about the plans for the future and discover how you can get involved personally in the sailing charity that makes a difference.
Stand Up Paddling - What, where, how. More >
Topics will include 'What your Royal Navy is doing today', Counter-Piracy Operations, New Equipment, Maritime Security, Counter Drug Operations and Search and Rescue.
Nik Baker tells vistors how to get the very best out of your windsurfing, plus Q and A come and ask me questions. More >
Pip Woods, Rockley UK Sales manager and RYA coach assesor will be informing people on what a dinghy sailing instructor is, why you might want to be one, what the training consists of, and where it can be done and what you can achieve.
Andy will be explaining how he got started in kayak fishing. He's made a load of mistakes that you can learn from, and he'll be running through some of the do's and don'ts of fishing off a kayak and looking at some of the toys which can make life that little bit easier for the kayak angler. More >
An introduction to the 3 styles of PWC sport, what it's like to ride one using close-up video clips of the current World Champions and how to get into racing. More >
Revolutionary batteries. Batteries have always been the weak link in boat electrical systems. Their weaknesses underlie many of the electrical systems failures on boats. In this seminar Nigel Calder will explore emerging battery technologies which overcome these weaknesses, creating more powerful, reliable and efficient onboard electrical systems. More >
Harken UK will be holding a short presentation on 'The future of cruising - sailing made easy'.
Birch canoes - history, design, function.
Services to look for when choosing a marina and the application of dry stacking facilities
The decision to wear a lifejacket is a personal one and the RNLI encourages people to wear them, and then decide when they want to take them off. Most boaters are unaware that an unplanned immersion is not simply a case of getting wet, it can have much more serious ramifications. Here we give some of the background to some newly understood science which leads us to maintain that lifejackets are "useless unless worn".
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