Pacific Puddle Jump
From the Americas to French Polynesia

 Seminar Schedule

Free Pacific Puddle Jump Seminars, February-March 2012, at Vallarta YC and La Cruz YC in Banderas Bay.
(For seminars at Balboa YC, Panama City, go here or scroll down).
Date/Time Club Topic Presenters
Feb. 1
3:30-6:30
VYC Opening organizational session: 35,000 Miles Lessons Learned from Veteran Jumpers
Followed by Ladies-Only Get-Together
Happy Hour Mixer
Keith & Susan Levy with
intro by Dick Markie
Susan Levy
Feb. 8
3:00-5:00
LCYC Rigging and Sails: Get the Right Balance Mike Danielson
Feb. 15
3:00-6:00
VYC Boat Systems and Spares
Refrigeration Care and Feeding
Watermaker Care and Feeding
Teapot Tony
Don May
Kim McDonald
Feb. 20
3:00-5:00
VYC First Aid and Dental Care at Sea
Skin Deep: Advice from a Dermatologist
Jim Nordstrom
Dr. Alma
Feb. 22
3:00-5:00
LCYC Provisioning Tips and Sources (panel discussion) Susan Levy, Daren Danielson and others TBA
Feb. 29
noon-5:00
VYC Safety at Sea
Surviving a Whale Encounter and Sinking
Latitude 38's annual PV PPJ Send-off Party
Doug Danielson
Eugenie Russell
Andy Turpin, Latitude 38
Mar. 2
3:00-6:00
LCYC

Puddle Jump Discussion
Happy Hour and Social

2002 Puddle Jumpers
Mar. 2
6:00
Philo's Bar 2002 Renion Party. 2012 Puddle Jumpers welcome.  
Mar. 5
3:00-5:00
VYC Weather Forecasting
Radio Communication
Clark Straw
Mar. 12
3:00-5:00
LCYC Yacht Transport Options: Getting the Yacht Home Doug Danielson, Keith & Susan Levy
Mar. 14
3:00-5:00
LCYC Routing and Navigating the South Pacific Steve on Kavenga
Mar. 27
3:00-5:00
LCYC Weather Routing for the 2012 Jumpers Mike Danielson

Free Pacific Puddle Jump Seminars, February-March 2012, at Balboa YC in Panama City.
(For seminars in Mexico, go here or scroll up).
Date/Time Club Topic Presenters
Feb. 6
3:30
BYC Batteries & Charging Systems Rick Cain
Feb. 13
3:30
BYC Yacht Rigging Mike Barker, Marine Scene
Feb. 20
3:30
BYC Plot Your Course to Adventure. Safety at Sea: Malaria, Anchoring, Storms; Interacting with locals in a foreign country; how to find work; things you can do to make your boat a home.
Roger Olsen
TBA BYC Provisioning for the Long Haul Round table discussion
Mar. 10
noon-4:00
BYC Latitude 38's annual Panama PPJ Send-off Party
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Andy Turpin, Latitude 38

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