Marine Weather Planning
with Lisa & Andy Batchelor | Kinetic Sailing
Learn how to refine your navigation & route planning skills by incorporating marine weather, observations, and technology.
In this online class, guided by Captain Lisa Batchelor Frailey — seasoned meteorologist and passagemaking expert — we'll explore seamlessly integrating navigation, weather, and oceanography to plan your routes and passages with precision and confidence. Learn how to manage risks effectively and leverage favorable conditions for safe and successful coastal and ocean journeys.
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Who is this online class for?
WHAT WILL I LEARN?
List of Topics:
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Marine Weather Basics: What Mariners Need to Know
Circulation around Highs and Lows · Winds, Fronts & Clouds · Sea State Parameters -
Navigation Basics
Passage Planning Methodology · Climatology · Tides & Currents · Getting Data & Information while Offshore · Vessel Performance & Constraints -
GRIB Files and Viewers
Pros & Cons · Strategy · Apps & Chartplotters · Marine Weather Sources -
Weather Models and Marine Parameters
Reading a Synoptic Weather Chart · Key NOAA OPC Products for Mariners -
Weather Routers
Human & Automated -
Gulf Stream
Weather and Navigation Considerations -
Passage Scenario - Norfolk VA to USVI
Climatology · Route Planning & Departure Timing · Gulf Stream Crossing · Enroute Weather & Observations
4 REASONS SAILORS MUST LEARN ABOUT WEATHER
Your Instructor
LISA & ANDY BATCHELOR
Captains Andy Batchelor and Lisa Batchelor Frailey are both lifelong sailors and retired military officers. Andy served in the Royal Air Force in aviation and intelligence, and Lisa served in the US Navy in aviation, meteorology and oceanography – a combination of skills that have proven very useful to sailing and passagemaking. They founded and operated Sail Solomons ASA school and charter base, receiving numerous awards for ASA Outstanding School and Outstanding Instructors.
Andy and Lisa wrote ASA’s textbooks for Bareboat Cruising, Catamaran Cruising, and Dinghies and Outboard and are the primary contributors to ASA’s Advanced Cruising and Seamanship text. Their most recent book, Docking & Maneuvering Made Easy, is American Sailing’s new textbook for the ASA 118 Docking Endorsement. Lisa also regularly teaches the ASA 119, Marine Weather Endorsement.
Cruising for seven years onboard their Passport 47 ZINGARO and Outbound 46 KINETIC, Andy and Lisa have made numerous coastal passages and ocean voyages, conducting cruising and passagemaking training while living aboard in exotic locations. They also organize and lead sailing flotillas on cruising catamarans and monohulls in the Caribbean.
Andy and Lisa are regular speakers at Cruisers’ University and present many live and virtual seminars. Andy and Lisa launched Kinetic Sailing to offer marine consulting, charter brokerage, instructional yacht deliveries and tailored instruction with a global scope. They are USCG Captains, cruisers, instructors, analysts and business owners with a wealth of experience in the sailing industry.