Preparing your yacht and crew for an East-West Transatlantic crossing ("Finding Dory V" - Webinar #2)

 

Earlier this week, about 30 cruisers participated in our first webinar of the new "transatlantic season". That webinar gave a generic overview of "what to expect during your E-W transat" in terms of weather, possible stop-overs and destinations, timing for your crossing, etc... We also had a cool and interactive "Q-and-A" session at the end of the webinar. So..., here is the announcement of our next webinar for our "Finding Dory V"-flotilla..

As it is still early in the season, now is the right time to look at preparing your boat and crew for the upcoming transat, and possible issues you can anticipate during your crossing.

We will look at typical sail configurations (and the challenges for each), standing and running rigging, safety, communications, water-food-electricity-crew management, watch systems, crew selection, typical "points-of-failure" on yachts while on passage (and how to anticipate those potential risks) and "The Skipper's Rules on board"... None of these topics are cast-in-concrete, but rather serve as "things to consider" as you prepare for your transat.

So, join our second (free) webinar of the season, on Monday June 1 at 20:00 Rome (CET) time (=18:00 GMT).

Our webinar will be held on “ZOOM” and consist of +- 60 minutes of presentation, followed by 30 minutes (or more if needed) of open Q-and-A/discussions/shared experiences amongst the participants.

Our webinars are free for all “Finding Dory” members. We will record the session and publish the link to the recording afterwards to all members of our community.

The instructions on how to join this webinar, are distributed to "Finding Dory" members only, rather than widely distributing the link via social media, mainly to avoid spammers to join in, and disturb our webinar.

So, if you want to participate in the webinars, first join the "Finding Dory V" community. Via our flotilla's Telegram chat group, we will send you the details for each webinar. Instructions on how to join the growing "Finding Dory" flotilla on Telegram, you can find in this Noforeignland blogpost.

About Peter Casier:

I am the facilitator of the "Finding Dory" community and will present this webinar.
I am an RYA Offshore Yachtmaster and instructor with 8 transats and 17 open ocean passages under my keel.

Since retiring from the UN three years ago, I spend most of my time on the open ocean, in regattas, or coaching/training others, be it people new to sailing, new boat owners, or cruisers preparing for their first open ocean passage...

"Finding Dory V", is a social community of cruisers who plan to cross the Atlantic (East-West and West-East) during the next season (2026-2027). It is the 5th year we organize this "free-to-join" adhoc group of yachties, bonded by one common goal: "to cross the Atlantic together, safely". In the last season, we had over 400 yachts participating in our flotilla.
"Finding Dory" is organized in collaboration with "Noforeignland" (NFL). How to join the Finding Dory flotilla and get the details of our webinars? Join our Telegram chat channel - details in this post on Noforeignland. That post also has all details on the background, purpose and setup of our flotilla.

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