Anchoring with Assurance Seminar

Reduce the risk of running aground by understanding the issues and problems involving anchoring, such as anchor types and sizes. In this two-hour seminar, you will learn proper anchoring techniques for different types of sea bottoms.

What's included?

Understand how to anchor and choose appropriate locations depending on conditions.
Understand how to select appropriate anchors, chain, and rode.
Understand how to effectively pick up moorings and raft your boat to other boats.
Understand how to use—and know how to tie—the two knots most often used when anchoring: the anchor bend and the figure-eight knot.

This seminar will be presented by Philip Quarles a certified USPS Boating Safety Instructor and Senior Navigator. Phil is also a certified US Sailing Coastal Navigator and holds a current US Sailing Safety at Sea seminar certificate.

Investment: $20.

Where: Halesite Volunteer Fire Department

1 New York Avenue

Halesite NY 11743

When: Wednesday, April 1st from 7 PM to 9 PM.

To register, just enter your name, email and "Anchoring" in the message box below and click Register. We will reply to you.

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