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[/cs_text][/cs_element_layout_column][/cs_element_layout_row][/cs_element_section][cs_element_section _id=”5″ ][cs_element_layout_row _id=”6″ ][cs_element_layout_column _id=”7″ ][/cs_element_layout_column][/cs_element_layout_row][/cs_element_section][cs_element_section _id=”8″ ][cs_element_layout_row _id=”9″ ][cs_element_layout_column _id=”10″ ][cs_element_section_2 _id=”11″ ][cs_element_layout_row_2 _id=”12″ ][cs_element_layout_column_2 _id=”13″ ][cs_element_image _id=”14″ ][/cs_element_layout_column_2][/cs_element_layout_row_2][/cs_element_section_2][/cs_element_layout_column][/cs_element_layout_row][/cs_element_section][cs_element_section _id=”15″ ][cs_element_layout_row _id=”16″ ][cs_element_layout_column _id=”17″ ][cs_element_section_2 _id=”18″ ][cs_element_layout_row_2 _id=”19″ ][cs_element_layout_column_2 _id=”20″ ][cs_element_layout_div _id=”21″ ][cs_element_button _id=”22″ ][cs_content_seo]Thursday April 10th, 2025\n\n[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_button _id=”23″ ][cs_content_seo]4:30 PM PT / 7:30 PM ET\n\n[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_button _id=”24″ ][cs_content_seo]39\n\n[/cs_content_seo][/cs_element_layout_div][cs_element_headline _id=”25″ ][cs_content_seo]OPERATING A CATAMARAN\n\nMastering the Garmin Navionics Boating App\n\n[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_headline _id=”26″ ][cs_content_seo]with Lisa and Andy Batchelor | Kinetic Sailing\n\n[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_line _id=”27″ ][cs_element_text _id=”28″ ][cs_content_seo]Learn the essentials of sailing and operating a cruising catamaran safely and effectively, whether you plan to buy, charter, or simply want to understand the differences from monohulls.\n\n[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_layout_div _id=”29″ ][cs_element_button _id=”30″ ][cs_content_seo]90-Minute Live Session\n\n[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_button _id=”31″ ][cs_content_seo]On Demand Replay Available\n\n[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_button _id=”32″ ][cs_content_seo]Live Q&A\n\n[/cs_content_seo][/cs_element_layout_div][cs_element_text _id=”33″ ][cs_content_seo]Catamarans comprise a large and growing percentage of the cruising and chartering market. In the online class, Lisa & Andy Batchelor, writers of ASA’s Cruising Catamarans Made Easy textbook, will explain how to sail a cruising catamaran and maneuver it while under power. Make the most of your multihull experience by learning how to operate a catamaran safely and effectively. \n\n[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_button _id=”34″ ][cs_content_seo]REGISTER NOW\n\n[/cs_content_seo][/cs_element_layout_column_2][/cs_element_layout_row_2][/cs_element_section_2][/cs_element_layout_column][/cs_element_layout_row][/cs_element_section][cs_element_section _id=”35″ ][cs_element_layout_row _id=”36″ ][cs_element_layout_column _id=”37″ ][cs_element_headline _id=”38″ ][cs_content_seo]operating a catamaran\n\n[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_button _id=”39″ ][cs_content_seo]REGISTER NOW\n\n[/cs_content_seo][/cs_element_layout_column][/cs_element_layout_row][/cs_element_section][cs_element_section _id=”40″ ][cs_element_layout_row _id=”41″ ][cs_element_layout_column _id=”42″ ][cs_element_layout_div _id=”43″ ][cs_element_image _id=”44″ ][cs_element_image _id=”45″ ][cs_element_image _id=”46″ ][/cs_element_layout_div][/cs_element_layout_column][/cs_element_layout_row][/cs_element_section][cs_element_section _id=”47″ ][cs_element_layout_row _id=”48″ ][cs_element_layout_column _id=”49″ ][cs_element_headline _id=”50″ ][cs_content_seo]Online class overview\n\nIf you race sailboats then the North U Sail Trim and Boat Speed Seminar is for you. We teach the skills you need to move from mid-fleet to podium. Get your speed boost at a North U Trim Seminar – You are so close.\n\n[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_text _id=”51″ ][cs_content_seo]Discover how a catamaran’s structural features affect its stability, speed and maneuverability. Lisa and Andy will cover basic sail plans, sail controls, and techniques for effective performance on all points of sail, tacking and jibing as well as Man Overboard recovery. You’ll learn how to maneuver a twin-engine catamaran under power, including techniques for mooring, anchoring, docking alongside and docking in a slip.\n\n[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_headline _id=”52″ ][cs_content_seo]Who is this class for?\n\nIf you race sailboats then the North U Sail Trim and Boat Speed Seminar is for you. We teach the skills you need to move from mid-fleet to podium. Get your speed boost at a North U Trim Seminar – You are so close.\n\n[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_text _id=”53″ ][cs_content_seo]Suitable for all levels of sailors, this online class is for anyone wanting to explore the basics and the finer points of operating a cruising catamaran, and who wish to learn the techniques for sailing, motoring and docking.\n\n[/cs_content_seo][/cs_element_layout_column][/cs_element_layout_row][cs_element_layout_row _id=”54″ ][cs_element_layout_column _id=”55″ ][cs_element_headline _id=”56″ ][cs_content_seo]List of topics:\n\nSESSION 1 • AVAILABLE ON-DEMAND\n\n[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_text _id=”57″ ][cs_content_seo]Stability features
Helm position pros and cons
Catamaran rigs
Sail options – mainsail, jib/genoa, screechers and spinnakers
Sail and rigging controls
Reefing techniques
Upwind, Reaching and Downwind trim and techniques
Maneuvering under Power
Motoring at cruising speed
Close quarters maneuvering
Mooring, anchoring and Mediterranean mooring
Docking alongside and in a slip

\n\n[/cs_content_seo][/cs_element_layout_column][/cs_element_layout_row][cs_element_layout_row _id=”58″ ][cs_element_layout_column _id=”59″ ][cs_element_headline _id=”60″ ][cs_content_seo]YOUR HOSTS\n\nKeith Whitaker\n\n[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_layout_div _id=”61″ ][cs_element_layout_div_2 _id=”62″ ][cs_element_headline _id=”63″ ][cs_content_seo]Sail Solomons ASA School & Charter Base, Founders\n\nCAPTAINS ANDY & LISA BATCHELOR FRAILEY\n\n[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_text _id=”64″ ][cs_content_seo]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 are the writers of five ASA textbooks.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 have conducted instructional passages on many makes and models of cruising and performance catamarans. They also organize and lead sailing flotillas on 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, ASA Master Instructors, cruisers, racers, analysts and business owners with a wealth of experience in the sailing industry.\n\n[/cs_content_seo][/cs_element_layout_div_2][cs_element_image _id=”65″ ][/cs_element_layout_div][/cs_element_layout_column][/cs_element_layout_row][/cs_element_section][cs_element_section _id=”66″ ][cs_element_layout_row _id=”67″ ][cs_element_layout_column _id=”68″ ][cs_element_raw_content _id=”69″ ][cs_content_seo]\n\n[/cs_content_seo][/cs_element_layout_column][cs_element_layout_column _id=”70″ ][cs_element_headline _id=”71″ ][cs_content_seo]ONLINE CLASS REGISTRATION\n\n[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_layout_div _id=”72″ ][cs_element_headline _id=”73″ ][cs_content_seo]THURSDAY, APRIL 10TH, 2025@ 4:30 PM PT / 7:30 PM ET (90 MIN)\n\n[/cs_content_seo][/cs_element_layout_div][cs_element_layout_div _id=”74″ ][cs_element_layout_div_2 _id=”75″ ][cs_element_text _id=”76″ ][cs_content_seo]Regular Price\n\n[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_text _id=”77″ ][cs_content_seo]$39\n\n[/cs_content_seo][/cs_element_layout_div_2][cs_element_layout_div_2 _id=”78″ ][cs_element_text _id=”79″ ][cs_content_seo]ASA Member Price\n\n[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_text _id=”80″ ][cs_content_seo]$29\n\n[/cs_content_seo][/cs_element_layout_div_2][/cs_element_layout_div][/cs_element_layout_column][/cs_element_layout_row][cs_element_layout_row _id=”81″ ][cs_element_layout_column _id=”82″ ][cs_element_headline _id=”83″ ][cs_content_seo]ON-DEMAND ACCESS\n\n[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_text _id=”84″ ][cs_content_seo]All registrations include unlimited on-demand access to the recordings of the live online class. So if you are unable to attend live you can still register and watch at your leisure.\n\n[/cs_content_seo][/cs_element_layout_column][cs_element_layout_column _id=”85″ ][cs_element_headline _id=”86″ ][cs_content_seo]ASA MEMBER DISCOUNT\n\n[/cs_content_seo][cs_element_text _id=”87″ ][cs_content_seo]American Sailing Members can claim their discount in the Member Portal. If you’re not a current member then for only $59/year you can join or renew today!\n\n[/cs_content_seo][/cs_element_layout_column][/cs_element_layout_row][cs_element_layout_row _id=”88″ ][cs_element_layout_column _id=”89″ ][cs_element_text _id=”90″ ][cs_content_seo]\n\n[/cs_content_seo][/cs_element_layout_column][/cs_element_layout_row][cs_element_layout_row _id=”91″ ][cs_element_layout_column _id=”92″ ][cs_element_text _id=”93″ ][cs_content_seo]This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google
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