点评:I had a terrific experience sailing with Blue Pacific Yachting in Marina del Ray (recently acquired by West Coast Multihulls) as part of their ASA 104/114 class to Catalina. This class is generally offered once a month on dates that would not work for me in coming months, so I really appreciated that Ellie in the office put together an off-cycle class that worked for me.
My goals were to get time on a catamaran and get some local knowledge of Catalina Island. Our instructor Lori was very knowledgeable about the basic maneuvering we were able to cover in the class, and it was obvious she is very experienced going to Catalina. She was patient and observant and provided specific feedback as I got used to using a twin screw moving around and docking in the marina, and anchoring and picking up a mooring at Catalina. One thing to be aware of, and this is not a criticism but a trade-off for this class, is that the trip to and from Catalina uses up a lot of time that might have been spent on additional docking practice.
Further, on this particular trip due to winds we motored both to Catalina and back which limited the actual sailing time. For my purposes that was not an issue since I was focused on local knowledge and already had significant bigger boat experience on monohulls since receiving the US Sailing BBC rating years ago. We picked up time though since Lori made the decision to have sailors come provisioned and pick up additional stuff at Two Harbors, which I was really glad about since the syllabus seemed to suggest that we would use up valuable class time talking provisions and going shopping.
I definitely recommend Blue Pacific, and Lori
翻译:我在玛丽安德尔雷的Blue Pacific Yachting(最近被West Coast Multihulls收购)参加了他们的ASA 104/114卡塔利娜岛航海课程,获得了非常棒的体验。这门课程通常每月开一次,但在接下来的几个月里,我可能不太方便,所以我非常感谢办公室的Ellie为我安排了一节适合我的非周期课程。
我的目标是体验一下双体船,并了解一些卡塔利娜岛的当地风情。我们的教练Lori非常了解我们在课程中学到的基本操作,而且很明显,她在卡塔利娜岛的航海经验非常丰富。她很有耐心,观察力很强,在我习惯使用双螺旋桨在码头移动和停靠,以及在卡塔利娜岛抛锚和系泊的过程中,她提供了具体的反馈。需要注意的一点是,这并非批评,而是这门课程的弊端,那就是往返卡塔利娜岛的航程占用了大量时间,而这些时间本可以用来进行额外的停泊练习。
此外,由于这次航行风力较大,我们往返卡塔利娜岛都是开着船的,这限制了实际的航行时间。对我来说,这不算什么问题,因为我专注于了解当地情况,而且自从多年前获得美国帆船协会BBC评级以来,我已经积累了丰富的单体船驾驶经验。不过,我们节省了时间,因为Lori决定让水手们自己带补给品到双港领取额外的物品,这让我非常高兴,因为课程大纲似乎暗示我们会把宝贵的课堂时间花在讨论补给品和购物上。
我强烈推荐Blue Pacific,Lori