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SAILING CLASSES
"Voyage and Route Planning" is the title of a practical three-hour
cruising workshop that will be offered at 9 a.m. Feb. 24 by Orange Coast
College's School of Sailing and Seamanship at OCC's Sailing Center, 1801
W. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. World-renowned mariner Jimmy Cornell
will lead the workshop. $35, $55 for couples. (949) 645-9412.
Argus, a tall ship based in Newport Beach, will host two Crew Leader
Orientation Days at 9:30 a.m. March 3 and 4 at the Boy Scout Sea Base,
1931 W. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. Participants must be at least 16
years old. Free. (949) 642-5031.
The Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club, in cooperation with Valley Detroit
Diesel and West Marine, will present the first in its quarterly series of
boat maintenance seminars at 11 a.m. March 17 at the Yacht Club, 1601
Bayside Drive, Corona del Mar. An opportunity to talk with professionals
who repair and maintain both gas and diesel marine engines will also be
presented. $10 includes a traditional St. Patrick's Day lunch. (949)
644-9530.
Orange Coast College's School of Sailing and Seamanship will offer
noncredit keelboat classes for women who are beginning sailors from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. March 24 and May 13 at OCC's Sailing Center, 1801 W. Coast
Highway, Newport Beach. $215. (949) 645-9412.
Orange Coast College's School of Sailing and Seamanship will offer
eight noncredit classes on operating the classic Shields keelboat from 9
a.m. to 1 p.m. on successive Saturdays and Sundays through March and in
May at OCC's Sailing Center, 1801 W. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. The
class, "Introduction to Shields," is the transition class from small
boats to 27- to 30-foot keelboats. Students should have a solid grasp of
the basics of dinghy sailing. With an aide on each boat, students will
learn seamanship skills, skippering, reefing, right-of-way rules, jibing
and the safe handling of a larger boat. $115. (949) 645-9412.
Orange Coast College's School of Sailing and Seamanship will offer
eight noncredit, intermediate-level classes on operating Lido 14 dinghies
from 1:15 to 5 p.m. on successive Saturdays and Sundays through March and
in May at OCC's Sailing Center, 1801 W. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. The
class, "Intermediate Lidos," should be taken after completion of a
