{"id":699,"date":"2023-02-10T11:06:03","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T16:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abcpalmbeach.org\/?page_id=699"},"modified":"2025-02-23T09:35:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T14:35:35","slug":"elective-courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/abcpalmbeach.org\/home\/education\/elective-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Elective Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"699\" class=\"elementor elementor-699\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b100d1a elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b100d1a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0b3e108\" data-id=\"0b3e108\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aeee7e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"aeee7e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-063aa11 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"063aa11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Elective Courses<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b41546f elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b41546f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7cf1371\" data-id=\"7cf1371\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab0c97e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ab0c97e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4312a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b4312a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In-Person Courses<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-25403aa elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"25403aa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9a87421\" data-id=\"9a87421\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-580820d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"580820d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sail<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dd4219 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2dd4219\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin-bottom: 9.0pt;\"><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Arial; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Arial; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: black; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;\">Learn about basic sailboat designs and nomenclature, rigging, and safety from experienced USPS sailors.\u00a0 Then tackle the physical aspects of sailing forces and techniques, sail applications, marlinespike, helmsmanship, and handling of difficult sailing conditions.\u00a0 This course will benefit non-sailors as well as novice and experienced sailors.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin-bottom: 9.0pt;\"><b style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; font-style: inherit;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; margin-top: 9.0pt; margin-bottom: 9.0pt;\"><b style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; font-style: inherit;\">What\u2019s Included?<\/b><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; margin-left: 54.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt; margin-top: 2.25pt; mso-level-number-format: bullet; mso-level-text: \u00b7; mso-level-size: 12.0pt; mso-level-font-family: Symbol;\"><span style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; color: #0a171a;\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"width: 12.75pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Arial; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Arial; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; color: #0a171a; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0A171A; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;\">Types of sailboat rigs and hull shapes, including sail configurations and standing rigging<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; margin-left: 54.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt; margin-top: 2.25pt; mso-level-number-format: bullet; mso-level-text: \u00b7; mso-level-size: 12.0pt; mso-level-font-family: Symbol;\"><span style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; color: #0a171a;\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"width: 12.75pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Arial; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Arial; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; color: #0a171a; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0A171A; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;\">Wind and water forces affecting sailboat stability and balance<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; margin-left: 54.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt; margin-top: 2.25pt; mso-level-number-format: bullet; mso-level-text: \u00b7; mso-level-size: 12.0pt; mso-level-font-family: Symbol;\"><span style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; color: #0a171a;\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"width: 12.75pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Arial; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Arial; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; color: #0a171a; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0A171A; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;\">Sail shape and tuning the standing rigging<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; margin-left: 54.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt; margin-top: 2.25pt; mso-level-number-format: bullet; mso-level-text: \u00b7; mso-level-size: 12.0pt; mso-level-font-family: Symbol;\"><span style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; color: #0a171a;\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"width: 12.75pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Arial; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Arial; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; color: #0a171a; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0A171A; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;\">Steering and helmsmanship<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; margin-left: 54.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt; margin-top: 2.25pt; mso-level-number-format: bullet; mso-level-text: \u00b7; mso-level-size: 12.0pt; mso-level-font-family: Symbol;\"><span style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; color: #0a171a;\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"width: 12.75pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Arial; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Arial; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; color: #0a171a; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0A171A; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;\">Sailing upwind, downwind and spinnaker handling<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; margin-left: 54.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt; margin-top: 2.25pt; mso-level-number-format: bullet; mso-level-text: \u00b7; mso-level-size: 12.0pt; mso-level-font-family: Symbol;\"><span style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; color: #0a171a;\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"width: 12.75pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Arial; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Arial; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; color: #0a171a; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0A171A; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;\">Heavy weather sailing and storm conditions<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination: none; margin-left: 54.0pt; text-indent: -18.0pt; margin-top: 2.25pt; mso-level-number-format: bullet; mso-level-text: \u00b7; mso-level-size: 12.0pt; mso-level-font-family: Symbol;\"><span style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; color: #0a171a;\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"width: 12.75pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Arial; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Arial; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; color: #0a171a; mso-style-textfill-type: solid; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #0A171A; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100%; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;\">Boat operations including docking, anchoring and safety issues.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;\">Course\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;\">Fee: $80 USPS members,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;\">$120 2 members sharing materials,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;\">$160 non-members<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Arial; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Arial; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;\">T<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;\">his course continues for 12 sessions.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 21.3333px; font-style: normal;\">Where: Anchorage Park Facilities Bldg., 303 Anchorage Drive, North Palm Beach, FL.<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab398f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-google_maps\" data-id=\"ab398f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"google_maps.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-custom-embed\">\n\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=603%20Anchorage%20Drive%2C%20North%20Palm%20Beach%2C%20FL&#038;t=m&#038;z=13&#038;output=embed&#038;iwloc=near\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"603 Anchorage Drive, North Palm Beach, FL\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"603 Anchorage Drive, North Palm Beach, FL\"\n\t\t\t><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d4c1e3f\" data-id=\"d4c1e3f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b37922 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2b37922\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"475\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/abcpalmbeach.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Sail-SM-Cover.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-830\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abcpalmbeach.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Sail-SM-Cover.jpg 475w, https:\/\/abcpalmbeach.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Sail-SM-Cover-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ab718a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2ab718a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Course Schedule<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dc0e0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7dc0e0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>This course is not<\/b><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b> scheduled at this time<\/b><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e00703c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e00703c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"mailto: sail@abcpalmbeach.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\">For more information, please contact:\u00a0 seo@abcpalmbeach.org<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0985f5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0985f5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 600; color: #010101; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial; color: #cc0000;\">Come for the boating<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 600; color: #010101; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial; color: #cc0000;\"> education&#8230;..<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 600; color: #010101; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;\">Stay for the friends<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ef5d2ca elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ef5d2ca\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1da6232\" data-id=\"1da6232\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6257f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b6257f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b2c160f elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b2c160f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-75517c4\" data-id=\"75517c4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e73beb4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e73beb4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"997\" src=\"https:\/\/abcpalmbeach.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Weather-768x997.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-831\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abcpalmbeach.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Weather-768x997.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abcpalmbeach.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Weather-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/abcpalmbeach.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Weather-789x1024.jpg 789w, https:\/\/abcpalmbeach.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Weather-1184x1536.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/abcpalmbeach.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Weather-1578x2048.jpg 1578w, https:\/\/abcpalmbeach.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Weather-scaled.jpg 1973w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29c931e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"29c931e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Course Schedule<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11cf6d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11cf6d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>This course is not<\/b><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b> scheduled at this time<\/b><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a752e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0a752e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"mailto: weather@abcpalmbeach.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">For more information, please contact:\u00a0 \u00a0weather@abcpalmbeach.org<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5fc585 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5fc585\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 600; color: #010101; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial; color: #cc0000;\">Come for the boating<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 600; color: #010101; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial; color: #cc0000;\"> education&#8230;..<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 600; color: #010101; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;\">Stay for the friends<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d8e0e2\" data-id=\"3d8e0e2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c191b66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c191b66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Weather<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4c9309 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d4c9309\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 125%; font-family: Arial; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Arial; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Arial; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;\">The safety and comfort of those who venture out on the water have always been weather dependent.&nbsp; In this course, students will become keener observers of the weather, but weather observations only have meaning in the context of the basic principles of meteorology\u2014the science of the atmosphere.&nbsp; The course focuses on how weather systems form, behave, move, and interact with one another and reflects the availability of all sorts of weather reports and forecasts on the internet.&nbsp; This is a general weather course benefiting those sitting in their living rooms, as much as those standing behind the helm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt;\">What\u2019s Included?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; language: x-none; color: black;\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"width: 13.5pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 125%; font-family: Arial; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Arial; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Arial; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;\">The atmosphere: temperature and heat<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; language: x-none; color: black;\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"width: 13.5pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 125%; font-family: Arial; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Arial; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Arial; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;\">Wind, pressure, and waves<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; language: x-none; color: black;\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"width: 13.5pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 125%; font-family: Arial; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Arial; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Arial; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;\">Water, humidity and fog<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; language: x-none; color: black;\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"width: 13.5pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 125%; font-family: Arial; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Arial; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Arial; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;\">Stability, clouds, and precipitation<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; language: x-none; color: black;\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"width: 13.5pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 125%; font-family: Arial; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Arial; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Arial; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;\">Thunderstorms, tornadoes, lightning and optical effects<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; language: x-none; color: black;\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"width: 13.5pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 125%; font-family: Arial; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Arial; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Arial; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;\">Mid-latitude weather and storms<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; language: x-none; color: black;\">\u00b7<\/span><span style=\"width: 13.5pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\" style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 125%; font-family: Arial; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Arial; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Arial; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;\">Tropical weather and storms<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial;\">Course&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial;\">Fee: $80 USPS members,&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial;\">$120 2 members sharing materials,&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial;\">$160 non-members<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;\">This course usualy continues for 10 sessions<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 21.3333px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;\">Where: Anchorage Park Activities Building, 603 Anchorage Drive, North Palm Beach, FL<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db439fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-google_maps\" data-id=\"db439fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"google_maps.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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elementor-element elementor-element-5c2f729\" data-id=\"5c2f729\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61091bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"61091bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c42c91 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3c42c91\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-78eaec1\" data-id=\"78eaec1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1286edc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1286edc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Online Courses<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-af3c847 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"af3c847\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-449f09a\" data-id=\"449f09a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f7195c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0f7195c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"515\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/abcpalmbeach.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cruising-under-pwr-sail.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-4119\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abcpalmbeach.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cruising-under-pwr-sail.png 515w, https:\/\/abcpalmbeach.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cruising-under-pwr-sail-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbc4e9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cbc4e9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>This is an online course<\/b><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b> given by<\/b><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">America&#8217;s Boating Club<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de3dae9 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Prepare for cruises, raft-ups and rendezvous up the river, down the bay, along the coast and over the border.<\/p><p>This comprehensive online course offered by United States Power Squadrons, America\u2019s Boating Club, includes 16 fully narrated modules and a downloadable PDF student guide, giving you total control of what and how quickly you learn.<\/p><p><strong>You\u2019ll learn about<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><strong>Planning a cruise<\/strong>\u2014choosing and equipping your boat, selecting crew and\u00a0provisioning<\/li><li><strong>Navigation<\/strong>\u2014getting there,\u00a0electronics and\u00a0communication<\/li><li><strong>Weather for boaters<\/strong>\u2014forecasting winds and storms<\/li><li><strong>Crossing borders<\/strong>\u2014crossing international borders<\/li><li><strong>Safety equipment and emergencies<\/strong>\u2014preparing\u00a0for the unexpected<\/li><li>And much more!<\/li><\/ul><p>This course also includes an exam. 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