{"id":21011,"date":"2014-08-28T12:23:31","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T12:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/?p=21011"},"modified":"2014-08-28T12:24:05","modified_gmt":"2014-08-28T12:24:05","slug":"weather-for-boaters-new-online-course-offered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/2014\/08\/weather-for-boaters-new-online-course-offered\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Weather for Boaters&#8217; New Online Course Offered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">For sailors, knowing the forecast and understanding the weather can mean the difference between smooth, sunny sailing or slogging through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Weather-For-Boaters-BoatUS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-21012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Weather-For-Boaters-BoatUS.jpg\" alt=\"Weather-For-Boaters-BoatUS\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" \/><\/a>uncomfortably rough seas. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usps.org\/edonline\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>Weather for Boaters<\/i><\/span><\/a>, a new online course from the United States Power Squadrons (USPS) and the BoatUS Foundation aims to teach boaters the basics of weather and forecasting so they may recognize and prepare for storms coming their way, interpret cloud formations and wind shifts, learn when to prepare for lightning and thunderstorms, and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201c<i>Weather for Boaters<\/i> follows the traditions of USPS to prepare boaters to make informed decisions on the water.\u201d said Robert Baldridge, Chief Commander, US Power Squadrons.\u00a0 The course is an easy-to-follow boater\u2019s guide to forecasting, winds and storms that will help any boat owner decide when it\u2019s time to go out, head back in, or seek cover. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.waterwayguide.com\/waterway-updates\/news\/GEN\/4213\/Weather-for-Boaters-new-online-course-offered\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For sailors, knowing the forecast and understanding the weather can mean the difference between smooth, sunny sailing or slogging through uncomfortably rough seas. Weather for Boaters, a new online course from the United States Power Squadrons (USPS) and the BoatUS Foundation aims to teach boaters the basics of weather and forecasting so they may recognize and prepare for storms coming their way, interpret cloud formations and wind shifts, learn when to prepare for lightning and thunderstorms, and more. \u201cWeather for Boaters follows the traditions of USPS to prepare boaters to make informed decisions on the water.\u201d said Robert Baldridge, Chief Commander, US Power Squadrons.\u00a0 The course is an easy-to-follow boater\u2019s guide to forecasting, winds and storms that will help any boat owner decide when it\u2019s time to go out, head back in, or seek cover. Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21012,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[99,98],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21011"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21011"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21013,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21011\/revisions\/21013"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}