Understanding Marine Customers, 2nd edition, introduces the different marine forecast customers and discusses what forecast information they need to know and why they need to know it. A better understanding of the needs of the marine forecast customer will lead to better daily forecasts. The 2nd edition expands upon marine customer base to include more nearshore users, such as beachgoers, surfers, and sea kayakers.
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After completing the instruction, the learner will be able to do the following:
- Given a picture of a boat, name the various parts
- Describe the characteristics of planing hull and displacement hull boats
- Define boat stability and list the attributes that increase and decrease it
- Describe the hazards associated with long and short period waves
- Describe confused seas and the conditions that lead to them
- Describe roll frequency and the characteristics that give a boat a fast or slow roll frequency
- List the sea state and weather concerns of the following marine customers:
- Merchant marine
- Commercial and Sport fishers
- Recreational sailors and motor yachts
- SAR / law enforcement / emergency responders
- Sea kayakers and other nearshore boaters
- Scuba divers
- Surfers
- Beachgoers and tide poolers
marine, ocean, waves, stability, planing hull, displacement hull, shoaling, refraction, wavelength, wave period, wave steepness, center of gravity, center of buoyancy, sailing, tacking, windsurfing, fishing, scuba, sea kayak, tide pool, beachgoers, surfing, merchant marine
