Weather services will also provide weather warnings, such as small craft or gale warnings for a certain area, as well as fog predictions.

As the skipper of a vessel, you are expected to be able to handle situations thrust upon you at a moment’s notice. Many of these situations are boat-related issues, but there are also crew injury issues for which you should be prepared to assess and handle at least enough until professional assistance arrives.

We begin with a phenomenon called magnetism. This phenomenon was known thousands of years before electricity. Magnetism was discovered…