The Boats Afloat Show once again features daily seminars with a wide range of topics presented by a host of experts. The seminars are free of charge to show attendees and loacted next to the main entrance.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
TIME	SPEAKER	TOPIC
Noon	Jessica Stone	Doggy on Deck: Everything you need to know about cruising with Fido
1 PM	Scott Sky Smith	How to select the best sailboat for you
2 PM	Jeff Hummel	PC Navigation
3 PM	Chuck Gould	The Taming of the (Single) Screw
4 PM	Dan Bergin	The Ultimate in Coastal Cruising: Venezuela to Seattle in 88 Days
5 PM	Dick Blumenthal	George Vancouver's journey through Puget Sound Country
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
11 AM	Wally Davis	Seashore Life for Northwest Boaters
Noon	Scott Sky Smith	How to select the best sailboat for you
1 PM	Kurt Mondloch	Flight of the Osprey: A seven year circumnavigation
2 PM	Jeff Hummel	PC Navigation
3 PM	Jessica Stone	Doggy on Deck: Everything you need to know about cruising with Fido
4 PM	Jeff Sanders	Captain license requirements
5 PM	Jo Bailey and Carl Nyberg	Gunkholing the San Juan Islands
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
Noon	Anne Fleck	Boat Upholstery
1 PM	Scott Sky Smith	How to select the best sailboat for you
2 PM	Jessica Stone	Doggy on Deck: Everything you need to know about cruising with Fido
3 PM	OAR Northwest	Across the Atlantic in a Rowboat
4 PM	Dan Bergin	The Ultimate in Coastal Cruising: Venezuela to Seattle in 88 Days

Dr. Jessica Stone is an author, educator and avid sailor. Jessica specializes in writing personal biographies and stories in the style of the Great American Novel. She spends her time in the Pacific Northwest and aboard her 41’ sailboat, Blessed Be!, in the tropics. Kip McSnip, The Famous Sailing Dog, went sail-boarding in St. Thomas, flew in a float plane over Puget Sound and rode a motorcycle in Mexico. He’s gone swimming with sea turtles and herded wild goats across a tropical island.

Captain Jeffrey Sanders founded United States Maritime Academy in 1987 and has trained thousands of students for their Coast Guard Captain’s License. He was among the first instructors to become certified to teach Coast Guard approved license classes offering training in lieu of CG examinations. USMA now has branches throughout the country, which uses texts and exams written by Capt. Sanders and are approved by the U.S. Coast Guard. He is the author of numerous navigation manuals, the latest being a The Celestial Navigation Recipe Book which offers a unique step-by-step menu for using the sextant.

Dr. Kurt Mondloch is a seasoned circumnavigator and inveterate traveler. He is a licensed commercial pilot and holds a USCG 100-ton Masters license for sail & power. Kurt lives with his wife on the Olympic Penninsula of Western Washington.

Scott Sky Smith is a nationally recognized writer and speaker, with the monthly columns Dock Talk Q & A in Yacht Trader and Hangar Talk Q & A in AeroTrader. He is also the author of Ultimate Boat Maintenance Projects and How to Buy A Single-Engine Airplane. Scott Sky Smith and Jeanne Westbrook Smith are the owners of SkySmith, Inc., which is a nationally recognized aviation and marine insurance agency.

Jeff Hummel has worked in the PC Navigation for over 17 years. Hummel is an avid boater and native of the Pacific Northwest. Hummel is an avid writer, contributing to a number of boating magazines, and was previously the electronics editor of Passagemaker Magazine. Hummel worked at Nobeltec from 1995 to 2001, where he led the development of the Insight Radar Products and Passport charts. Hummel is currently the director of sales and Marketing for Rose Point Navigation Systems.

Anne Fleck is an experienced offshore & local cruiser, has a BA in Textile Design from UW and has owned Sea Foam Yachts Interiors for 20 years, generating an extensive upholstery portfolio of power, sail, & work boats 20’ – 120’.

Wally Davis is an avid boater who has cruised the waters of Puget Sound and British Columbia for 20 years; the last 13 in his Ocean 40. He has a master’s degree in zoology from the University of California at Berkeley. Before retiring Wally spent 25 years managing environmental impact studies for the electric utility industry. Wally is retired from the Naval Reserves where he served as pilot of P3 patrol aircraft.

Jo Bailey and Carl Nyberg are co-authors of the popular and intriguing cruising guidebooks Gunkholing in the San Juans and Gunkholing in South Puget Sound, which they have been writing and publishing for over 20 years. They have enjoyed sailing Pacific Northwest waters from South Puget Sound to the north end of Vancouver Island for a combined over 100 years.

Seattle native Chuck Gould is a Pacific Northwest boater and writer. He is editor of Nor’westing Magazine, and his articles appear regularly in that publication as well as some other in the US and Canada. Among Gould’s boating-related work is the book How to Choose Your First Powerboat, published by Sheridan House.

Dan Bergin is a USCG licensed Captain and a US Sailing Certified Instructor at WINDWORKS Sailing Center here in Seattle. He skippers PAPA II, an AMEL 53’ ketch and runs adventure sailing trips through SAILPAPA, LLC. A 1982 graduate of the US Naval Academy and airline Captain, he has sailed and flown around the world. he brings a wealth of knowledge to the task of sailing boats up and down the west coast. His latestadventure brought him back to SEattle aboard PAPA II all the way from Venezuela through the Panama Canal.

OAR Northwest. On June 10th, 2006, a team of four Seattle-based rowers took off from New York City in an attempt to row across the North Atlantic Ocean against three British teams in the Shepherd Ocean Fours Race 2006. They are recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records for being the first rowboat to travel from mainland U.S. to mainland U.K. They look forward to promoting and assisting the next group of Northwest rowers that take on the challenge of the open ocean.