POINT SAN PABLO HARBOR presents

Lessons Learned the Hard Way - A Conversation with Nigel Calder - Author & Boat Systems Expert

Free at the Clubhouse

Friday, March 29th, 2024
6pm Doors, Beer, Wine | 7:30pm Conversation

Nigel calder

Nigel Calder describes some of the many mistakes he made on the way to acquiring the knowledge that has made him something of an expert on boating systems. Come to be entertained and perhaps learn something useful in the process.

Nigel Calder and his wife, Terrie, have built or owned a succession of boats on which they have cruised extensively in the Caribbean, the U.S. and Europe with Pippin (now aged 38) and Paul (37) augmenting the crew along the way. For decades Nigel has experimented with advanced electrical and propulsion systems. Nigel is a thirty-year veteran of the American Boat and Yacht Council (ABYC) which writes the standards for recreational boat electrical systems. He is best known for his Boatowner’s Mechanical and Electrical Manual, now in its 4th edition, and his Marine Diesel Engines, in its 3rd edition.  In addition to hundreds of magazine articles, he has also authored a Cruising Guide to the Northwest Caribbean, Cuba: A Cruising Guide, Nigel Calder’s Cruising Handbook, How to Read a Nautical Chart, and a memoir of his family’s first long cruise titled Shakedown Cruise. His most recent venture is a partnership to provide detailed and accurate online marine technical education at www.BoatHowTo.com. Currently available are courses in Basic Marine Electrics (BE 101) and Advanced Marine Electrics. Soon to be released is a course on Diesel Engine Maintenance.