Saturday, March 5- 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.
$50 before 2/16/16, $65 after

Mark Thornton will be coming to Columbia Yacht Club March 5th from 8am to 4pm. Mark will be going over all aspects of weather as they pertain to us here on the great lakes. This seminar will be of great value to everyone from the cruising power boater to the advanced sailboat racer.

To register, please click on the link below. To read more about Mark and see a detailed lesson plan for his visit to Columbia, Click Here!

Biography: 

Mark Thornton has been sailing on Lake Erie for more than 20 years and currently owns Osprey, a C&C 35. His interest in weather forecasting grew from his experiences cruising and racing on the lake. Mark is a 2006 graduate of the Penn State University Certificate of Achievement in Weather Forecasting, a two-year program that develops skills in general, tropical, and severe weather forecasting.

He is the president of LakeErieWX LLC, a company dedicated to providing marine weather education and forecasting resources for recreational boaters (www.lakeeriewx.com). He served as race meteorologist for the 2014 and 2015 Bell’s Beer Bayview Race to Mackinac, and is the past president of the Cleveland chapter of the American Meteorological Society. Mark is employed as the Vice-President of Administration for the law firm of Wegman, Hessler & Vanderburg, and as a Teaching Assistant in the Certificate of Achievement in Weather Forecasting Program at Penn State University.

PRICING

Members and those registering before February 16 will pay a fee of $50. After that date, the fee will raise to $65. The price includes lunch & Keg Beer. Please register ASAP with the link below. 

Register Here!