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What this video covers

Brady, host of Cruisers Academy, reunites with the crew of the sailboat Delos in Mexico after a three-year separation.1:01 The two boats share an anchorage near Agua Verde before sailing downwind together toward their next destination.0:41 Following the departure of Delos, the Cruisers Academy team begins a week-long instructional sailing course near La Paz, Mexico, aboard their boat, Lentica.11:11 The curriculum focuses on practical skills for students, including weather forecasting using PredictWind, route planning with Navionics, and hands-on boat handling.12:19 During a shakedown sail around Espiritu Santo Island, students practice hoisting the mainsail, managing halyard tension, and trimming the headsail.13:22 Brady instructs students on interpreting GPS data, specifically the difference between speed over ground and speed through water, as well as calculating true versus apparent wind vectors.15:33 The course emphasizes customizing instruction to individual goals, such as transitioning from a 30-foot sailboat to a larger cruising vessel.11:30

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