Boating Insights
Above & Beyond Boating specialises in providing self paced e-learning for the boating community. Our courses are structured to help you learn about boat handling, navigation and safety and teach the broader seamanship skills needed to be confident and safe at sea. Our training pathways are perfect if you want to spend more time boating, are open to learning and developing your skills, and are passionate about being on the water.Podcasts
Electronic Navigation Skills
Published: Jan. 7, 2024, 10 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 53 seconds
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I wish I knew then what I know now
Published: Dec. 10, 2023, 10 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 54 seconds
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Celebrating Being Afloat
Published: Nov. 12, 2023, 10 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 13 seconds
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Seamanship Toolbox
Published: Oct. 15, 2023, 10 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 27 seconds
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Exploring Weather Models and Observations with Nick Olson from Predict Wind
Published: Sept. 17, 2023, 11 p.m.Duration: 21 minutes 55 seconds
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Essential MMSI information with Linda Berryman from AMSA
Published: Aug. 20, 2023, 11 p.m.Duration: 19 minutes 20 seconds
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Advancements in Marine Safety: A Discussion with Linda Berryman from AMSA
Published: July 21, 2023, 1:59 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 7 seconds
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Are you missing a trick?
Published: June 25, 2023, 11 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 46 seconds
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Turning a problem into an opportunity
Published: May 28, 2023, 11 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 8 seconds
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Your Boating Kit Bag
Published: May 1, 2023, 2 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 37 seconds
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Dynamic Passage Planning
Published: March 28, 2023, 10 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 32 seconds
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What are your options for reporting your position?
Published: Feb. 28, 2023, 10 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 22 seconds
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Leave Your Comfort Zone
Published: Feb. 6, 2023, 4 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 26 seconds
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Prepare yourself for the voyage of a lifetime with John Hembrow - founder of the Down Under Rally
Published: Jan. 9, 2023, 1 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 55 seconds
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A change is as good as a holiday
Published: Dec. 12, 2022, 3:28 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 47 seconds
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Make tide your friend
Published: Nov. 14, 2022, 1 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 55 seconds
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Boarding options for your boating
Published: Oct. 17, 2022, 2:51 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 56 seconds
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Interview with David Hows of Ocean Sailing Expeditions and Podcast
Published: Sept. 18, 2022, 2 p.m.Duration: 25 minutes 45 seconds
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Marine Electronics
Published: Aug. 22, 2022, 12:31 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 24 seconds
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Toys for your boat
Published: July 25, 2022, 4 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 56 seconds
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5 ideas to simplify your boat
Published: June 27, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 17 seconds
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Covers and Canvas - Protecting your boat and crew
Published: June 3, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 8 seconds
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Setting up and using an EPIRB
Published: May 6, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 28 seconds
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Boating Holidays - How to make them awesome
Published: April 8, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 6 seconds
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Catch up with Mike McKiernan from Deckee
Published: March 11, 2022, 4 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 17 seconds
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Taking a break during a passage
Published: Feb. 11, 2022, 4 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 18 seconds
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Qualifications for Teenagers and Young Adults
Published: Jan. 14, 2022, 4 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 46 seconds
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Junction from coastal cruising to pilotage
Published: Dec. 17, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 47 seconds
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Stop > Think > Act
Published: Oct. 22, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 18 seconds
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Managing engine failure
Published: Sept. 24, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 17 seconds
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Your first overnight passage
Published: Aug. 27, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 17 seconds
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Don't get penned in - Is a marina berth or swing mooring going to be the best for you?
Published: July 30, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 29 seconds
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Setting up for a successful passage
Published: July 2, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 21 seconds
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The first year of boat ownership
Published: June 4, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 45 seconds
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Mayday Mayday Mayday
Published: May 7, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 1 second
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Navigation - Where are you?
Published: April 9, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 6 seconds
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Is it time to make a plan?
Published: March 12, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 6 seconds
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Keep It Simple Skipper!
Published: Feb. 12, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 7 seconds
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Accelerate your skill development through 2021
Published: Jan. 8, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 34 seconds
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Accelerate your skill development
Published: Jan. 8, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 34 seconds
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Planning your first Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
Published: Dec. 11, 2020, 4 a.m.Duration: 27 minutes 59 seconds
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Self Sufficiency for blue water cruising
Published: Nov. 13, 2020, 4 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 13 seconds
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Perishable knowledge
Published: Oct. 21, 2020, 1:41 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 58 seconds
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Sustainable boating - With Kate Fortnam
Published: Oct. 16, 2020, 1:58 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 46 seconds
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RYA Day Skipper and the ICC explained
Published: Oct. 2, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 9 minutes 36 seconds
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Learning your boats engine systems
Published: Sept. 18, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 23 seconds
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Identifying and avoiding vessels at night
Published: Sept. 4, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 45 seconds
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Shortening your sails when sailing downwind
Published: Aug. 21, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 12 seconds
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Getting more life and value from your sails
Published: Aug. 7, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 51 seconds
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Sea Survival Training
Published: July 23, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 6 seconds
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Understanding Insurance for Blue Water Sailing
Published: July 10, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 7 seconds
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Putting 'why' into your weather predictions...
Published: June 26, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 40 seconds
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Taking others on your boating journey...
Published: June 12, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 19 seconds
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Tweaking and modifying your boat
Published: May 29, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 56 seconds
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Understanding everything you have onboard your boat!
Published: May 15, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 2 seconds
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Which mainsail setup is best for you?
Published: May 1, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 15 minutes 21 seconds
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Master your VHF Radio
Published: April 17, 2020, 5:05 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 18 seconds
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Preparing food on passage!
Published: March 22, 2020, 7 p.m.Duration: 18 minutes 39 seconds
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Firefighter Family Day
Published: March 10, 2020, 3 a.m.Duration: 9 minutes 14 seconds
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Using instruments for passage making
Published: Jan. 26, 2020, 7 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 32 seconds
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Unscheduled Man Overboard drills!
Published: Jan. 12, 2020, 7 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 58 seconds
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Understanding your through hull fittings!
Published: Dec. 29, 2019, 7 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 40 seconds
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Your boat's 'value add' to your lifestyle!
Published: Dec. 15, 2019, 7 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 15 seconds
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The upskilling pop quiz!
Published: Dec. 1, 2019, 7 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 31 seconds
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Guided sailing holidays
Published: Nov. 17, 2019, 7 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 48 seconds
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Master your mooring lines!
Published: Nov. 3, 2019, 7 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 42 seconds
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Turning in confined spaces
Published: Oct. 20, 2019, 7 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 58 seconds
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Get to know your bilge system...
Published: Oct. 6, 2019, 7 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 1 second
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Top tips for marine toilets!
Published: Sept. 22, 2019, 8 p.m.Duration: 6 minutes 14 seconds
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Expand your comfort zone!
Published: Sept. 8, 2019, 8 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 28 seconds
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Getting kids into sailing!
Published: Aug. 25, 2019, 8 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 4 seconds
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Should you join a club?
Published: July 28, 2019, 8 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 45 seconds
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Putting your boat to work!
Published: July 14, 2019, 8 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 7 seconds
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Choosing the right sail plan for your boat
Published: June 30, 2019, 8 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 21 seconds
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Sail better, race faster!
Published: June 16, 2019, 8 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 7 seconds
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Do you need qualifications?
Published: June 2, 2019, 8 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 29 seconds
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Choosing a boat!
Published: May 19, 2019, 8 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 11 seconds
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First Aid on a boat
Published: May 5, 2019, 8 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 22 seconds
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Keep learning your boat's systems...
Published: April 21, 2019, 8 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 35 seconds
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Your Skippering Style!
Published: April 7, 2019, 8 p.m.Duration: 4 minutes 54 seconds
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When things go wrong...
Published: March 24, 2019, 7 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 52 seconds
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Sailing your first Sydney Hobart Yacht Race!
Published: March 10, 2019, 7 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 9 seconds
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The functions you are missing on your Chart Plotter!
Published: Feb. 24, 2019, 7 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 7 seconds
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The East Australian Current!
Published: Feb. 11, 2019, 7 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 1 second
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Unknown Locations
Published: Dec. 30, 2018, 7 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 19 seconds
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Keep up to date with Safety Equipment on your boat...
Published: Dec. 2, 2018, 7 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 31 seconds
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Battery Management
Published: Nov. 18, 2018, 9 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 8 seconds
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Using your Emergency Steering - Use what you have!
Published: Oct. 21, 2018, 8 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 25 seconds
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Downwind Sailing
Published: Oct. 7, 2018, 10 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 46 seconds
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Inducting crew on your boat
Published: Aug. 26, 2018, 8 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 23 seconds
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The perfect time on your boat...
Published: Aug. 20, 2018, 6:16 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 29 seconds
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Busting Common Boating Myths
Published: Aug. 9, 2018, 2 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 34 seconds
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