Liveaboard Cruising (3 and 5 Day Formats)
Ideal for those preparing to bareboat charter. Practice and gain confidence while you live and cruise on a 35-42 foot fully equipped auxiliary cruiser. Under the watchful eye of an instructor you will sail to challenging locations and experience all aspects of bareboat cruising. The five day version allows students to visit more locations and to gain additional confidence. Course tuition includes breakfasts, lunches and all dinners eaten aboard.
- Safety gear
- Helming
- Sail trim & shape
- Docking & mooring
- Anchoring, types & uses
- Sailing without a rudder
- Maneuvering in tight areas
- Overboard recovery
- Heavy weather sailing
- Reefing
- Heaving to
- Equipment failures
- Rules of the road
- Distress signals
- Navigation
- Weather & current
- Boat systems
- Cruise planning
- VHF radio procedures
Tuition:
3 Day - 1 Person $1600, 2 or more $1500 ea, Alumni $1400
5 Day - 1 Person $2100, 2 or more $2000 ea, Alumni $1900
Prerequisites: Candidates should be completely comfortable with all aspects of basic sailing and should be able to day sail on their own with confidence. In addition, a knowledge of basic cruising skills like overboard recovery, reefing, heaving to and docking are required. Those not quite ready for a liveaboard course might wish to consider a Cruising Combination course.
Boat Used: Beneteau 42 (Newport), Catalina 41 (Key West)
*Subject to change