Coastal Passage Making
Advanced
Sailing Lessons
This is Offshore Sailing School’s
most advanced course. Someday you may set your sights on some
serious, long distance blue water sailing - no land on the horizon,
and a port-of-call hundreds or thousands of miles away. This experience
in advanced sailing and passage making knowledge makes every ocean
and sea a friendlier place by giving you the skills and confidence
for smarter, safer blue water cruising. This is blue water sailing
– your ticket to the world under sail – and you can
get a taste of it with Offshore Sailing School’s Coastal
Passage Making course.
If you’re comfortable cruising or
chartering on boats 35 feet or more, and looking for a true blue
water cruising experience, sailing at night, night time crew overboard
and recovery methods, standing watches and cooking underway, this
course is for you. A maximum of six students and two instructors
are divided into two watches – three students and one instructor
on each watch. During this 6-day sailing adventure you will be
taught anchoring techniques, med mooring, crew management, passage
planning, weather routing and more.
Course Dates
for Coastal Passage Making
September 15-20, 2008
December 8-13, 2008
December 22-27, 2008
Arrive Sunday; depart Sunday. Stay aboard the
boat on your arrival night, then sail five nights aboard a Moorings
50. Upon return, spend Saturday night in the hotel and depart
Sunday. Most meals aboard the boat are included.
Your Itinerary
Tortola to St.
Martin and Back or
Tortola to the Spanish Virgins (Culebra &
Vieques) to St. Croix and back to Tortola
Depending on the weather, your instructor will
recommend either a St. Martin or Spanish Virgins/St. Croix passage
itinerary.
The St. Martin destination
is an 80-mile journey tracking east across the Anegada Passage
to the island of St. Martin and returning to Tortola. St. Martin
shares diverse cultures, with its bustling cruise port and commercial
district on the Dutch side, and the quaint and informal French,
who emphasize comfort and elegance. Many beaches are secluded,
with small cafés and charming bistros.
In Culebra and Vieques, you’ll
find pristine beaches with a small-town, distinctly Spanish culture,
uniquely friendly and casual people, undisturbed anchorages and
a year-round lobster season!
Culebra & Vieques embrace approximately
400 square sea miles between the U.S. Virgins and Puerto Rico.
You’ll reach these islands sailing approximately 42 nautical
miles to the west of the Virgins, then 62 nautical miles south
to the distinct Danish facade of St. Croix, the
largest of the Virgin Islands, and return to Tortola.
Course Dates for Fast Track to Coastal
Passage Making
September 11-20, 2008
December 4-13, 2008
December 18-27, 2008
Arrive Wednesday; depart Sunday. The 10-day
program combines 4-day in-depth Coastal Navigation course ashore
with Coastal Passage Making course. Includes 4 nights in hotel
during Navigation course, 6 nights aboard a Moorings 50, plus
last night in hotel. Most meals aboard the boat included. The
4-day Coastal Navigation course may be taken without the live-aboard
Coastal Passage Making course. Please call for rates.
Your Itinerary
Tortola to St.
Martin and Back or
Tortola to the Spanish Virgins (Culebra &
Vieques) to St. Croix and back to Tortola
Prerequisite for
Course:
Basic Keelboat, Basic Cruising, Bareboat
Cruising and Coastal Navigation certification.
Certification:
US SAILING Coastal Passage Making
Course Text:
US SAILING Coastal Passage Making
Textbooks are included with course tuition,
or can be ordered here at the Online Bookstore
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