Coastal Cruising Course

This 3-day LIVEABOARD course provides experience of the Cruising lifestyle, whilst building miles and confidence towards certification. It provides the skills needed to safely command a boat of up to 40ft, in daylight hours, along coastal waters. 

Structure

Each course provides 30 hours intensive instruction over 3 days living aboard a 40+ ft cruising sailboat. You begin by planning your passage, followed by a visit to the Store to provision the boat for the three days and two nights. Meals are a mixture of eating on board and dinghying to restaurants ashore, based on the students preferences, but we recommend cooking on board at least one night to get used to the equipment (and lifestyle).

There will typically be 3 or 4 students per course, so plenty of individual tuition as well as time as Skipper.

Topics

Passage planning and preparation, sail plans for different weather conditions, safety, navigation, use of a VHF Radio, handling emergencies, boat systems and troubleshooting, basic first aid, crossing international borders, advanced mooring/docking/anchoring techniques, weather, tides, use and towing of a dinghy, and much more.