Advanced
Sailing Lessons
This is Offshore'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. The world is 75% water. This
course of advanced sailing lessons makes every drop of it 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's Coastal Passage Making course.
If you're comfortable cruising or chartering
on boats 35 feet or more, looking for a true blue water cruising
experience, sailing at night, 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. The boat does not stop until it reaches its turning
point destination and heads back (non-stop again) to the original
port of embarkation.
Course
Dates for Coastal Passage Making
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, depart Sunday.
Most meals aboard the boat included.
Tortola
to St. Martin and Back
May 19-24, 2008
September 15-20, 2008
December 8-13, 2008
December 22-27, 2008
Course
Dates for Fast Track to Coastal
Passage Making
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.
Tortola
to St. Martin and Back
May 15-24, 2008
September 11-20, 2008
December 4-13, 2008
December 18-27, 2008
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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The
best training boats in the world – used only by
the finest maritime institutions |
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US
SAILING certified instructors – ranked #1 among
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Over
100,000 graduates since 1964 |
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Founded
and operated by Steve and Doris Colgate - America’s
pre-eminent sailing education experts |
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Course
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Highest
sailing school reputation in the sailing industry –
partnering with the best of the best manufacturers,
charter companies and service organizations |
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More
quality time on the water than any other sailing
school. Some schools claim more time on the water but
they’re not teaching the whole time; we spend
every minute on the water teaching, and bring you ashore
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How
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Tortola to St. Martin and Back
You sail with a crew of six students with
two expert Offshore instructors – three crew and one instructor
on each watch. You sail 24/7 – in the clarity of sunlight,
at dusk, dawn and throughout the night, regardless of the conditions
you encounter. Your classroom is a 50-foot Moorings yacht and
your itinerary includes two exciting overnight blue water passages.
You’ll study advanced navigation, stand watches, take turns
on the helm and adjusting sails for weather conditions, and enjoy
the incredible feeling of steering in the dark with moonbeams
floating on the waves.
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