Fast Track to Ocean Passage Making and Celestial Navigation Courses

Ocean Passage Making and
Celestial Navigation Courses

Ahhhh, the deep blue sea. It calls out to those of us with sailing in our souls and can’t seem to get enough of it. Ocean sailing might be described as a metaphysical pilgrimage that encourages you to take a second look at the values that steer your life.

Our newest US SAILING certified courses that set out from the British Virgin Islands will help you achieve the freedom of living this dream – with confidence.
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Ocean Passage Making and Celestial Navigation Courses come with US SAILING Certification. Bundle them together and get on the Fast Track to Ocean Passage Making.

If you are indeed moving towards making a passage beyond the sight of land, your first ocean passage sailing experience will be most memorable. Choose your training wisely.

These courses are designed for experienced sailors who want to learn or practice blue water sailing techniques.

Ocean Passage Making
Even if you live within sight of the sea, it is easy to forget that our world is an ocean world. The open ocean--that vast expanse of international waters--begins just a few miles out and spreads across three-quarters of the globe. It is a place that remains radically free, exciting, breathtakingly beautiful and waiting to be explored.

Your Ocean Passage Making training takes you from Tortola through the Anegada Passage and out to sea, logging 600 miles before you return to Tortola on the sixth day of your trip. Your instructors are Finn Jenks and Robert Reeder – certified at the highest US SAILING instructor certification level to teach Celestial Navigation and Ocean Passage Making courses. They will both be aboard during your passage, with three students assigned to Jenks and three to Reeder as you stand watches on this thrilling ocean voyage.

Picture yourself under sail, no land in sight, taking day and night sights from a sextant and comparing them to your GPS position. Planning your route, safety at sea and standing watch round the clock is more than non-conventional fun, it will prepare you for your own offshore passage one day.

Ocean Passage Making Includes:

One-day classroom in preparation for Ocean Passage Making (Sunday) at Ft. Burt Hotel
Ocean Passage Making Course (Sunday through Saturday morning)
All books and materials
US SAILING Certification testing for Ocean Passage Making course
All meals aboard Monday through Saturday morning
Five nights/six days of sailing on a Moorings 51.5 including all cruising taxes
Two nights at Ft. Burt Hotel
Maximum six students – berths will be shared by watch members while aboard
Plan to arrive Saturday and depart Sunday the following week

Prerequisites for Ocean Passage Making Certification Course:
Celestial Navigation and Coastal Passage Making Certifications, plus valid US SAILING recognized CPR and First Aid Certification

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Celestial Navigation
This valuable navigation course is particularly for those preparing for the Offshore Passage Making course, and for coastal sailors who just want to have the knowledge of Celestial Navigation. This course teaches how to use a sextant to calculate a sailboat’s position based on the sun, planets and stars.

Celestial Navigation Course Includes:

Four-day Celestial Navigation Course (Wednesday-Saturday) at Ft. Burt Hotel
All books and materials and US SAILING Certification testing for Celestial Navigation
Four nights at Ft. Burt Hotel
Maximum 12 students
Plan to arrive Tuesday and depart Sunday

Prerequisite for Celestial Navigation Certification Course:
US SAILING Coastal Navigation Certification

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Fast Track to Ocean Passage Making
The best way to combine both Ocean Passage Making and Celestial Navigation is with Fast Track to Ocean Passage Making. Simply take Celestial Navigation just before the Ocean Passage Making course for the most comprehensive adventure you’ve ever had offshore.

Fast Track to Ocean Passage Making Includes:

Four-day Celestial Navigation Course (Wednesday-Saturday) at Ft. Burt Hotel
One-day classroom in preparation for Ocean Passages (Sunday) at Ft. Burt Hotel
Ocean Passages Course (Sunday through Saturday morning)
All books and materials
US SAILING Certification testing for Celestial Navigation and Ocean Passage Making Courses
All meals aboard Monday through Saturday morning
Five nights/six days of sailing on a Moorings 51.5 including all cruising taxes
Six nights at Ft. Burt Hotel
Maximum six students – berths will be shared by watch members while aboard
Plan to arrive Tuesday and depart Sunday the following week

Prerequisites for Fast Track to Ocean Passage Making Course:
Celestial Navigation, Coastal Passage Making Certifications, valid US SAILING recognized CPR and First Aid Certification, and US SAILING Coastal Navigation Certification

Ocean Passage Making | Celestial Navigation
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