This course requires Bareboat Cruising

Sailing with confidence is what happens after a skipper obtains a robust set of sailing and seamanship skills. In larger cruising boats, the tricks are different than for smaller boats like J/24's – and the tricks elude many a sailor. Our Advanced Bareboat Cruising course offers you the opportunity to continue to grow and focus on areas that most skippers long to improve. This is a sailing course, but with a cruising emphasis. With coaching from a professional, you will expand your own comfort zone in ways that are sure to yield lasting results. Whether you’re cruising on San Francisco Bay, preparing for your next tropical Bareboat Charter or preparing for long-distance cruising, this course will help you develop some hard skills and understanding that will enhance cruising competence and inspire confidence. When Mother Nature serves up a curve ball, you'll feel ready to hit it out of the park.

TOPICS COVERED

• Close quarter maneuvering techniques under sail and power

  You'll develop supreme confidence on big boats in tight spots.

• Advanced spring line use

  Learn more warping techniques than a running stern spring.

• Advanced anchoring techniques under sail and power

  Someday you'll be glad you have anchoring under sail in your quiver. Learn more warping techniques than a running stern spring.

• Mediterranean-style mooring

  The most important skill for Mediterranean cruises and charters...and the most misunderstood.

• Bahamian anchoring

  Completely control your swing radius without fouling your anchor rodes.
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• Bow and stern anchoring techniques

  There's the right way and then the way that fouls the propeller.

• Sailing to and from a mooring ball

  Very useful in Southern California if your engine dies on the way to Catalina!

• Blindfolded sailing

  Feel the breeze, feel the motion of the boat, and listen for the luff of the sails.

• Sailing under jib alone

  Done properly, this is a tremendous recovery skill when in tight spots with sails down.

• Bare pole docking techniques

  It will surprise you how well a boat will sail without sails across the breeze.

• Short tacking inside the marina

  A bigger boat might seem more impressive, but the skills are the same as for a J/24.

• Sailing with the emergency tiller

  Learn its uses and its limitations because someday you'll need it.

• Turbo Charge

  Sail larger yachts with more confidence by turbo-charging your Bareboat Cruising skills.

• Engine Failure

  Stay in control when you have an engine failure and transform the engine into more of a convenience than a requirement.

• Tight Maneuvers

  Employ the yacht's mass, momentum and turning radius in very tight quarters, under sail, to keep the boat safe and performing with style.

• Use your senses

  Use all five senses to control your vessel more precisely and in tougher conditions.