Ocean Sailing Courses

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Offshore

The ultimate sailing course 14 day course, designed for the graduate of the Advanced Skipper with Coastal Navigation program or people of equivalent experience, will expand your experience by navigating some of the stronger current passes. This course touches lightly on the basics as a review and continues on to more advanced levels of anchoring, sail trim, use of a cruising chute, heavy weather tactics, cruise planning, navigation and night passages.  Build your skills and confidence on this challenging  program and includes the development of a watch system for an extended night passage, MOB drills at night, performance sail trim, spinnaker handling, and the use of electronic aids including many applications appropriate to offshore weather-window planning for navigation are but a few skills which will be covered on this extended cruise which will take you to wherever the wind blows.

Yachtmaster Offshore The holder is certified as the skipper and navigator, to be responsible for the safety of his/her sailing vessel and crew, while making offshore passages within 150 miles of the coastline, where navigational and weather hazards exist, in any conditions, at any time day or night. and covers the skills needed to be able to safely act as skipper and crew in a sailing cruiser on an offshore passage requiring celestial navigation. Knowledge of long-term passage planning, offshore vessel preparation, sail management, offshore first aid, watch-keeping, emergency procedures, abandon ship protocols, safety and seamanship. We offer passage making on the deliveries of our Catamarans and Mono-hulls to PNW through the panama Canal.

Prerequisites: Advanced Skipper, Coastal navigation, VHF radio certificate; First Aid Certificate; and CPR certification. Completing the Advanced Navigation Standard is highly recommended.
A minimum of four participants is required for this course

Island Cruising is located in Sidney, British Columbia, Canada. This program is designed for the skipper a sailing vessel within a 50NM range of the coast on extended coastal / offshore passages requiring night passages over a few days with strong navigation skills and weather window planning. Knowledge of long-term passage planning, offshore vessel preparation, sail management, offshore first aid, watch-keeping, emergency procedures, abandon ship protocols, safety and seamanship. We offer passage making on the deliveries of our Catamarans and Mono-hulls to PNW through the panama Canal.