No matter what your level of experience, The Moorings has an option for you to enjoy a boating vacation. Those with no experience can enjoy a bareboat charter with a Captain at any of our destinations, a Fully Crewed Yacht or a lesson with our partners in the Offshore Sailing School. In addition to this, those with some experience can charter and captain a Moorings yacht in many of our beautiful locations and for the experts then all sailing areas become part of the bareboat charter choice.
If you’ve never sailed, this course offers intensive classroom and on-water experience taking you from basic through intermediate skills. It’s available in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) as well as select locations in the U.S. Upon completion, you’ll receive US Sailing Certification in Basic Keelboat.
For sailors with basic cruising and bareboat skills, this is a great open-water challenge. You’ll learn the ins and outs of night sailing, blue-water crossing, coastal navigation and much more aboard an amazing Moorings 46-foot yacht. This program is an unforgettable way to take your sailing skills to the next level and earn US Sailing Certification in Coastal Passage Making. Prerequisites include certification in Coastal Navigation, Basic Cruising and Bareboat Cruising.
This week-long adventure in the BVI will teach you everything you need to know for the US Sailing certification test in Basic Cruising and Bareboat Cruising. You’ll sail a 46-foot Moorings yacht and earn membership to the Moorings Captain’s Reward Program. Along the way, you’ll learn routine engine maintenance, advanced anchoring techniques, docking, meal preparation under way, grounding and remedies, radio skills, dinghy safety, navigation and more. As a prerequisite, students must have completed Learn to Sail or have equivalent sailing experience.
You’ll go from sailing novice to confident cruiser in just 10 action-packed days sailing the BVI. This is our most popular learn to sail vacation. It takes you through Offshore’s Learn to Sail Adventure and Live Aboard Cruising courses back-to-back. You’ll start with the basics and advance through intermediate skills, including terminology, knots, rigging, sail trim and shape, tacking and jibing, maneuvering, heavy weather, navigation, right of way rules and more. Then, you’re off to learn more advanced skills on a week of cruising aboard a 46-foot Moorings yacht. Upon completion, you’ll test for US Sailing certification in Basic Keelboat, Basic Cruising and Bareboat Cruising.
The Catamaran Live Aboard Cruising Course provides the opportunity to learn special techniques that help make catamaran sailing even more of a pleasure. Maneuvering, rigging operation, mooring, docking, and backing up all require special consideration when aboard a catamaran. This course will teach everything you need to know to cruise in confidence and give you the special skills to master sailing a Moorings catamaran.
For more information about these and other programs, contact:
Offshore Sailing School
From within the US: 1-800-221-4326
Outside the US & Canada:1-239-454-1700
Visit their web site: www.offshore-sailing.com
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