Welcome to our Instructional Boating Program Information

We currently provide a number of both powerboat and sail cruise charter and instruction opportunities. All instructors are licensed and fully qualified and experienced mariners. All vessels are certified safe and sound with complete documents. The rates below are per person based on a minimum of three students or guests for the course or cruise described. Discount packages are available for larger groups. We are berthed on the Intracoastal Waterway in the Indian River and the Palm Beach areas with the Atlantic Ocean and the Bahama Islands just beyond our nearby inlets. Motels and restaurants are close by and we can make arrangements for your accommodations aboard a yacht if you prefer.
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Course SB 150: Basic Sailing (6-12 hours)

Ranges from $85.00 to $200.00 per person depending upon the vessel and time needed. Information and skills are related through classroom instruction and on the water activities of good seamanship; sailboat rigging and gear, safety afloat, lines and ties, and the challenges of sailing your own boat alone or with crew.

Course CC 250: Coastal Cruising (Two days)

Provides a complete instructional package for $250.00 pp. Sail aboard a 35-40 foot power auxillary sailboat cruising out of the local area, stay aboard overnight. Classroom and on-board instruction in engine operation, navigation, charts and compass, weather information, safety and emergency techniques, docking and anchoring, and "rules of the road".

Course BC 350: Bareboat Chartering (Three days)

Develops all the requisite skills needed to charter your own comparable vessel for $300.00 pp. Provides the additional experience and practical knowledge to develop the skills needed to bareboat charter with most yacht agencies. You expand your experience on-board by taking a mini-cruise on a larger yacht with an instructor/captain but you do the planning and complete the trip safely. In addition to more instruction in the Course CC 250 subjects, you get help in boat systems and nav-tronic operations, provisioning, maintenance checks, sail plan strategy, and emergency and crew overboard procedures. The instructor guides and aids your efforts but you demonstrate your readiness for charter cruising and qualify for our discount plan where you want to sail!!

Course AN 400: Advance Navigation (Two days)

Provides that all essential knowledge needed to become a really proficent navigator in all conditions for a very realistic $95.00 pp. Covers basic navigational skills of chart reading, bearings, plotting, and dead reckoning as well as advanced instruction in running fixes: set, drift, and vector computation; tide and current effects, lights and bouyage systems, and the use of available references and publications. Also provides an on-board orientation to electronic ( VHF radio, radar, Sat-Nav, GPS) and celestial navigation and practice for those who are ready.!

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