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OSS 112 — Fast Track® Powerboat Cruising Course at Power Boat School
Learn Boating Skills on a Live-Aboard Catamaran Motor Yacht
This popular Power Boat School course is available in the British Virgin Islands, at Wickhams Cay in Tortola, where top-notch The Moorings charter company has a huge fleet of powercats you can charter. In the Fast Track® to Power Cruising course you learn how to safely and competently drive, dock, moor, and anchor a large power boat catamaran with confidence. In just one week, you and your classmates will gain the skills to happily charter and skipper a 40′-50′ power cat in fabulous cruising grounds all over the world.
Learn Big Power Yacht Skills Where Sea Life Abounds
This photo was taken by an Offshore Power Boat School instructor when under way, teaching the Fast Track® to Power Cruising course to a family planning to purchase a power yacht and enjoy boating together. Power Catamaran Courses are comprehensive, rewarding, and fun. During your week aboard a comfortable power catamaran, you learn the power boat skills to achieve US Sailing Powerboat Certification and the IPC (International Proficiency Certificate), ready to charter similar boats all over the world, or helm your own yacht with family and friends.
Why Take the Fast Track® Power Cruising Course at Offshore Sailing School
It’s not uncommon to think commanding a big power boat requires little more than the ability to turn a key. You need to know the Rules of the Road, how to handle a big boat when underway, boating in close quarters, docking, anchoring, picking up moorings, passing or overtaking other boats. Boat systems need constant checking and troubleshooting. Navigation skills and safety for all aboard is synonymous with having a good day on the water.
I found this training to be extremely helpful to fill in the knowledge that I didn’t know I needed. I will feel safer and more competent next time I am aboard any boat in the future.
Zulekha Ludwig – Newport, RI
Learn on a Twin-Engine Power Catamaran
Whether you have some power boat experience or not, our OSS 112 – Fast Track® to Power Cruising powerboat catamaran course is a great way to fine tune your boat handling skills. In the British Virgin Islands you learn powerboat handling on a Moorings 46.4 power cat. One of the newest designs in The Moorings charter fleet, this fabulous cruising yacht, under the tutelage of an Offshore Sailing School certified power-cruise instructor, gives you the confidence and skills to enjoy endless days in glorious cruising venues at home or abroad.
The power cruising program was great! Most importantly was the confidence the course and instructor instilled throughout my participation. I’d recommend the Fast Track to Power Cruising course to anyone who questions their5 own skill sets or wants to learn more.
Dave MacDonald – Kingston, Ontario
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British Virgin Islands Power Boat Cruising Lessons
Spend six fabulous days learning in the incomparable cruising grounds of the British Virgin Islands on 46′ twin-engine power cat from The Moorings, the pre-eminent charter company in the world. When you enroll in our Fast Track® to Power Cruising – OSS 112 powerboat training courses, the Start Powerboating Right! textbook is sent in advance to study. Each morning after breakfast and a “classroom session” in the main salon, you get underway and practice boat handling and seamanship drills while power cruising to your next destination.
I would like to express my appreciation for the excellent
instruction provided during our power yacht course in Tortola, BVI. Folkert Jongkind tailored each session to the students’ needs and worked to their different learning styles. He was patient, courteous, funny, and fun to be with. We had some trepidation about the size of the boat but at the end of the week we were confident and sure in our maneuvers. We can’t wait to return to rent a yacht on our own.
Bill and Karen Duggleby – Herndon, Virginia
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Learn to Skipper a Power Yacht and Earn Powerboat Cruising Certification
The Fast Track® Power Cruising course gives you US Powerboating Coastal Powerboat Cruising Certification. Using guidelines from the National Safe Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA), our comprehensive boat handling courses were developed by the US Sailing National Faculty to fill the need for professional handling of powerboats – from small runabouts to large yachts – on inland and open waters.
Then Get Your International Proficiency Certificate (IPC) for Chartering Overseas
If you plan to charter in Europe or other areas overseas, you may be required to show your certification credentials and an International Proficiency Certificate P. US Sailing, the governing body of sailing in the United States, will issue this certificate for a nominal fee for U.S. citizens who have achieved US Sailing Bareboat Cruising Certification or the US Powerboating Certification mentioned on this page. For more information, view this page on US Sailing and Powerboating’s website.
Six Days of Boating Instruction on a Fabulous Boating Vacation
I completed a week-long boating course in the British Virgin Islands through Offshore Sailing School to become certified to captain a large power catamaran. I launched from The Moorings base and lived on the boat for the week, learning everything, while island hopping with beautiful views, and amazing dinners ashore. Patrick, my instructor, was absolutely fantastic. Can’t wait to go back and take the helm!
Todd Graham – Warrenton, VA
