Go From Beginner to Cruiser — Learn Big Cruising Boat Skills and Techniques
Picture yourself at the helm of a yacht you can live on, cruising with family and friends in the Caribbean, Greek Islands, South Pacific, and Croatia. Imagine the thrill of confidently taking family and friends for a sail on your own spacious cruising catamaran or monohull. If you are not yet a sailor, we have a course that takes you from “couch to the Captain’s chair!” If you already have basic sailing skills you’re ready to gain the knowledge and techniques to get into cruising. All these exciting sailing adventures can be yours to enjoy, when you Learn to Cruise on Offshore Sailing School’s liveaboard sailboats.
Learn to Take Command of a 40-50′ Yacht
Offshore Sailing School learn to cruise courses – OSS 103, 104 and 114 – are taught on 40’ to 50’ monohulls and catamarans. This is the next step after completing Offshore Sailing School’s Basic Keelboat 101 sailing lessons on a 26′ Colgate 26 keelboat. On a cruising monohull or catamaran you spend 5 days gaining skills and knowledge to competently and confidently handle large monohulls and catamarans under sail and power – returning to the host resort each evening to sleep in an air-conditioned room and dine at local fun eateries, or living, cooking, and sleeping aboard during the 5-day period with one or two evenings at a restaurant as you cruise and learn. In those five days, you earn US Sailing Basic Cruising Certification and US Sailing Bareboat Cruising Certification, ready to skipper a yacht up to 50′.
