Scouts - Advanced Sailing Adventure Program
This program is for you if you've sailed with us before or have good previous sailing experience and want to improve your skills. Building on basic sailing abilities you'll experience a night sail and an ocean sail (weather permitting). You'll also learn advanced sailing maneuvers such as Man Overboard under sail, anchoring and/or picking up a mooring buoy under sail, crew management, preparation for sea, passage planning and 'compass based' chartwork and navigation.
What you learn
If you take part in our Advanced Sailing Adventure Program you'll be provided with informal, in-depth instruction and guidance in the following areas and your Captain will be happy to cover anything else, just ask:- Preparation for sea, engine checks, stowage, safety equipment, weather forecasts
- Pilotage (considerations of tidal current, depth, timings, basic bouyage/lightage)
- Passage planning
- Navigation using GPS and compass, chartwork including clearing bearings, triangulation
- Putting in and shaking out reefs - while under way
- Collision Avoidance regulations
- Responsibility for crew & delegation of crew
- Handling the boat under power
- Handling the boat under sail
- Emergency situations and what to do, e.g. Mayday, Man Over Board (MOB)
- Advanced sailing maneuvers under sail such as MOB, anchoring, picking up a mooring ball
- Knowledge of what to do in adverse weather conditions
If you'd like to speak with someone who has taken our Advanced sailing trip, let us know and we'll arrange it.
Cost: $775 per person; this includes all meals onboard.
'We operate out of the same facilities used by Sea Base in the Bahamas and on the same basis, although we are not affiliated with the BSA'
