Catamaran Live Aboard Navigation
During this six-day course you go beyond what you learned in Bareboat Cruising Preparation or Live Aboard Cruising – sailing from The Moorings base in Tortola, British Virgin Islands on a spacious Moorings catamaran. With a large and airy top-side main salon, this is the perfect platform for learning Coastal Navigation and practicing how to be a successful navigator.
While you gain valuable experience in chartering and handling a popular cruising catamaran, this course is not about learning to cruise on a catamaran. The sailboat is the platform for in-depth coastal navigation insltruction, with the added advantage of getting to know more about what catamaran sailing is all about.
As you master the nuances of piloting, each day you'll sail to a new destination in one of the best cruising areas of the world. Your classroom for the week is a Moorings 4300 with a maximum of three other classmates and your instructor aboard.
"Incredible instructor. Louise is a one-of-a-kind treasure who has vast experience and a great temperament for teaching. Patient yet firm. She made the experience great!"
William Johnston – Waco, TX
Learn the nuances of navigation
Each morning at anchor you'll work on progressive navigation excercises and scenarios that relate to tides and currents, fog and heavy weather. Underway you’ll be taking bearings, running fixes and determine your lines of position. Throughout your time aboard, you’ll use charts, some electronic aids, and compass to determine deviation and variation, speed, time and distance and everything else required to pass your Coastal Navigation certification test. As you move from island to island, port to port, you’ll rotate positions as navigator, crew and skipper – recording your positions in the ship’s log as you go. Each evening you’ll debrief before dinner. 
All inclusive packages
Plan to arrive Sunday at The Moorings base on Tortola, sleep aboard your yacht that night and set sail the next morning. The first five days concentrate on piloting skill-sets and drills, as you actually navigate and sail to a new anchorage each night. Daily schedules are available for review when you inquire. Your total package starts at $2895 per person (lowest season rate, double occupancy and includes:
- The complete Coastal Navigation course tuition and catamaran live aboard experience
- Six nights aboard in a shared cabin (private cabin rates available)
- All breakfasts, lunches, snacks and three dinners while aboard
- US SAILING Coastal Navigation certification
- US SAILING Coastal Navigation textbook
- Diploma and logbook or page for logbook if you have one from a previous course
- 24-hour test cruise without the instructor aboard at end of course
Graduation cruise – an Offshore Sailing School exclusive
Your graduation present i
s a bonus overnight cruise without the instructor aboard, starting Friday after your US SAILING Coastal Navigation certification test. What a time you’ll have as you set off on your own – in command, in control, confident in what you have learned. When you and your classmates return to base the following Saturday morning, your instructor will greet you to celebrate your accomplishments before heading to the ferry or airport and home. If you prefer to relax before traveling, we’ll be happy to request a room ashore for you Saturday night.
Textbook and certification
Your textbook is US SAILING's Coastal Navigation. Pre-requisite for taking this course on a catamaran is Colgate Bareboat Cruising Certification or US SAILING Bareboat Certification, earned in our Live Aboard Cruising course on monohulls or catamarans; or the Bareboat Cruising Course taught on monohulls. Catamaran Live Aboard Na
vigation is available throughout the year, with a maximum of four students per instructor and boat. Click here to learn what you will cover in this course.
The next step? Sailing or chartering anywhere in the world, because you now have the skills and confidence to do just that!
Locations for Catamaran Live Aboard Navigation
- Tortola, British Virgin Islands
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Call 888-454-7015 to book your catamaran live aboard navigation course today.