Catamaran Navigation Lessons & Catamaran Liveaboard Courses
During our six-day Catamaran Navigation Courses you go beyond what you learned in Bareboat Cruising Preparation or Live Aboard Cruising – sailing from The Moorings base in Tortola, British Virgin Islands or our Ft. Myers Beach, Florida campus on a spacious 43' or 46' 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 on catamarans and monohulls.
While you gain valuable experience in chartering and handling a popular cruising catamaran, our catamaran liveaboard courses are not about learning to cruise on a catamaran. The sailboat is the platform for in-depth coastal navigation instruction, with the added advantage of getting to know more about what catamaran sailing is all about.
As you master the nuances of piloting with our catamaran classes, each day you'll sail to a new destination in one of the best cruising areas of the world. Your classroom for the week in the British Virgin Islands is a Moorings 4300. In Florida you’ll study navigation on a beautiful Leopard 46.
"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 with our Catamaran Liveaboard Courses
Each morning at anchor you'll work on progressive navigation exercises and scenarios that relate to tides and currents, poor visibility and heavy weather. Underway you’ll be taking bearings, running fixes and determining your lines of position. Throughout your time aboard, you’ll use charts, some electronic aids, and a compass to determine deviation and variation, speed, time and distance and everything else that is 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 catamaran liveaboard courses packages
If taking the course in the British Virgin Islands, plan to arrive Sunday at The Moorings base on Tortola and sleep aboard your yacht that night before setting sail the next morning. If taking the course in Florida, your first night aboard will be at the Pink Shell Beach Resort & Spa on Ft. Myers Beach. The first five days aboard 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) in the British Virgin Islands
- One night ashore and five nights aboard in a shared cabin in Florida
- 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 celebration
- Exclusive benefit from The Sailing Company - your choice of a year's subscription to Cruising World or Sailing World magazine
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 at both locations, 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
- Fort Myers Beach, Florida
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Call 888-454-7015 to book your catamaran live aboard navigation course today.