Offshore Passage Making Takes You Out to Sea
Even if you live within sight of the sea, it is easy to forget that our world is mostly water. The open ocean – that vast expanse of international waters – begins just a few miles out and spreads across three-quarters of the globe. It is a place that remains radically free, exciting, breathtakingly beautiful and most unforgiving if you don’t know what you are doing. If you achieved US Sailing Coastal Passage Making Certification in the Offshore Sailing School Advanced Cruising Course 106, or the Fast Track® to Advanced Sailing Course 105/106, it’s time to go further offshore and experience longer periods underway, out of sight of land, while learning in the ultimate blue water sailing school environment. Protect your investment with Travel Insurance. View coverage options here.
The Final Course in the US Sailing Certification Program
Offshore Passage Making is our most advanced open water, blue water sailing school certification course. It is designed for experienced sailors who want to build skills, knowledge and confidence in preparation for long passages in open waters. This course will prepare you for liveaboard cruising explorations like heading to the Caribbean and beyond to explore islands in the southern hemisphere, crossing the Atlantic Ocean to cruise the Med, sailing the Pacific Ocean’s treasured islands of Polynesia.
The Passage Making Journey and the Reward
The Offshore Passage Making Course is six days of mostly non-stop sailing. In this open water sailing certification course your journey takes you out to sea, logging 600 miles (at least 250 of which are 50 miles away from shore) before you return to base or your destination on the last day of your trip.
You learn with a maximum of five other students, divided into two watches working in four-hour shifts, each watch led by an instructor as watch captain. Berths are shared. Each watch is in charge while “on” – crewing, navigating, steering, covering everything necessary for successful journeys on your own.
Please call 888-454-7015 or 239-454-1700 for course dates, rates, and availability.