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Bareboat Chartering & Intermediate Coastal Cruising (BBC-104)
Offered at two locations, this is the course to take if you dream of
chartering and sailing a big boat on your own.
Course Description: You will become familiar
with big boat systems like roller furling genoas,
self tailing winches, diesel engines, wheel steering and other topics to prepare you for live -
aboard cruising. You will gain hands-on experience with tides and current, meteorology, docking
and all other requirements that charter companies demand. Additional topics include:
- Developing special cruising menus and provisions for an extended coastal cruise including
cooking and eating meals while under sail.
- Discuss management of capacity and range of boats' water and fuel systems, and electrical
system for the comfort and safety of crew on an extended live-aboard cruise.
- Develop a spare parts list and learn a whole series of emergency repairs that may be put to
good use with equipment normally found on most cruising sailboats.
- Create the contents of a first aid kit appropriate for a week-long live-aboard cruise.
- Create a rotating duty roster for routine and daily maintenance procedures on engine, rigging
and boat systems.
- Learn to obtain and interpret detailed weather forecasts appropriate for extended coastal
cruising.
- Discuss phenomena of sea breeze and land breeze and effects on our weather. Learn how to
identify conditions which cause fog.
- Practice advanced methods of docking and undocking in strong winds and waves and tidal
currents.
- Discuss the procedures and documents required to enter foreign waters and find out where to
obtain this information for any cruising destination.
- Advanced navigation exercises are learned and applied throughout the cruise.
- In addition to the flow of normal shipboard events, a variety of simulated emergencies
including crew overboard, engine and rigging failure and other situations designed to build
confidence in a variety of sailing conditions.
Note: This course may be combined with our Basic Coastal Cruising course when you join us on
one of our FUNtastic 7 day vacations in the Virgin Islands or out of Pensacola, on the beautiful Emerald Coast
on a 6-day live-aboard class.
Location specific infomation:
Prerequisites: Basic Coastal Cruising (BCC-103)
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