VSC214 Bareboat Cruising Catamaran

2018 Dates: Dec 7-14 BVI/

2019  DATES:   Sept. 9-19  Corfu, Greece / Dec 6-13 British Virgin Islands /

Prerequisites:

Completion or concurrent enrolment in VSC103, VSC203, VSC204

If you’ve always wanted to Skipper or Crew a cruising catamaran in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), this is your opportunity to do both at a very affordable price!  This VSC Cruise & Learn includes:

• Internationally recognized NauticEdt^TMCoastal Skipper + Bareboat Charter Master + Cruising Catamaran Clinic instruction and Certification
• NauticED eLearning pre-course study
  • safety requirements
  • Sail Planning
  • Provisioning
• Maneuvering a Catamaran
  • Detailed Check-Out
  • Getting underway and motoring exercise with dual engines
  • Docking in close quarters, effective use of spring lines
  • mooring and anchoring
• Sailing a Catamaran
  • Hulls, sails and forces on them
  • Points of sail on a catamaran
  • Tacking a catamaran
  • Gybing a catamaran
  • Reefing and heavy weather
  • handling emergencies

• 7 Days / 7 Nights aboard 12meter (40 ft) Catamaran, fresh linens and towels
• VSC Crew Shirts (2) and sailing cap
• Deluxe provisioning including healthy breakfast and lunch aboard, snacks, non-alcoholic beverages
• Snorkel, mask and fins

Learning to sail at the VSC is rewarding:

• CONFIDENT, RESPONSIBLE and PREPARED is our mutual goal- focus is on competence and safety in the context of  F U N and adventure
• RECOGNITION - NauticED.org Certifications are respected qualifications for Bareboat Chartering and Yacht Insurance Companies worldwide
• CONVENIENCE - progress at your own pace - each course includes a NauticED eLearning pre-course study and Vancouver Sailing Club's flexible year-round sailing schedule from our Vancouver, BC, docks and the British Virgin Islands (BVI)

Itinerary for Week 1

Arrival and Evening provisioning @1800 hrs at SUNSAIL Charters, Road Town, Tortola

Destination the "Indians" exceptional snorkelling  and Norman Island's  schooner "Willy T" floating Pirates Bar and lobster bistro- Day 1

Moored at Manchioneel Bay, Cooper Island Day 2

Peter Island and Virgin Gorda Baths- Day 3

Saba Rock & Bitter End Resorts, Gorda Sound- Evening 3

21nm Close reach to Anegeda Island- 2.5 hours from Saba Rock, VG- Day 4

Anegeda lobsters ready for the beach BBQ- best lobster ever! Evening Day 4

Broad Reaching to Jost Van Dyke late morning- Day 5

Late afternoon at the Soggy Dollar Bar, White Bay Jost Van Dyke- Evening 5

Next stop Foxy's in Great Bay for Dinner and Reggae.

Visit Pussers on, Marina Cay, Day 6- Beam Reach

Soper's Hole, Tortola- Day 7 - close reach in moderate breeze returning to Road Town

Back to the docks by 11:00 for Check-in- 7 days is never enough in paradise!

Options:

• 2 Mornings Dive Package (4 dives $250US)
• Additional 3 days aboard $750US when available

Enrolment:

• 7-days BVI $2275US per person, $4075US per couple/ double cabin, $ 12,575 US Private Lesson for up to 6 students
• 25% Non-refundable Deposit to reserve, Balance 60 days before 1st day of VSC sailing confirmation

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