Live-Aboard Coastal & Offshore Cruising Instruction - Course Description

This class is for the more advanced sailor. If you are moving up to a larger boat, interested in the shipboard life of passage-making and adventure sailing, or if you are wanting to bareboat charter, this course is for you. For this one, we take the classroom underway! We teach this sailing class aboard a J/120 or similar sailboat.

These classes will give you the confidence you need for offshore cruising and/or coastal cruising. We offer seven, five, and three day Liveaboard Courses. J World also occasionally offers special adventure sailing Liveaboard Cruising courses in the Channel Islands, Mexico, and other outstanding destinations. Please see our special events page or contact us for details and information.

For all these sailing courses, we create our float as a group on the first day, taking into consideration our goals and current weather conditions. We have a maximum of four sailors per class, so you are guaranteed plenty of personal attention.

The Seven Day Liveaboard Cruising Courses are usually special events, and often have separate starting and ending ports. Trips such as San Francisco to Santa Barbara and Puerto Vallarta to Cabo san Lucas happen regularly throughout the year. See our special events page or contact us for additional information on upcoming possibilities.

The Five Day Liveaboard (Monday - Friday) is our most popular cruising course. Possible destinations from our San Francisco Bay base include sailing to Monterrey Bay, Santa Cruz, Half Moon Bay, Bolinas Bay, San Pablo Bay, and the Sacramento River Delta. In Puerto Vallarta, we explore the further reaches of Banderas Bay, and venture along the Mexican coastline to some beautiful areas which can be found along less-traveled paths.

The Three Day Liveaboard courses run Friday to Sunday, and destinations include Richardson Bay, Bodega Bay, Half Moon Bay, San Pablo Bay, The Farallone Islands, Angel Island, and the Sacramento River Delta.

The course covers many topics in great detail, including:

Advanced Sail Trim
Advanced and electronic navigation
Passage planning
Provisioning
Weather analysis

Night sailing
Offshore safety gear
Heavy weather tactics
Seamanship skills

Live-Aboard Cruising - Requirements

The ability to comfortably sail an auxiliary powered sailboat. Knowledge of sailing, seamanship, basic navigation, and boat handling.

Live-Aboard Cruising Certifications Available

US Sailing Basic Cruising
US Sailing Bareboat Cruising

In order to obtain certifications you must already have the US Sailing Basic Keelboat Certification and a current US Sailing membership. We include one certification with each course. Sailors with sufficient previous experience may complete the course work for both certifications in the five-day Live-Aboard Offshore Cruising. The cost for additional certification is $60.00. Please contact us directly to discuss this option.

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We are confident J World will exceed your expectations. But if, for any reason, it does not and you are dissatisfied with the course you have taken, you may retake it tuition free. We at J World, all share your desire to improve your sailing performance. That's absolutely guaranteed.

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