John Kretschmer Sailing - Schedule of Training Passages, Expeditions and Workshops

"... Never lost, just hard to find ..."

John Kretschmer Sailing

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A Serious Ocean

You know it by the northern look of the shore,
by the salt-worried faces,
by an absence of trees, an abundance of lighthouses.
It's a serious ocean.

North Sea off Carnoustie by Anne Stevenson

Tomorrow will have an island
by William Stafford

Tomorrow will have an island. Before night
I always find it. Then on to the next island.
These places hidden in the day separate
and come forward if you beckon.
But you have to know they are there before they exist.

Some time there will be a tomorrow without any island,
So far, I haven't let that happen, but after
I'm gone others may become faithless and careless.
Before them will tumble the wide unbroken sea,
and without any hope they will stare at the horizon.

So to you, Friend, I confide my secret:
to be a discoverer you hold close whatever
you find, and after a while you decide
what it is. Then, secure in where you have been,
you turn to the open sea and let go.

More Poetry...

Updated 2/6/12

2012 Offshore Training Passages, Expeditions, Workshops

Dates	Description	Distance (nm)	Vessel	Berths Left	Cost	Info
January 5-25	NEW EXPEDITION: Darwin Expedition - Panama to Cocos to Galapagos to Ecuador	2000	54-foot Steel Ketch	Sold Out	$6800	Contact me for info
February 23-29	Bahamas Bash I - Fort Lauderdale to Bahamas to Fort Lauderdale	400	Beneteau First 456	Sold Out	$1950	Contact me for info
March 29 - April 4	Bahamas Bash II - Fort Lauderdale to Bahamas to Fort Lauderdale	400	Beneteau First 456	Sold Out	$1950	Contact me for info
April 12-15	JK University, Fort Lauderdale - 4-Day Intensive Offshore Sailing Workshop	0	n/a	2	$995	Contact me for info
Mediterranean Passages
April 21-30	Spain I - Almeria, Ibiza, Majorca, Barcelona	500	Kaufman 47 Quetzal	Sold Out	$3500	Contact me for info
May 26 - June 4	Spain II - Barcelona, Menorca, Ibiza, Majorca	500	Kaufman 47 Quetzal	1	$3500	Contact me for info
June 16-25	Trans Med I - Majorca, Menorca, Corsica, Elba, Rome	700	Kaufman 47 Quetzal	Sold Out	$3500	Contact me for info
July 21-28	French Canal Boat Trip through the Loire Valley - see home page for details		50-foot canal boat	2	$2400	Contact me for info
August 1-8	Tyrrhenian Escapades - Rome, Elba, Corsica, Sardinia, Rome		Kaufman 47 Quetzal	1	$3200	Contact me for info
September 1-10	Italy I - Amalfi Coast, Aeolian Isles, Sicily	500	Kaufman 47 Quetzal	Sold Out	$3500	Contact me for info
October 6-15	Italy II - Sicily, Tunisia, Malta	400	Kaufman 47 Quetzal	1	$3500	Contact me for info

November 24 - December 2	Trans Caribe Offshore Passage - BVI, Grenada, Grenadines, BVI		Beneteau 473	2	$3700	Contact me for info

2013 Offshore Training Passages, Expeditions, Workshops

Dates	Description	Distance (nm)	Vessel	Berths Left	Cost	Info
December 27-January 4	New Zealand Sail/Exploration		Bavaria 46	Sold Out	$3500	Contact me for info
January 17-25	Bahamas Bash - Fort Lauderdale to Bahamas to Fort Lauderdale	400	Beneteau First 456	Sold Out	$2100	Contact me for info
February 7-10	JK University, Fort Lauderdale - 4-Day Intensive Offshore Sailing Workshop	0	n/a	10	$995	Contact me for info
February 23-March 4	Trans Caribbean	1000	Beneteau 476	5	$3700	Contact me for info
March 21 - April 1	Med Madness/Heavy Weather - Malta to Turkey	900	Kaufman 47 Quetzal	5	$3900	Contact me for info
May 4-20	East to the Azores - Annapolis to Horta		Tayana 47	2	$6000	Contact me for info
June 15-24	Turkey Coast	400	Kaufman 47 Quetzal	3	$3700	Contact me for info
August 3-10	French Canal Boat Trip		Canal Boat	6	$2400	Contact me for info
September 14-28	Trans Med 1 - Turkey to Majorca, via Greece, Italy, Sicily, Sardinia	1600	Kaufman 47 Quetzal	3	$3900	Contact me for info
October 13-14	JK University in Solomons, Maryland - 4-Day Intensive Offshore Sailing Workshop	0	n/a	10	$995	Contact me for info
October 26 - November 10	Majorca to the Canary Islands, via Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco, Maderia	1600	Kaufman 47 Quetzal	5	$3900	Contact me for info
November 21-24	JK University, Fort Lauderdale - 4-Day Intensive Offshore Sailing Workshop	0	n/a	10	$995	Contact me for info
January 4-24, 2014	Atlantic Crossing - Canary Islands to Antigua	3000	Kaufman 47 Quetzal	Sold Out	$6000	Contact me for info

Passages include all onboard expenses. The additional costs are travel to and from the boat, and any personal shore-side expenses.

For more information about passages, expeditions and workshops, please contact John Kretschmer at yayablues@aol.com. Thank you.