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2008 Offshore
Training Passages
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Dates |
Description |
Distance (nm) |
Vessel |
Berths
Left |
Cost |
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January 19-26 |
Bahamas
Navigation Passage, Fort Lauderdale- Marsh
Harbor Rounf-Trip |
400 |
Beneteau 46 |
Sold Out |
$2100 |
Contact me for info |
February 23 - March 3 |
Trans Caribbean, One-way passage from St.
Martin to Martinique |
400 |
Beneteau 50 |
Sold Out |
$2800 |
Contact me for info |
March 15-16 |
Cruising Boat Buyer's
Workshop - Fort Lauderdale |
0 |
Many |
3 |
$495 |
Contact me for info |
April 10-17 |
Miami, Key West,
Marquesas Keys, Fry Tortugas |
500 |
Hunter
49, Jeanneau 49DS, Belize 43 Cat |
Sold Out |
$2900 |
More
Info |
April 23 - May 7 |
The Odyssey, Retracing the route of Odysseus
from Troy, Turkey to Ithaca, Greece |
600 |
Kaufman 47
Quetzal |
Sold Out |
$3400 |
Contact me for info |
May 27 - June 6 |
Adriatic Rumble, Corfu, Greece, Montenegro,
Croatia, Venice. |
600 |
Kaufman 47
Quetzal |
Sold Out |
$2500 |
Contact me for info |
July 1 - August 5 |
Around the World. Los Angeles, Tahiti,
Australia, Thailand, Turkey, New York |
30,000 |
Several |
Sold Out |
$14,900 |
Contact me for info |
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September 12 - 28 |
Trans Med, Italy to Spain, stops include
Sicily, Malta, Sardinia, Menorca, Majorca,
Almeria |
1300 |
Kaufman 47
Quetzal |
1 |
$3900 |
Contact me for info |
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November 22 - December 19 |
Trans Atlantic Passage. Gibraltar, Canary
Islands, Antigua |
4000 |
Kaufman 47
Quetzal |
Sold Out |
$6000 |
Contact me for info |
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October 17-19 |
Celestial
and Natural Navigation Workshop - Fort Lauderdale |
0 |
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2 |
$495 |
Contact me for info |
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November 7 - 9 |
Bluewater
Passagemaking Workshop - Fort Lauderdale |
0 |
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3 |
$695 |
Contact me for info |
2009 Offshore
Training Passages
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Dates |
Description |
Distance (nm) |
Vessel |
Berths
Left |
Cost |
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| January
17-18 |
Cruising
Boat Buyer's Workshop - Fort Lauderdale |
0 |
Many |
6 |
$550 |
Contact me for info |
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February 1-10 |
Trans Caribbean - North to South. St. Martin
to Trinidad, via St. Barts, Antigua,
Guadeloupe |
700 |
Kaufman 47
Quetzal |
1 |
$2900 |
Contact me for info |
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February 20-22 |
Celestial
and Natural Navigation Workshop - Fort Lauderdale |
0 |
n/a |
5 |
$550 |
Contact me for info |
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March 14-23 |
Trans Caribbean- South to North. Trinidad-St.
Thomas, via Grenada, St. Lucia, Martinique |
700 |
Kaufman 47
Quetzal |
1 |
$2900 |
Contact me for info |
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April 24 - May 4 |
Fountain of Youth - retracing the route of
Ponce de Leon from Puerto Rico to St.
Augustine |
1000 |
Kaufman 47
Quetzal |
2 |
$2900 |
Contact me for info |
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May 22-29 |
Offshore Passage,
St. Augustine-Annapolis nonstop |
900 |
Kaufman 47
Quetzal |
4 |
$2600 |
Contact me for info |
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June 7 - July 11 |
Around the World Expedition - Tahiti, Vietnam,
Seychelles, Turkey |
35,000 |
Many |
12 |
$19,900 |
Contact me for info |
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August 26 - September 16 |
Greenland Expedition, Newfoundland to
Julianehab via the fjords of Kap Farvel. |
1600 |
Kaufman 47
Quetzal |
3 |
$5800 |
Contact me for info |
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November 7-21 |
Heavy Weather Offshore Passage, Nova Scotia to
St. Martin, via Bermuda |
1600 |
Kaufman 47
Quetzal |
3 |
$3900 |
Contact me for info |
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December 13-22 |
Trans Caribbean Three, St. Martin to
Martinique, via St. Barts, Antigua, Guadeloupe |
500 |
Kaufman 47
Quetzal |
5 |
$2900 |
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.
Training Passage Documents
(in Adobe Acrobat PDF)
Crew
Data Sheet
Release and Waiver of
Liability
Recommended Gear List
Here are few articles that
I have written about past training passages:
An Island in the Stream presented courtesy
of SailNet,
www.sailnet.com
An Offshore Training Passage presented
courtesy of SailNet,
www.sailnet.com
Sail
though a lifetime of dreams in 10 working days at
sea, presented courtesy of the Miami Herald,
www.herald.com
The most important lesson,
reprinted with permission of SAILING magazine,
www.sailingonline.com
One of my students wrote
about his training passage experiences in,
Seeking an Offshore Degree,
reprinted with permission of SAILING Magazine,
www.sailingonline.com
Captain's Log is an article about me that ran in the
Sun Sentinel,
www.sun-sentinel.com
Another of my students
reflected on her experience,
here.
Betty Timms writes about her
experiences, here.
John Lichty's account of a Fort Lauderdale to Bahamas passage with photos, here.
Here are some photos
depicting life on board a training passage...
Captain John
 Learning
Celestial Navigation is part of the program
 Everyone
stands watch, in fair weather and foul
 The
crew gathers in the cockpit, landfall is imminent
 Life
at sea isn't so bad, dinner in the cockpit
 Bracing
for a nasty wave (see the next photo)
 Heavy
weather can also be part of the program
 Reeling
in dinner
 Fellow
mariners
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