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  • CATAMARAN LEARN N CRUISE.

    On this week-long cruise you will explore the Islands of the Grenadines on one of our swift, stable, spacious catamarans.

ASA 101 to 114 week long Learn And Cruise on a Catamaran

 $2295.00 pp

For bookings arranged after January 31, 2022

Last minute discounts available

The Basic Learn-’N-Cruise (LNC) Catamaran course offers ASA 101, 103, 104 and 114 Multihull certifications.  ASA 104 is recognized by charter companies around the world as a charter credential in conjunction with ASA’s International Proficiency Certificate.

As with the monohull (single hull) courses, we run the catamaran certification cruises most weeks of the year (we’re the most active ASA sailing school in the south-eastern Caribbean, the only one in St Vincent and the Grenadines and at more than 20 years the longest-established).

On account of the design, construction and sailing characteristics of a Multihull, there are certain aspects of groundwork sail training which are more easily demonstrated on a Monohull (single hull).  Whilst it’s not an issue for complete novices to take our Cat cruises, if you have the opportunity to get out on a monohull prior to arrival, we strongly recommend that you do so – it will stand you in good stead.

Catamarans are a gentler introduction to life afloat than a monohull – they don’t heel (“lean over”) and have tons more deck space.  They are very often also faster than single-hulled yachts.

The courses run from a Sunday morning through the following Saturday afternoon. Our courses are designed to help every student move as far along the continuum of sailing skills as possible, depending on their starting point and aptitude.  Many guests with limited or no experience are able to progress as far as ASA 101 and 103 certifications.  Guests who have significant prior sailing experience are frequently are frequently able to progress as far as ASA 104 and 114, as are students who already have ASA 101 or 103.

Whilst the aim of these cruises is to offer guests the opportunity to pass an internationally recognised certification on board an ocean-going yacht, we also remember that this is a vacation – and thus leisure time will be available for swimming, snorkelling, diving, or exploring ashore. The Instructor will run the course at the pace of the guests, with their safety and comfort of prime importance and guests will have every opportunity to participate in the planning of the itinerary and daily schedule.

We will do our best to match up guests with similar objectives and to enable them to achieve the level of certification that equates to their experience. Instruction is highly personalized and therefore differing levels of experience amongst the guests does not necessarily present a problem.

NOTE: Prices above are USD per person based on a double occupany of a cabin/berth, and may include sharing a berth in a cabin or sleeping in a converted berth in the saloon. To reserve a cabin for single occupany, the single occupany supplement is $500.

Course Outline

  • Students usually meet up with the Instructor at 0930 a.m. on the Sunday. You’ll then board the yacht, stow your gear and be given a vessel orientation and safety briefings.  After lunch, the yacht will set sail for Admiralty Bay, Bequia, only an hour across the channel.
  • Neither the itinerary nor the day’s schedule are carved in stone, but the typical day will consist of -Early morning, swim, breakfast on board
    4 to 6 hours under sail and instruction
    At a new anchorage by mid afternoon
    De-briefings, time to explore ashore or swim/snorkel
    Sunset drinks on board
    Dinner on board or ashore
  • We provide pretty well everything you’ll need including linens and towels (also beach towels), full snorkel gear, and food for most meals.  Students are expected to share in meal preparation and clean-up duties.
  • The yacht will be in the 38 to 45 foot range.  Singles or couples will have their own cabin.
  • During the week the instructor will offer the curriculum for four levels of certification: 101 Basic Keelboat, Basic 103 Coastal Cruising, 104 Intermediate Coastal Cruising (Bareboat Certification) and 114 Cruising Catamaran. For a perspective on how much a novice sailor can progress in a week please see this blog article.
  • The course will end on Saturday, with the yacht returning around 11.00 a.m.  so a flight departure of 3.00 p.m. or later will work fine – though if you need to leave earlier, please let us know and we can work around it.
  • Although no prior sailing is required, if you own a boat or have friends who own one, it will be an advantage to try and get out on the water before you get here

Course Objectives

  • LEARN THE BASICS!

    Through the Basic-Learn-n-Cruise Course we will start from the beginning and learn the basics.

  • PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

    As we learn to sail on this course, we will practice constantly to assure that we are getting the feel for how to sail and how to do so in a controlled and safe manner.

  • GAIN ASA FORMAL CERTIFICATION

    Once you have completed the week and performed all tasks correctly and to the satisfaction of our ASA Instructor and the course requirements, you can gain your ASA certificates! In this Catamaran Basic-Learn-n-Cruise course, we can gain  ASA 101, 103, 104 and 114 depending on our individual tests and on the water practical examinations.

Price Includes

BOSS courses are usually the best-priced anywhere in the Caribbean – we can do this because we’ve been running the school for more than 20 years, run the classes most weeks of the year, fill the slots, and have many returning guests.

Includes:

  • Fully-equipped yacht with ASA Instructor
  • Food for 6 breakfasts, 6 lunches, 3 evening meals
  • ASA Log book
  • Fuel, ice, tank water
  • Hull insurance
  • Charter Licence

Does not include:

  • Air fare and ground transfers
  • Cruising permit – $14 per person
  • Cleaning / disinfection fee of $250.00 per person
  • Single supplement for single occupancy of a berth / cabin (refundable if you are willing to share a berth and we are able to match you with another person for double occupancy)
  • ASA Membership – $49 per person (if not already held)
  • Examinations, if passed – $20 each
  • 3 evening meals
  • Drinks
  • Instructor gratuity at your discretion

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