Whether you are an old-timer, new to sailing, just bought your first boat, or getting ready to make your first passage we offer individualized instruction, tailored to your needs, onboard your vessel. We have 45 plus years of building, maintaining and, repairing vessels as marine technicians in boatyard and repair facilities. We also have experience refitting, in some cases from the ground up, 3 of our own vessels that cumulatively we have sailed over 100,000 nm.
We offer instruction in:
-Diesel Engines; Basic diesel engine operation, Pre-start inspections, general maintenance and repair procedures, (oil change, fuel and oil filter change, engine bleeding, transmission oil change), general engine electrical system maintenance, water pump impeller replacement, raw water strainer inspection and maintenance.
-Plumbing; Installation, Inspection, Troubleshooting, Repair of all plumbing systems onboard including, Seacocks, Freshwater system including pumps, Bilge and emergency dewatering pumps.
-Ships Electrical System; AC and DC electrical systems, How your systems works, Interconnections between solar, wind, shore power, engine, Safely troubleshooting electrical problems, How to conduct an electrical system use audit and what it means.
-Rigging; Standing rigging, how it works, rigging maintenance (both running and standing), how and what to inspect before a passage, Tuning your rig, how to reeve a new halyard.
–Seamanship; The skills needed beyond making your boat go under sail or power. Seamanship instructions covers things like Knots (how to tie them, their uses and limitations), Basic splicing (Three Strand Eye Splice), Your Dinghy (safely towing, hauling it aboard, safely stowing, safely lowering the dinghy engine), Ascending the Mast (safely and securely), How to heave a line and get it where it needs to go on the first toss, Hauling a man-overboard safely and efficiently back onboard, how to prepare your vessel for getting underway or for heavy weather and much more.
-Navigation; Coastal to Celestial, Traditional and Modern Electronic, the skills you need to safely and efficiently move your vessel from one point to another.
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COSTS:
Instruction in classes like, Plumbing, Electrical Systems, General Maintenance, Seamanship, Rigging are charged by the hour, tailored to your needs. Our current hourly rate for these classes is $75.00 per hour. Classes are limited to two people so that we can offer individualized instruction.
Navigation and Weather classes are multi-day classes with required practice between classes and are offered at $500 for up to 4 students with a maximum of 4 students per class. All materials for either class are extra.
LOCATIONS:
We can hold classes anywhere in the world, however, the least expensive locations are those that are nearby to where ever we happen to be, we live-aboard and cruise so please check our website to see where we are or where and when we are planning to be somewhere. Generally in winter, we are in the tropics and in summer in a more northern latitude.