This private course will covers the basic and more advanced essential skills you need to know to ensure your safety and safe operation of a twin outboard to 25'. You will be competent to boat on San Francisco Bay under varied conditions. sessions are four 6-hour days.

Rates

Private Lesson** - $4500 for one student. Add $1900 for second student. The maximum Number of Students is 2.

Duration

24 hours

About

4-Day Basic Powerboating Cruising Course

Our Basic Powerboating Cruising Course is designed to take you from novice to a comfortable boater on San Francisco Bay up to a 28' twin-engine boat. This course is ideal for new or returning boaters to refresh and build skills and confidence under the guidance of a professional instructor. It focuses on hands-on skill building.

This course covers essential skills you need to ensure the safety of the boat and everyone aboard. It is taught entirely underway by a USCG licensed and professional certified instructor. It delivers the practical hands-on experience to increase your ability and confidence and leads to greater boating safety and enjoyment.

SKILLS COVERED:

• Fundamental close quarters boat control techniques in tight spaces
• Essential docking methods and crew communication
• Route planning & how to determine approximate position using a nautical chart
• Identification and use of Aids to Navigation
• How to apply the Rules of the Road while underway including required sound signals
• Open water boat handling including how to safely handle wakes and waves in building seas
• Powering up, slowing, stopping and adjusting vessel trim using trim tabs and engine tilt features
• Anchoring techniques including: how to select a safe anchorage, deploying and retrieving the anchor correctly, how to handle and reset a dragging anchor, freeing a fouled anchor, using the anchor to help manage underway emergencies, techniques for rafting up with other vessels at anchor.

Session Boat: Antares 8 and Barracuda 9