Sailing in the British Virgin Islands for 10 days day 7
Come along for day 7 of our trip to the British Virgin Islands with BVI Yacht Charters of a Lagoon 45 Catamaran.
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Sailing in the British Virgin Islands for 10 days – day 8-9-10
This is days 8, 9, and 10 of our 10 day sailing vacation in the British Virgin Islands with BVI Yacht Charters on a Lagoon 45 Catamaran. Day 8 Some of the crew needed to leave early and so we sailed from the idyllic Cooper Island to Roadtown so that they could meet an 11:30 ferry. We […]
Practical Training Course Matrix
With responsible sailing knowledge there is, of course, theory and practical skills to learn and demonstrate. When you get with your practical instructor, it is highly recommended to complete the appropriate theory courses prior to the practical training. Otherwise, you’ll spend too much time on the basics preventing the instructor from doing their real work which […]
Lights on Navigation Markers (ATONS)
Bookmark this page for future use and reference. This is a partial section out of our NauticEd Skipper Course and our NauticEd Coastal Navigation Course which discusses lights on ATONs. If you find this useful then perhaps you might consider taking either of the courses. Coastal Navigation is only $39 and covers most everything you need to […]
How to Operate a Dinghy Safely
Last week, NauticEd and crew went to the British Virgin Islands and chartered a Lagoon 450 from BVI Yacht Charters. We went down there to specifically get more content for our courses including video and pictures. Here is a great video we shot for teaching crew members how to operate a dinghy. As Skipper, you […]
Bareboat Charter Athens Greece Day 1
We chartered a Catamaran from the Moorings in May 2016. We have to preface the whole Bareboat Charter Athens Greece report with a big OMG.
Bareboat Charter Athens Day 2
Bareboat Charter in Athens Greece with The Moorings Sunday Day 2 Aigina – Perdika – Hydra Our plan for the week was to get going early each day so as to explore on the way then make it into the stay over port early to explore further. Our first early explore was the village of […]
Bareboat Charter Athens Day 3
Monday Day 3 of 7 Hydra – Epimioni – Dhokos — Spetsai 6:30 am – now this is the thing to do. Get up super early, leave port and drift the boat about 1 mile out and have breakfast looking at a Greek town off the back deck of the boat. Here was our view […]
Bareboat Charter Athens Day 4
Tuesday – Day 4 of 7 days sailing with The Moorings in Greece: Spetses – Poros We woke in the morning to find that the wind had swung as predicted by Pocket GRiB. We’d made a good choice on which side of the key to Med moor. Sam On-The-Rocks went back to town to buy his […]
Bareboat Charter Athens Day 5
Day five of seven: Sailing out from Athens with The Moorings on a Leopard 3900 Catamaran Wednesday Poros to Russian Bay to Epidavros When motoring out of Poros you can’t emotionally go faster than 2 knots because the view of the town is so fantastic, especially the iconic clock tower. Here are some more sights […]
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