Certification and Experience cruises 2009. Cruises include sailing and navigation instruction and full provisioning.
| Building
on the success of our recent cruises "North of Desolation" and around
Vancouver Island, we are scheduling more challenging and interesting
cruises for the 2009 season. These will include a trip via the amazing "inside passage to Alaska" (photos), and the popular "circumnavigation of Vancouver Island" (photos). |
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| Cruise |
Cruise Itinerary | Duration |
Notes - for more detail click cruise OBSS serial # |
| OBSS1 |
"Inside Passage to Alaska"
(photos) 1st to 25th June 2009 |
25 Days
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This trip commences in Oak
Bay, Victoria, and transits the inside passage route to Skagway Alaska. The itinerary
for this trip includes frequent visits to places of interest along this
amazing route, and some remote anchorages , via Nanaimo, Campbell
River, Port Hardy, Shearwater, Prince Rupert, Ketchikan, Wrangell,
Petersburg, Juneau and Skagway. You can book for the whole trip or it
is possible to join or leave the cruise at several points along the
route. (Certified ISPA Instructors - enquire about gaining teaching experience and upgrading on this cruise) |
| OBSS2 |
Circumnavigation of
Vancouver Island (photos) 7th to 21st July 2009 |
15 days | Passage making cruise -
few stops - offshore section with night sailing and watchkeeping Learn basic celestial navigation - pre-requisite: Day Skipper and Coastal navigation. Can do Coastal Skipper or Yachmaster Offshore as appropriate. (Note to certified ISPA Instructors - enquire about gaining teaching experience and upgrading on this cruise) |
| OBSS3 |
Circumnavigation of
Vancouver Island (photos) 1st to 15th August 2009 |
15 days | A more leisurely cruise,
with frequent stops for sightseeing - short offshore section with night
sailing and watchkeeping Learn basic celestial navigation - pre-requisite: Day Skipper and Coastal navigation. Can do Coastal Skipper or Yachmaster Offshore as appropriate. (Note to certified ISPA Instructors - enquire about gaining teaching experience and upgrading on this cruise) |