When you’re ready to expand your boating horizons beyond day trips, you’re a cruiser! From an overnighter to a nearby marina or a quiet anchorage to an ocean crossing to a foreign land,
Cruise With Confidence is a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to help you plan, prepare, and enjoy the trip.
You’ll learn how to choose the right boat, understand propulsion and electrical systems, and master onboard essentials like electronics, navigation, and communications. From the big picture to practical tips, you’ll develop skills in safety, security, anchoring, and seamanship. Whether under power or sail, you’ll gain confidence to handle emergencies, understand weather, and keep your crew comfortable and happy.
From provisioning and meal planning to chartering and crossing borders, you’ll finish this course ready to chart your own course — calm, capable, and confident at the helm.
Boat Operator Certification
This course is required for the Boat Operator Certification level of Advanced Coastal Navigator (ACN).
Marine radio is a lot more reliable than cellphones on the water. Learn how radios work, which channels to use, correct procedures, and how DSC can be a lifesaver in emergencies.
$34.95Important for offshore boaters, the 500 millibar upper air chart will help you predict upper-level wind speed and direction, trough and ridge patterns, and the 5640 storm track line.
$34.95Choosing a trailer, tow vehicle, and other gear, how to haul the trailer, launch and retrieve your boat, boat ramp etiquette, trailer maintenance, insurance, and registration.
$34.95Nine important things to know while staying aboard overnight or for months. Managing the galley, water, health, money, communications, planning for a cruise, weather planning, etc
$34.95The most common cooking fuels, propane and butane (LNG), can be dangerous. Learn how to handle them safely, check for leaks, maintain propane systems, store cylinders, and more.
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