Cruiser Class Goals

Learn to confidently handle cruiser under sail or motor

Understand key elements of ship safety and navigation

Gain understanding of onboard “systems”

Learn the basics of cruising on larger sailboats

Top 10 Novice Cruiser Mishaps

Top 10 Novice Cruiser Mishaps

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⑩ Failing to give your crew the marine head lecture

Top 10 Novice Cruiser Mishaps

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⑨ Running out of gas … or beer … or sunscreen

⑩ Failing to give your crew the marine head lecture

Top 10 Novice Cruiser Mishaps

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⑧ Walking on the forward hatch or any open hatch

⑨ Running out of gas … or beer … or sunscreen

⑩ Failing to give your crew the marine head lecture

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⑦ Sailing with your back firmly against the safety line

⑧ Walking on the forward hatch or any open hatch

⑨ Running out of gas … or beer … or sunscreen

⑩ Failing to give your crew the marine head lecture

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⑥ Wrapping a winch counter-clockwise

⑦ Sailing with your back firmly against the safety line

⑧ Walking on the forward hatch or any open hatch

⑨ Running out of gas … or beer … or sunscreen

⑩ Failing to give your crew the marine head lecture

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⑤ Sending an unrestrained halyard up the mast

⑥ Wrapping a winch counter-clockwise

⑦ Sailing with your back firmly against the safety line

⑧ Walking on the forward hatch or any open hatch

⑨ Running out of gas … or beer … or sunscreen

⑩ Failing to give your crew the marine head lecture

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④ Anchoring over night with the battery switch on “All”

⑤ Sending an unrestrained halyard up the mast

⑥ Wrapping a winch counter-clockwise

⑦ Sailing with your back firmly against the safety line

⑧ Walking on the forward hatch or any open hatch

⑨ Running out of gas … or beer … or sunscreen

⑩ Failing to give your crew the marine head lecture

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③ Running the motor with the engine mount up

④ Anchoring over night with the battery switch on “All”

⑤ Sending an unrestrained halyard up the mast

⑥ Wrapping a winch counter-clockwise

⑦ Sailing with your back firmly against the safety line

⑧ Walking on the forward hatch or any open hatch

⑨ Running out of gas … or beer … or sunscreen

⑩ Failing to give your crew the marine head lecture

Top 10 Novice Cruiser Mishaps

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② Eating lunch while wing on wing

③ Running the motor with the engine mount up

④ Anchoring over night with the battery switch on “All”

⑤ Sending an unrestrained halyard up the mast

⑥ Wrapping a winch counter-clockwise

⑦ Sailing with your back firmly against the safety line

⑧ Walking on the forward hatch or any open hatch

⑨ Running out of gas … or beer … or sunscreen

⑩ Failing to give your crew the marine head lecture

Top 10 Novice Cruiser Mishaps

① Raising all sail in a 20 knot breeze

② Eating lunch while wing on wing

③ Running the motor with the engine mount up

④ Anchoring over night with the battery switch on “All”

⑤ Sending an unrestrained halyard up the mast

⑥ Wrapping a winch counter-clockwise

⑦ Sailing with your back firmly against the safety line

⑧ Walking on the forward hatch or any open hatch

⑨ Running out of gas … or beer … or sunscreen

⑩ Failing to give your crew the marine head lecture

Top 10 Towing & Insurance Incidents

Top 10 Towing & Insurance Incidents

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⑩ Wrapping a Genoa on your forestay while jibing

Top 10 Towing & Insurance Incidents

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⑨ Securing a crab pot float between your hull and rudder

⑩ Wrapping a Genoa on your forestay while jibing

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⑧ Passing a navigational mark ‘incorrectly’

⑨ Securing a crab pot float between your hull and rudder

⑩ Wrapping a Genoa on your forestay while jibing

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⑦ Close encounters with daymarks after dark

⑧ Passing a navigational mark ‘incorrectly’

⑨ Securing a crab pot float between your hull and rudder

⑩ Wrapping a Genoa on your forestay while jibing

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⑥ Reversing thrust after a fast approach to the dock

⑦ Close encounters with daymarks after dark

⑧ Passing a navigational mark ‘incorrectly’

⑨ Securing a crab pot float between your hull and rudder

⑩ Wrapping a Genoa on your forestay while jibing

Top 10 Towing & Insurance Incidents

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⑤ Failing to check for oncoming traffic behind the Genoa

⑥ Reversing thrust after a fast approach to the dock

⑦ Close encounters with daymarks after dark

⑧ Passing a navigational mark ‘incorrectly’

⑨ Securing a crab pot float between your hull and rudder

⑩ Wrapping a Genoa on your forestay while jibing

Top 10 Towing & Insurance Incidents

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④ Anchoring at night in a convenient channel

⑤ Failing to check for oncoming traffic behind the Genoa

⑥ Reversing thrust after a fast approach to the dock

⑦ Close encounters with daymarks after dark

⑧ Passing a navigational mark ‘incorrectly’

⑨ Securing a crab pot float between your hull and rudder

⑩ Wrapping a Genoa on your forestay while jibing

Top 10 Towing & Insurance Incidents

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③ Enjoying the scenery near rocky lee shores

④ Anchoring at night in a convenient channel

⑤ Failing to check for oncoming traffic behind the Genoa

⑥ Reversing thrust after a fast approach to the dock

⑦ Close encounters with daymarks after dark

⑧ Passing a navigational mark ‘incorrectly’

⑨ Securing a crab pot float between your hull and rudder

⑩ Wrapping a Genoa on your forestay while jibing

Top 10 Towing & Insurance Incidents

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② Expecting a container ship to yield to you under sail

③ Enjoying the scenery near rocky lee shores

④ Anchoring at night in a convenient channel

⑤ Failing to check for oncoming traffic behind the Genoa

⑥ Reversing thrust after a fast approach to the dock

⑦ Close encounters with daymarks after dark

⑧ Passing a navigational mark ‘incorrectly’

⑨ Securing a crab pot float between your hull and rudder

⑩ Wrapping a Genoa on your forestay while jibing

Top 10 Towing & Insurance Incidents

① Using the mast to directly measure bridge clearances

② Expecting a container ship to yield to you under sail

③ Enjoying the scenery near rocky lee shores

④ Anchoring at night in a convenient channel

⑤ Failing to check for oncoming traffic behind the Genoa

⑥ Reversing thrust after a fast approach to the dock

⑦ Close encounters with daymarks after dark

⑧ Passing a navigational mark ‘incorrectly’

⑨ Securing a crab pot float between your hull and rudder

⑩ Wrapping a Genoa on your forestay while jibing