$ 1,995 pp

Last minute discounts available 

The Basic Learn-’N-Cruise (LNC) covers the ASA 101, 103 and 104 certifications, the 104 being recognised by charter companies around the world as a Captain’s Licence.

We run the courses every week of the year – and up to 5 at the same time (we’re the most active ASA sailing school in the south-eastern Caribbean, the only one in St Vincent and the Grenadines and the longest-established (more than 20 years).

The course runs from a Sunday morning through the following Saturday afternoon, and during the week  you’ll learn the basics of sailing.  Guests with zero or minimal prior sailing experience should be able to get through the 101 and 103 certifcations without problems, and we’ve had many guests who have also completed the 104 – though to do this you should carefully study the syllabus books prior to arrival.  Folks who have had some previous on-the-water experience will find this useful.

Our courses are entirely hands-on, live-aboard – no falling asleep behind a classroom desk!  Because of this, you’ll find that the learning curve is steep and we’ve found over the years that the majority of our guests are surprised at how much they were able to get through.

Whilst the aim of these cruises is to offer guests the opportunity to pass an internationally recognised certification on board an ocean-going yacht, we also remember that this is a vacation – and thus leisure time will be available for swimming, snorkelling, diving, or exploring ashore. The Instructor will run the course at the pace of the guests, with their safety and comfort of prime importance and guests will have every opportunity to participate in the planning of the itinerary and daily schedule.

We will do our best to match up guests with similar objectives and to enable them to achieve the level of certification that equates to their experience. Because of the small number of guests on board the yacht instruction is highly personalized and therefore differing levels of experience amongst the guests does not necessarily present a problem.