Sail, Power, Navigation
Category : Sailing News
Rob McLean will be leading Advanced Cruising courses in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on November 17-23, 2019 and March 15-21, 2020. There’s no better place to do the advanced curriculum than in the trade-winds and charming islands of SVG. These courses include access to our online Ashore Knowledge preparatory modules. For more information, please contact Rob.
Category : Site Updates
Just in case this is of interest, after almost 20 years I’m selling my boat on the west coast, partly in preparation for sailing to the Caribbean in Interlude starting this summer. For details, please see: http://lavolpe.net … please pass along to anyone you think might be interested. Many thanks! Rob
Category : Site Updates
LearnToCruiseOnline is pleased to announce the addition of an online practice exam to our online Intermediate Navigation course. The practice exam enables candidates to test their knowledge before scheduling the official Sail Canada exam! Click here for more details.
Category : Site Updates
LearnToCruiseOnline is pleased to announce the addition of an online practice exam to our online VHF radio course. The practice exam enables candidates to test their knowledge before scheduling the official Transport Canada exam! Click here for more details.
Category : Site Updates
LTCO subscribers working through the Ashore Knowledge modules for Basic or Intermediate Cruising now have access to an online practice exam. The practice exam questions offer questions that are similar to, but different from, the official exam questions. This provides you with an opportunity to test your knowledge before taking the official Sail Canada exam. For details, visit:
Category : Site Updates
LearnToCruiseOnline is pleased to announce the availability of our online Intermediate Coastal and Electronic Navigation course. Graduates of this course will be awarded Sail Canada’s Intermediate Coastal Navigation standard. In addition, the course also covers various electronic navigation topics that are beyond the current standard. Intermediate Coastal and Electronic Navigation is priced at $150, which to our knowledge provides excellent value relative to alternatives, with the added benefit that you can learn from the comfort of your home, office, or boat! Click here for more details.
Category : Site Updates
LearnToCruiseOnline is pleased to announce the availability of our online VHF radio course. To legally operate a marine VHF radio in Canada, boaters are required to have a Restricted Operator Certificate (Maritime). LCTO’s online course is priced at $75, which to our knowledge is the least expensive option available for boaters seeking their ROC(M), with the added benefit that you can learn from the comfort of your home, office, or boat! Click here for more details.
Category : Site Updates
We are pleased to announce that Jamie Gordon, author of the Student Notes and Exercises for Basic Coastal Navigation has provided an updated version of the Notes, Exercises and Appendices. If you are starting a course in 2018, you should use the new version of the documents. The old versions are still available for download for continuity if you have already started a course using the older versions
The new version addresses updates to the Basic Coastal Navigation standard that became effective in 2017.
The Session pages have been updated with references to both the older and newer versions of the notes.
Category : Site Updates
LTCO’s Intermediate Cruising Ashore Knowledge Module is now available! If you are thinking about taking an Intermediate course in future, this will help you prepare for the course and for the official Sail Canada Intermediate Cruising Ashore Knowledge exam. With this work behind you, you’ll get a lot more out of your afloat experience!
Category : Sailing News
More details are available at http://learntocruise.ca/boss1
Note from Rob: I’ve bareboated in St. Vincent twice, once in the 90s and again last year. It’s a wonderful place to sail and I’m excited to be on the instructor team with BOSS! The image above is the spectacular remote reef, Tobago Keys. When you’re anchored in that location, there’s nothing but the reef between you and Africa!