Our Learn to Cruise courses:

Basic Course

• 4 days
• for beginners with little or no sailing experience
• also for experienced sailors who need a refresher
• CYA Basic Crusing Certificate and Boat Operators Card

Intermediate Course

• 5-days
• for sailors that have completed the Basic Course plus 10 days Sea/time.
• or have equivalent experience
• CYA Intermediate Crusing Certificate

Both courses conducted by CYA/IYT instructor Greig Williams

DATES Please refer to the Calendar page for course dates.

FEES Per person course fees are shown in this table:

	Prices
CYA Crew	$1050 4-day	IYT Crew
CYA Day Skipper	$1050 4-day	IYT Flotilla Skipper
CYA Bareboat Skipper/Intermediate	$1240 5-day	IYT Bareboat Skipper
Pleasure Craft Operators Card $80 CYA Coastal Nav $350 VHF Radio Operator ROC-M $120

Our 4 day Basic differs from other schools that offer a 5 day course. Why? Many people are experimenting with the cruising environment for the first time. It is a compact, foreign ,challenging environment that requires consideration for others and some sacrifice of personal space. Our 4 day Sat-Tuesday format will provide all the CYA required basic training that leaves nothing out. After Basic, if the marine environment is for you,then, by all means, consider the 5 day Intermediate course for a longer cruise-training experience. And you will know what to expect.

• Fees include food, fuel, moorage, instruction, and marine insurance
• Add 12% HST +
• All fees in Canadian dollars
• Payment by VISA, or cheque
• On booking you will receive a 200-page Cruise and Learn Student Guide
• On successful completion you will receive a Canadian Yachting Association certificate and logbook.
• PCOC Includes with Basic

BOOKING POLICY
A 30% deposit is required for booking. The 70% balance is due one month prior to cruise departure date. If you need to cancel for any reason. we would retain the 30% deposit, but if the 70% had been paid, it would be refunded. In the remote possibility that we have to cancel, there would be a full refund, but we cannot be responsible for any consequential costs.

Basic Itinerary
Stay on board the night before the course, sail from Gibsons harbour to Gambier Island, Bowen Island, and return. Sail in the safe inside waters of Howe Sound.

Intermediate/Bareboat Itinerary
We sail from Gibsons Harbour, 16 miles across the Straight of Georgia, to anchorage or marinas in Degnan Bay, Montague Harbour, Telegraph Harbour, and Newcastle Island in the Gulf islands. These sheltered channels and harbours are ideal for training and cruising. Each day's sailing is carefully planned to take account of tides and weather.

PREREQUISITES
While there are no prerequisites for Basic Level training, you will need to study the Cruise and Learn manual before sailing, and have no serious mobility or health issues.

Please contact us by email at skipper@landsend.bc.ca
or call 604-886-3573 for availability and bookings, or if you need more information.

Gibsons Sailing School
at Gibsons Landing Harbour on the Sunshine Coast
near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
A Recreational Sailing School under the Transport
Canada Marine Safety Management System