As I've always said - learning to sail is a hands on process. You've just got to have you hand on the tiller or the wheel to get the feeling of what a wind gust does to the boat and how to automatically correct it. Like burning data onto a cd, your brain has to be burned in with the feel of the wheel. That's why NauticEd takes care of the theory so you know what is happening, why and how to correct it plus other things like rules of the sea etc. But there is something bigger to learn as well - if you're up for it. That is world cruising, making a passage, sailing in unfamiliar territories. And that is what Seafaring360 is all about. An Adventure - on a GLOBAL scale.
Seafaring360 is for anyone - whether experienced or not. It's a 1/6th sailboat fractional ownership in a Beneteau 57 ft sailboat or Shannon Global 52. The yacht is on a 4 year circumnavigation of the world, stopping in most ports for about 3 months at a time. Owners fly in and use their boat as they wish. There is a full time captain on board to take care of all the details. Thus owners experience levels can range from novice all the way to experienced. Each owner has 8 weeks per year to use their yacht. Owners can either do a passage from one cruising ground to another - or they can just fly in and use the yacht in and around any particular place of their choosing. Or they can make up any combination. For example, an owner may fly in with friends and family use the yacht for a week in Tahiti, then who ever wants to stay on for the crossing to Tonga will stay while the others hang out in a spa for 10 days then fly to Tonga and catch up with the others. And perhaps the group may then cruise the Tongan cruising ground for a week before flying back home.
It gets even better, the logistics of destinations and boat management are handled by a professional team headed up by the Latitudes and Attitudes magazine staff. Their experience and resources is par none in this arena.
If someone wants to immerse them selves in the world of sailing and really experience a sailing adventure at the same time, Seafaring360 is it.
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