Sail Training Adventures
Professional Sailing Instruction, Sailing Adventures and Seminars

Passage Making
Sunday March 23, 2025
0900-1630 EDT - $120.00
Stream on Zoom
Ken and Carol have prepared for and executed hundreds of successful passages over the last 20 years, ranging from short day cruises to voyages of 4500 miles lasting 34 days. Whether a quick sail or an ocean crossing, weather, boat and crew condition, will impact the ease or difficulty of a passage. Even the same voyage at a different time of year will present new challenges.
Ken and Carol will prepare you for creating your own passage plans, based on individual requirements and circumstances. Learn from their experiences to help you make successful voyages to any part of the world.
Course includes complete digital notes and a list of resources
Seminar Outline
1. Vessel Design
Advantages and disadvantages of various hull shapes, deck layouts, sail plans,
monohull/catamaran, power/sail, interior layout, crew comfort above and below deck
2. Equipment
Navigation / Communication / Steering Systems / Sail Combinations / Preventer / Safety and Survival
3. Passage Planning
Factors to consider when devising the plan:
Vessel / Crew / Weather / Navigation
Developing the plan
4. Passage Preparation
Vessel: Inspections, Repairs, Set up
Crew: Safety Briefing, Watch Schedules, Meal Preparation
Weather: Timing/Weather Window
5. Executing the Plan
Casting off
Keeping the boat moving
Staying on course
Heavy weather tactics
Tracking weather while underway
Health and Safety while underway
6. Making Landfall
7. When things go wrong