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    • Cruising Gallery!
      Cruising Gallery!
      Cruising Gallery!
      With more people than ever looking to escape the complications of modern life by heading out to sea, our cruising courses in California and Mexico have never been more popular.  Instructor Paul put...
    • Good Times…. SD to PV Race 2020
      Good Times…. SD to PV Race 2020
      Good Times…. SD to PV Race 2020
      Ok, I have to say we've been pretty bad about posting updates.  But sitting here locked down found me actually starting to organize the photo folders on my computer (yes, it's come to that!) and I...
    • 2019 Transpac – Ready to go!
      2019 Transpac – Ready to go!
      2019 Transpac – Ready to go!
      Out boats and teams are in Long Beach making final preparations for the 2019 Transpac to Hawaii! Man, this is going to be fun.  It is the 50th running of this iconic race, and there are over 90...
    • 2019 Transpac Opportunity!
      2019 Transpac Opportunity!
      2019 Transpac Opportunity!
      We have just had a couple of cancellations in the 2019 Transpac aboard our J/World boats.  All three of our entries have been sold out for well over a year, so this is a rare opportunity to join the...
    • J/105 Racing Week!
      J/105 Racing Week!
      J/105 Racing Week!
      Ok, here we go again.  Last week it was cruising in Mexico.  This week, we are posting another photo-essay on 'what it's like' with J/World on a racing clinic we did in San Diego last week. ...
    • Cruising Mexico – A Photo Report
      Cruising Mexico – A Photo Report
      Cruising Mexico – A Photo Report
      Ok, this falls into our "What it's like..." series of posts where we try to share the experience of a sailing adventure through photos and text.  This entry in the series is going to be short on...
    • Happy Holidays and Thank You from J/World!
      Happy Holidays and Thank You from J/World!
      Happy Holidays and Thank You from J/World!
      Wow, what a year it was!  Thanks so much to all our supporters for a fantastic 2018.  We raced to Puerto Vallarta, Bermuda, Hawaii, and along the California Coast.  We cruised to Baja, Cabo,...
    • 2018 Newport to Bermuda Race Report
      2018 Newport to Bermuda Race Report
      2018 Newport to Bermuda Race Report
      Well the 2018 Newport to Bermuda Race is all wrapped up!  It was a challenging year, with a lot of light breeze and some periods of slow going, but we had an excellent time.  Team J/World boasted a...
    • Palm trees, flip-flop, whales and sea-turtles: Winter Sailing!
      Palm trees, flip-flop, whales and sea-turtles: Winter Sailing!
      Palm trees, flip-flop, whales and sea-turtles: Winter Sailing!
      So this is winter down at our Puerto Vallarta J/World facility.  Our fleet is all dialed in, and  we have a whole range of courses and activities on tap. Not sure what the weather is like in your...
    • 2017 Baja Ha Ha – that’s all, folks!
      2017 Baja Ha Ha – that’s all, folks!
      2017 Baja Ha Ha – that’s all, folks!
      So we got this report from Paul yesterday, filed from the finish of the cruiser's rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas that marks the start of the southern cruising season. And he sent a bunch of...
    • To Be, or N2B…   Newport to Bermuda, of course!!
      To Be, or N2B…   Newport to Bermuda, of course!!
      To Be, or N2B… Newport to Bermuda, of course!!
      Ok, we are excited to be announcing that J/World will be entering the 2018 Newport to Bermuda Race. The Newport to Bermuda Race is one of the world's most renown offshore events, and as such draws...
    • 2017 Transpac Wrap Up – Congrats Team Hula Girl!
      2017 Transpac Wrap Up – Congrats Team Hula Girl!
      2017 Transpac Wrap Up – Congrats Team Hula Girl!
      Ok, the spray  has settled after the 2017 Transpac and wow, what an absolute blast!  I have to say that our fleet comprised of 10 Santa Cruz 50s and 52s was probably one of the most competitive...
    • TRANSPAC 2017 Finish Line Report
      TRANSPAC 2017 Finish Line Report
      TRANSPAC 2017 Finish Line Report
      Hello to our Friends and Families! Ok, we are on the home-stretch of the 2017 Transpac.  We are aiming straight at Molokai about 10 miles out, with Oahu just in sight.  It feels good.  And boy...
    • TRANSPAC 2017 – Third Report – Race On!!
      TRANSPAC 2017 – Third Report – Race On!!
      TRANSPAC 2017 – Third Report – Race On!!
      Oh man, we have a race on out here!  We are one week into the 2017 Transpac aboard J/World's Hula Girl, and this is fantastic sailing. Our fleet is phenomenally tight as pass the 75% mark. ...
    • TRANSPAC 2017 – Second Report
      TRANSPAC 2017 – Second Report
      TRANSPAC 2017 – Second Report
      Hello all from literally the middle of the Pacific!  Here's the 2017 Transpac update #2 from J World's Hula Girl. So earlier this evening, we passed the 1000 mile marker, and in the morning we...
    • TRANSPAC – Report from J/World’s Hula Girl
      TRANSPAC – Report from J/World’s Hula Girl
      TRANSPAC – Report from J/World’s Hula Girl
      Well all right now. It's time to get all our family and friends caught up on the happenings out here in the deep blue Pacific. We are now about two and a half days into the 2017 Transpac and...
    • TRANSPAC 2017 – HULA GIRL IS UNDERWAY!
      TRANSPAC 2017 – HULA GIRL IS UNDERWAY!
      TRANSPAC 2017 – HULA GIRL IS UNDERWAY!
      After much preparation and anticipation, the J/World Hula Girl team is underway and racing. Watch this space for updates and reports along the way. It's ON! ...
    • CORW 2017 Wrap Up
      CORW 2017 Wrap Up
      CORW 2017 Wrap Up
      Ok, the spray has settled from the 2017 California Offshore Race Week, and we are here with a report of the fun! The first leg was the Spinnaker Cup, from SF to Monterrey.  We had a solid showing...
    • Merlin.  ‘Nuff said.
      Merlin.  ‘Nuff said.
      Merlin. ‘Nuff said.
      The name Merlin is iconic in the world of racing sailboats. When Bill Lee designed and built her just outside Santa Cruz, then went on to crush the competition racing to Hawaii and setting a record...
    • Lucky Day??
      Lucky Day??
      Lucky Day??
      Ok, this could be your lucky day. Hula Girl, our turboed Santa Cruz 50, has a late opening for the Transpac!  This event was sold out well over a year ago, but we now have one berth open. This is...
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Bareboat Cruising

J World Performance Sailing School and Club offers the highest rated sailing lessons which will help you attain the US Sailing Bareboat Cruising Certification. Click here for more info on our sailing courses, or here for information on our Liveaboard Cruising Class (which satisfies the requirements for the US Sailing Bareboat Cruising Certification).

Purpose

To responsibly skipper, crew or bareboat charter an inboard auxiliary powered cruising sailboat within sight of land to a port or an anchorage during daylight hours in moderate to strong wind and sea conditions. We use a J120 or J160 or similar vessel for this certification.

Prerequisites

US Sailing Basic Keelboat Certification
US Sailing Basic Cruising Certification
Current US Sailing membership

J World classes to obtain Bareboat Cruising certification

Live-aboard Cruising – Three days
Live-aboard Cruising – Five Days
Live-aboard Cruising – Seven Days
Some of our Special Events and Cruises (contact us for additional info)

Curriculum Overview

The Bareboat Cruising graduate will have successfully demonstrated the ability to skipper and crew an inboard auxiliary powered cruising sailboat within sight of land and bring it safely to anchor during daylight hours.

Recommended Equipment: It is recommended that Bareboat Cruising courses and examinations be conducted on 30’ to 45’ sloop-rigged cruising keelboats with wheel steering and auxiliary diesel power, and with adequate equipment inventory to complete all required certification outcomes.

Prerequisite: The prerequisite for Bareboat Cruising Certification is Basic Cruising Certification.

Certification Requirements: Bareboat Cruising Certification requires the successful completion of the following knowledge and skill requirements. These requirements are expected to be able to be performed safely with confident command of the boat with a wind of at least 15 knots.

Practical Skills

Preparation to Sail:
1. Obtain an appropriate weather forecast for your cruise and plan accordingly.
2. Check the sail inventory and select the appropriate sails for the conditions.
3. Check the location and condition or operation of all safety equipment.
4. Describe the need for and perform the daily checks of the engine fluids and mechanical parts, manual and electric bilge pumps, and the electrical, mechanical, fresh water, marine head and holding tank systems.
5. Perform a complete check and demonstrate safe use of the galley stove and stove fuel system.
6. Ensure that all necessary provisions, cooking and eating utensils are aboard and properly stowed.
7. Check the security and operation of all hatches, ports and companionways.
8. Inventory and check the condition of all bimini tops, cockpit awnings and dodgers where applicable.
9. Inventory and check the condition of all tools and spare parts.
10. Check the condition of dinghy and oars (and outboard, if applicable).
11. Inventory and check the condition of all required charts, tide tables, cruising guides and navigation tools.
12. Perform a complete inspection of all deck gear: standing and running rigging, lifelines, stanchions and pulpits.
13. Understand your responsibilities and liabilities as a bareboat charter customer according to your contract with your charter company.

Crew Operations and Skills:
14. Demonstrate a comprehensive crew briefing and plan of responsibilities.
15. Demonstrate the operation of the emergency steering equipment.

Leaving the Dock or Mooring:
16. Demonstrate the proper lashing of a dinghy on deck or securing it for towing.
17. Demonstrate appropriate helmsman and crew coordination and the skills necessary for leaving under power in any wind condition.

Navigation (Piloting):
18. Demonstrate your ability to: correctly use a handbearing compass and a ship’s compass; maintain a proper DR plot with time/speed/distance calculations; work up an estimated position; plot a fix using lines of position and/or ranges; use depth soundings; use accepted plotting and labeling techniques; understand buoyage systems and aids to navigation;identify and correlate visual observations and landmarks with chart symbols.
19. Understand the fundamental operation of a Loran or GPS to locate a position of latitude and longitude.

Heavy Weather Sailing:
20. Demonstrate shortening sail to depower, and explain effects on balancing the boat.
21. Demonstrate heaving-to.

Overboard Recovery Methods:
22. Properly demonstrate one of the overboard recovery methods under sail, which is most appropriate for: your sailing ability, boat type, crew experience, wind and sea conditions, and maintaining constant visual contact with the victim.
23. Demonstrate an overboard recovery method under power which allows you to maintain visual contact with the victim.

Anchoring Techniques:
24. Select an anchorage and demonstrate appropriate helmsman and crew coordination and the skills necessary to anchor with two anchors under power using one of the following methods: bow and stern, two anchors off the bow at 60° , or two anchors off the bow at 180° (Bahamian Moor).
25. Pick up a mooring.
26. Demonstrate appropriate helmsman and crew coordination and the skills necessary to recover your anchor under power.

Returning to the Dock or Mooring:
27. Demonstrate appropriate helmsman and crew coordination and the skills necessary for returning to the dock under power in any wind direction.

Securing the Boat Properly:
28. Demonstrate the correct procedure for returning the charter boat in the same condition that it was
chartered, and complete a charter check-in report on the condition of the boat.

Knowledge

Preparation to Sail:
1. Understand bareboat charter procedures and responsibilities for both the charter company and the charter client.
2. Determine the vessel’s fuel capacity, fuel consumption, and cruising range under power.
3. Be familiar with the documentation required for the vessel and crew both nationally and internationally.
4. Be familiar with the legal responsibilities of a skipper and the courtesies to be observed when entering a foreign port.
5. Understand the legal responsibilities of the overboard discharge of pollutants.
6. Understand all federal, state and local regulations as they pertain to your boat.
7. Be familiar with all required documentation for crew and vessel nationally and internationally.

Crew Operations and Skills:
8. Understand how to safely go aloft and explain the reasons for doing so.
9. Describe commonly observed nautical etiquette when cruising in foreign waters.
10. Be familiar with proper rafting techniques at docks and at anchor.

Navigation (Piloting):
11. Understand how to: use tide and tidal current tables including secondary station predictions; use the rule of twelfths; and apply set and drift and anticipated leeway when determining a course to steer.
12. Understand the correct use of a ship’s log.
13. Be familiar with the considerations, responsibilities and special techniques required for
navigation in restricted visibility.
14. Understand the meaning of the visual observations of water color.
15. Be familiar with the use of such navigation publications as charts, cruising guides, Coast Pilots and Light Lists.

Heavy Weather Sailing:
16. Describe the signs of an approaching squall and the actions to be taken.
17. Describe the safety issues involved with heaving to.

Overboard Recovery Methods:
18. Be familiar with the equipment provided for overboard recovery.
19. Understand procedures for overboard recovery in a larger cruising boat in unfamiliar waters and with
a crew that you might not sail with regularly. Understand the Quick-Stop, Lifesling-type and Quick-
Turn overboard recovery methods under sail to include: constant visual contact with the victim,
communications, recovery plan, sequence of maneuvers, boathandling, course sailed, pickup approach, and coming alongside the victim (or simulated object).
20. Describe methods of getting an overboard recovery victim back on deck after the vessel is stopped alongside.
21. Explain when overboard recovery should be done under power and the inherent dangers.

Safety and Emergency Procedures:
22. Giving due consideration to the state of the tide, describe a plan of action if you run aground in moderate conditions.
23. Describe a plan of action if your vessel has: a broken thru-hull; been holed; an engine failure; a steering failure.

Anchoring Techniques:
24. Describe the procedures for anchoring with two anchors.
25. Describe the use of a tripline/anchor buoy.
26. Describe the procedures for clearing fouled anchor rodes, and for recovering an anchor from under another boat.
27. Describe the procedures for dealing with a dragged anchor.
28. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the following anchoring methods: bow and stern, two anchors off the bow at 60° , two anchors off the bow at 180° (Bahamian Moor), and Mediterranean moor.

Returning to the Dock or Mooring:
29. Describe the precautions when docking under sail.

Securing the Boat Properly:
30. Describe the responsibilities of the charter client and the charter company when returning the boat.

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  1. Banderas Bay Regatta and Clinic 2021

    March 22 - March 27
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    March 25 @ 8:00 am - April 2 @ 5:00 pm
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    April 9 @ 9:30 am - April 11 @ 5:00 pm
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    May 25 @ 8:00 am - May 30 @ 5:00 pm
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    June 29, 2022 @ 8:00 am - July 13, 2022 @ 5:00 pm

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Love the colors in this one. Photo taken somewhere Love the colors in this one. Photo taken somewhere between the mainland and Catalina this past fall. Thanks for the photo @georgedphotos
Heading East. If you're ready to get away from it Heading East. If you're ready to get away from it all then we'll see you cruising down in Puerto Vallarta. Cruising courses being taught out of J/world PV all winter/spring.

Photo credit to our wonderful instructor Paul Martson!
Working hard on plans for 2021?? Photo Credit @g Working hard on plans for 2021?? 

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Turquoise Tuesdays 😉 Keep an eye out for the J/W Turquoise Tuesdays 😉 
Keep an eye out for the J/World Newsletter brightening up your inbox later today!
Happy Friday! Wherever you are. #sailingmexico Happy Friday! Wherever you are.

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Social distancing and sailing....we think they go Social distancing and sailing....we think they go pretty well together. We're committed to keeping you safe and keeping you sailing. Courses being taught through the winter at all 3 of our locations #sanfrancisco #sanfranciscobay #sandiegobay #sandiego #puertovallarta #banderasbay. Contact us to get onboard!

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Downwind Wednesdays. Luckily sailing is an outdo Downwind Wednesdays. 

Luckily sailing is an outdoor activity! We're still sailing from San Diego, San Francisco and Puerto Vallarta! Contact us to book a course or if you're just looking to get out on the water. 

#sandiegobay #sanfranciscobay #banderasbay #sailing
Happy Veterans Day! Thank you from the bottom of o Happy Veterans Day! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to all who serve, to all who have served and to all who have sacrificed.
A wonderfull week in Sothern California on one of A wonderfull week in Sothern California on one of our Live Aboard Cruising Courses. We're teaching these all through the winter so message us to book your course.

Thanks for a great week! Photo Credit - George Darling Photography @georgedphotos
Need to get out of the house? Come live with us fo Need to get out of the house? Come live with us for a week on our 5 and 7 day Live Aboard Cruising Courses!
California coastal cruising. Beautiful Morro Bay, California coastal cruising. Beautiful Morro Bay, beautiful October morning.
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With the rescheduled Yachting Cup having been give With the rescheduled Yachting Cup having been given the green light for next week and new orders from the county issued opening recreational boating to both household and non-household members we are starting to feel more like ourselves again! Reach out for dates and details of our course offerings! 

Stay safe and see you on the water!
If you've been itching to get out into the big blu If you've been itching to get out into the big blue recently here's your chance! Get in on an amazing blue water cruising opportunity. Santa Barbara to San Diego sailing in mid October! Contact to get your spot reserved. 

#sailingsandiego #sailingsantabarbara 
#channelislands #sailing
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As sailors we are so lucky to be invited to play i As sailors we are so lucky to be invited to play in this beautiful blue realm. Hope everyone is making it through Monday!

Photo credit: JWorld Alumnus Jim Lussier
Ever wanted to sail to California's famous Channel Ever wanted to sail to California's famous Channel Islands? Join us October 21-26 for a Passage from Santa Barbara to San Diego via the Channel Islands and learn how to Cruise!
September will bring with it cruising courses! Cou September will bring with it cruising courses! Courses are sailing from San Diego and San Francisco with Passages sailing south in October. Contact for dates and details!
Sailing South by South East We have passages plan Sailing South by South East

We have passages planned this fall
San Francisco - Santa Barbara
And
Santa Barbara - San Diego

Contact us for more information and secure your spot!#sailingsanfrancisco #safesailing #sailingsandiego #cruisinglife #offshoresailing
Learn to Sail in San Francisco Bay next week! Ta Learn to Sail in San Francisco Bay next week! 

Take our course out of Alameda  and achieve your Basic Keelboat certification in just 3 days! Email us at info@sailing-jworld.com to reserve your spot! 

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