Now booking Live Aboard courses and adventures for the winter cruising season in Puerto Vallarta!
Mexico Cruising Courses
J/World Sailing School runs various cruising itineraries along the Western coast of Mexico, the Sea of Cortez, and Baja California. Using our office in Puerto Vallarta in the beautiful Banderas Bay as our home base, we can provide a wide range of experiences. Remote islands, sleepy shore-side villages, stunning scenery, abundant wildlife, and top tier sailing conditions make this one of the best places in the world for cruising.
A J/World Sailing School instructor will be with you the whole time on these liveaboard cruising courses, and you may earn your US Sailing Bareboat Cruising certification. We’ll make sure that you get the experience, knowledge, and confidence to go it alone next time! Since we keep the student to instructor ratio very low to make sure you get lots of personal attention.
Here is a list of some of the options available, but there are many more, so feel free to contact us with details regarding your goals and we will be happy to structure a customized experience.
Two Day Quick Trip
If time is tight, don’t worry at all, we can still help you get your sailing fix! You will start off at the J/World Puerto Vallarta facility in the Paradise Village Resort. After a boat orientation, you will head out into Bandras Bay and over to either beautiful Punta Mita to the north, or the sleepy village of Yelapa to the south. It’s a short sail to either, so you will make it there with time to enjoy a sunset swim in tropical waters, and maybe dinner ashore?
Morning is a great time to get a bit of kayak or SUP paddling in, so start day two with a splash of warm water and sunshine! After breakfast you’ll weigh anchor and turn downwind, taking advantage of the building seabreeze to get you back for an afternoon/evening arrival in Paradise.
Three Day Getaway
A three day cruise in Banderas Bay will enable you to add Yelapa AND Punta Mita to the float plan. Chose a three day cruise, and you won’t have to chose between the two!
Or maybe you want to venture a bit farther away? After the boat orientation on day 1, you can make the 40 mile trip up the coast to Rincon de Guayabitos, home of Coral Island. You will want to spend day two at anchor there. Some snorkeling, kayaking, and exploring might be in order… and of course further instruction. Learn to cruise by cruising!
Day three will be the downwind sail home, around Punta Mita and into Banderas Bay. There are usually plenty of whales, sea turtles, and dolphins to spy on!
Five Day Liveaboard
The five day course enables us to cover a wide range of topics in great detail. If you really want to learn a lot and master the US Sailing Bareboat Cruising curriculum, you will want to do five days (at a minimum) to allow time to do all the course material justice and get plenty of hands-on experience. For full details on the curriculum, visit this page.
With this option, we get to wander a bit further from home base. Chacala, Coral Island, San Blas, and Isla Isabella to the north are all options. To the south the Costallegre beckons with Chamela Bay and Cayeres. You will have at least one overnight passage and be able to explore multiple ports-of-call.
Seven Day and Extended Adventures
So for those committed to a real adventure, our seven day courses offer up the opportunity to totally immerse oneself in the cruising adventure. Our cruise between Puerto Vallarta and Cabo San Lucas is a wonderful passage with multiple stops along both the mainland and Baja coasts, with the option of a stop at Isla Isabella, a remote island in the Sea of Cortez teeming with wildlife.
Completion of this course can earn the US Sailing Bareboat Cruising certification. For additional details about what we cover during this trip, see our Liveaboard Cruising course details.
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