Sloepmouche Cruising Seminars

!	Why participate ?

To start cruising on your own boat and have a successful voyage it is important to realize what challenges lay ahead, how to prepare yourselves the best to face those and last but no least, decide if the whole adventure fit your personality and is worth all the troubles!

Our cruising seminars will help you answer all those questions.

Charter a boat out of a rental cruising fleet is not going to give you a taste of the ‘real’ cruising life. Those boats are designed to carry a maximum of passengers for short vacations. Your boat is going to be your new home, not a rental condo!

Go on a cruise with cruising friends may not be the best way to learn either as they may not have the teaching skills or patience required. They may pamper you as charter guests instead of teaching you … they may not show you the reality of cruising and may minimize the challenges that lay ahead.

Real cruising is not that difficult and with the right attitude and a clear idea of what you want to do versus real cruising life, it is easy to learn the necessary skills and to enjoy years of cruising lifestyle. There are many ways to cruise: some cover a lot of nautical miles and enjoy long and frequent high sea passages, some spend a lot of time at anchor and explore uncrowded places, some sail from one big city to a big marina, some cruise 6 months out of each year and spend the rest at home with family, … But all those types of cruising plans repose on the same basic fundamentals of boat space and maintenance, sail & power propulsion, cooking and comforts, budget and safe places to leave the boat.

We are happy to share our 20 years of experiences and to share a week of real cruising with you! Whether you gain confidence in starting your own cruising adventure or you choose an alternative travel method, you won’t regret your time with us in beautiful islands! Because swimming in turquoise water and sipping great cocktails at magic sunsets will be part of the cruise too (even if they are not the only parts)

Luc & Jackie

!	Are these cruising seminars for you?

Take a few minutes to answer the following questions and you will know J

1> When learning something new, what learning method is your favorite?

A. Read as many books about it and watch videos about it

B. Participate in hands-on workshops

C. I don’t enjoy new experiences

D. Just jump in and try it

2> When are you ready to try new skills?

A. Only when I am completely sure I will succeed

B. When I feel it is the right thing for me

C. I don’t want to try new things

D. Anytime I feel like it

3> When you are uncomfortable and dirty, how do you feel?

A. I want someone else to do it for me

B. I endure and do my best to make things easier later

C. I avoid it at all cost!

D. No problem, that’s life!

Any A answer means that you may never feel ready to go and that you probably have to be very rich to hire people to work for you handling the boat and to fix anything that will break (keeping in mind that often qualified help is not at hand in the more remote islands!

Any C answers means that cruising life is not for you as it presents too may challenges!

Any D answers means that you don’t need us … you will learn by trial and errors and may or may not enjoy the whole adventure!

Any B answers mean that you will enjoy and benefit from our seminars J

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