Offshore With Adventure Sailing
Learn how to weather storms, stay safe, and thrive at sea
Masquerade
Masquerade is a Finnish-built Baltic 47, one of the best production boats of her size in the world.
She has just undergone an extensive refit that included new refrigeration, new heads, all new sails, new running rigging, a complete rig inspection that included replacing some shrouds and re-heading the rest, and a complete B&G electronics package with a 12" Zeus plotter at the helm and 20/20s at the mast.
Accommodations consist of four cabins; the captain's cabin aft to port and three double cabins each with a comfortable upper and lower berth with lee cloth. The forward head has a manually operated toilet while the aft head features an electric toilet.
The galley, nav station, and roomy saloon complete the interior.
How to Qualify for A Passage
The more you know, the more you'll get out of your passage with Adventure Sailing.
No offshore experience is required, but if you have it, we will help you hone your skills. If you have never sailed overnight offshore, we will help you develop the skills necessary to be a successful offshore sailor.
In order to get the most out of your time at sea with us you should possess basic sailing skills such as how to "hand, reef, and steer." Especially, you should know how to steer a compass course. Most of our time at sea we won't be using the autopilot. Sitting in the cockpit watching "Otto" steer the boat does nothing to hone your skills but steering in waves certainly does!
What you'll learn
How to Deal with Storms at Sea
One of the best, most important skills any offshore sailor can posses is how to deal with heavy weather.
Reefing down is the first step, but there comes a point in big breeze when you are better off just heaving to. We'll discuss and demonstrate heaving to and other options for surviving gale and storm conditions successfully--and in relative comfort.
Coping With Emergency Situations
We'll explore emergency situations such as losing your steering, losing your rudder, rigging failures, fire, flooding, man overboard, liferafts, harnesses, and general safety at sea.
Yacht Systems
Going offshore on a sailboat isn't just about what happens on deck. We will talk about and delve into procedures for keeping a boat working properly and how to fix it should something go wrong. We'll discuss tools needed both offshore and for long term cruising and then dig into Masquerade's equipment, why I chose it, and what I'd change.