SAILING-VACATION OPPORTUNITIES
Navtours has opened a charteryacht base in Burlington, Vermont, giving sailors direct access to Lake Champlain from summer through September.
The Burlington Harbor Marina, finished in 2019 and just outside the city, is the location of the new base. Nearby amenities and attractions include parks, the Church Street marketplace, restaurants, bike paths, walking trails, breweries, and grocery and liquor stores.
Burlington is close to some of the lake’s most beautiful destinations to visit by boat, including Shelburne Bay, Willsboro Bay and Converse Bay.
The Lake Champlain fleet of four bareboat monohulls and two multihulls includes Beneteau, Jeanneau, Dufour, Lagoon and Bali models. The base is also a sailing school, offering the American Sailing Association curriculum.
Newport, Rhode Island, is another Navtours base in the United States. It offers summer sailing options on the East Coast with a fleet of two monohulls and three multihulls. The company is also a partner with Dream Yacht Charter, which extends its services to clients to Dream bases in 50 global destinations. Contact Navtours for details (navtours.com).
Berths are still available for flotillas offered by Offshore Sailing School. All levels of sailors and guests are welcome on these trips, including Offshore Sailing School graduates. The fleet for each of these bareboat charter cruises is usually four to six four-cabin boats with a total of 15 to 20 cabins available. Flotilla availability includes these destinations and dates:
Apostle Islands—july 11-17, 2020
Exumas, Bahamas— November 8-15, 2020 Seychelles—july 5-15, 2021 For details, contact Offshore (offshoresailing.com/ flotilla-holidays).
Cruise Abaco in the Bahamas offers an offshore sailing trip from the east coast of Florida across the Gulf Stream to the Bahamas in November 2020. The passage aboard either a monohull or multihull is available by the cabin or entire boat. Instruction in the American Sailing Association curriculum is included in the adventure. For details, contact Cruise Abaco (cruiseabaco.com).
New educational webinars presented by the American Sailing Association feature America’s Cup winner Peter Isler. Each hourlong episode of the three-part series covers safety, cruising and sail handling, among other topics. Log on to the webinars page of the ASA website to watch on demand:
Sailing Safety: A Personal Perspective, suitable for all levels, features Isler sharing harrowing sea stories and lessons he learned from those experiences.
In A Busman’s Holiday: A Mediterranean Cruise Around Ibiza with Peter Isler, suitable for all levels, Isler shares his experiences chartering a 50-foot sloop in Ibiza, Spain.
And in Cruising Easy: Sail Handling Tips from an Expert, suitable for all levels, Isler shares his expertise in making sailing, as well as sail handling, easier by using the wind’s force to help do the work.
The cost is $20 per webinar for ASA members in good standing (fee includes access to the webinar recording for 30 days for replay). The new series is part of ASA’S growing library of webinars (asa.com/webinars).
SAIL THE GREEN MOUNTAINS
GET IN ON THE FLOTILLA ACTION
SAIL THE BAHAMAS
LEARN FROM YOUR LIVING ROOM