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Passage-Making Courses

Passage-making courses in Australia — the full process from plan and preparation through watches and landfall to review.

Cruising & passages

What this training covers

Passage training focuses on the full process:

Plan
Prepare boat
Check weather
Brief crew
Depart
Navigate
Manage watches
Adapt to conditions
Make landfall
Review

It is often the bridge between course competence and real cruising confidence.

Course names and content vary between schools, and this is a description of the training rather than one school’s syllabus. Check what a particular course actually includes — and on which boat — before booking.

Who teaches it

Where this sits in the schemes

Training like this is taught both as a named certificate within a scheme and as standalone tuition by independent schools. If you want a certificate at the end, start from the scheme; if you only want the skill, an afternoon with a good instructor may serve you better.

Is this the right training for you right now?

Three questions — have you sailed before, what boat do you want to sail, and what is your goal — give you a starting course and the schools that teach it near you.