CRUISE ITINERARY
Sample of what a 3-DAY / 4-NIGHT package looks like.
FIRST NIGHT – COMPLIMENTARY ACCOMMODATIONS – WELCOME ABOARD
Location – Our location is also convenient: 10 mins. from the Ft.Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport. You are about a $20 taxi fare away, so there is no need to rent a car.
BOARDING - 3:00 PM (Stowaway Night)
Shipmates can stowaway onboard the night before your charter begins. This is your chance to get an early start on a class or two, candlelight dinner as we will spend stowaway night on anchor at a very beautiful, mysterious cove. Enjoy the romantic moonlight while searching for your lucky star. It shall be a beautiful start on a cruise long to be remembered, so bring your camera!
FIRST MORNING - 8:00 A.M.
Breakfast is served, then class time. I shall teach you and your guest what you’ll need to know the subject books & charts. Then you become the captain and your guest will become your navigator, cruising down the intracoastal . Both of you will be at the helm from this point on and it will be your charter. You will bring the Miami Mermaid down and back mostly on your own. What a wonderful view: 2 hours to Miami, then into Biscayne Bay, an expansive and protected body of water that encompasses the beginning of the Florida Keys. The protected waters of Biscayne Bay are an ideal, natural environment for either a beginner or a seasoned yachtsman to learn the ins and outs of trawler handling.
Hands on training is the only way to learn navigation & chart reading, GPS/Chartplotting, how to locate anchorages and marinas so you can learn to chart your cruise on your own.
If you have never handled a boat or have limited experience, then this portion alone will build both your confidence level to the point where you will be able to charter a boat on your own anywhere, anytime. So if this is what you’re looking for, then all that is needed is a 3 or 4 day cruise to learn the above skills. That is all there is to it!
FIRST NIGHT
It’s time to kick off our sandals and relax. We’ll be staying on a private anchorage and it will seem like paradise as you watch the tropical sunset. Cocktail hour, home cooked meals, and soft music.
Good morning class time and then the bad news, time to leave paradise- but don’t worry there is much more to come…
SECOND MORNING
Let’s hoist the anchor and enjoy a sunrise breakfast.After breakfast you will experience the engine class & another day of cruising, but this is a real treat. There are all types of twists and turns as we now go gunkholing from anchorage to anchorage, making way cruising down through a string of beautiful, small Florida islands. You are now learning how to find anchorages so you’ll have this know how when you’re ready to go cruising. We will show you how to plan your trips. This is part of what trawler school is all about.
THIRD NIGHT
After hitting all those anchorages, there might be night maneuvers, weather & time permitting, then on the hook for the night with a view of the Miami skyline never to be forgotten! Sunrise breakfast. We shall have our electrical in docking lesson then start planning and plotting a course to anchor at 100 Thousand BC for trawler pictures and our final class we will cruise to our home port with a few fun and different surprise excursions that will make this trip a memorable one.
LAST MORNING
Check out time anytime you like.
Rise and shine! All good things must come to an end. It’s time for the Captain’s farewells. The vessel is all yours until 11:00 am.
