Bareboat Cruising 4th Edition - Book

This book will lay out how to responsibly skipper and crew an auxiliary powered cruising sailboat or catamaran, within sight of land and bring it safely to anchor during daylight hours.

Bareboat Cruising, 4th Edition is US Sailing's textbook for its Bareboat Cruising certification, the step that follows Basic Cruising. The course standard covers what a skipper needs to take out a chartered cruising boat: checking the boat's systems, safety gear and sails before departure, briefing the crew, navigating with compass, chart and GPS chart plotter, and heaving-to and shortening sail when the wind builds.

It also covers overboard rescue under sail and power, anchoring with two anchors (including the Bahamian moor), picking up a mooring, handling the boat under power at the dock, and the responsibilities of both the charter company and the charter client when the boat is returned.