Welcome Aboard!
Fuel included in rental.
Suggested itineraries:
2-4 hr: ICW cruise viewing the beautiful wetlands and mansions of PV
5-8 hr: Ocean sail viewing the Florida coast (seas must be 2-3’, winds 6-15 kts)
2 x 8hr days: Sail to St Augustine or Fernandina Beach for overnight stay.
Serenity is the perfect size sailboat. Easy to maneuver and big enough to comfortably accommodate up to six passengers.
Your captain is a certificated USCG captain (OUPV MMC) and a certified ASA sailing instructor, so plan to take the helm as much or as little as you’d like.
Serenity has a fridge, large bathroom and plenty of room to relax above and below deck.
Please bring any food/beverages in a soft cooler or bags.
Please do not bring spray or oil-based sunscreen. Only mineral-based sunscreen please (to save the oceans, the fiberglass and the seating materials).
There is a bathroom next to the marina office (code is 253). While there is a head on the boat, it is not recommended to be used for #2 (for several reasons which I will spare you the details).
Coast Guard regulations limit passengers to six.
Basics for sailors and sailing students:
Identify
-hull
-keel
-bow
-traveller
-deck
-spreaders
-backstay
-mast
-boom
-bow pulpit
-stern
-lifelines
-shrouds
-mainsail
-jib
-gooseneck
-stern pulpit
-cabin
-headstay
Describe Functions
-mainsheet
-boomvang
-halyard
-downhaul
-stays/shrouds
-rudder
-boom topping lift
-winches
-outhaul
-shackle
-fenders
-tiller/wheel
-jib sheet
-fairlead v padeye
-cunningham
-telltails
-cleats
Define
-port
-starboard
-skipper
-helmsman
-forward
-aft
-crew
-tacking
-jibing
-running rigging
-standing rigging
-heel
-ahead
-abeam
-astern
-windward
-leeward
-beam
Sail Parts
-mainsail
-jib
-storm jib
-spinnaker
-genoa
-hanks
-battens
-batten pockets
-bolt rope
-luff
-leech
-foot
-head
-tack
-crew
Explain
-in irons
-head to wind
-luffing
-close hauled
-close reach
-beam reach
-broad reach
-running
-starboard tack
-port tack
-windward boat
-leeward boat
-heading up
-heading down or bearing away
-sailing by the lee