My wife and I are in the process of
buying a Nautitech 46 Fly
catamaran and are scheduled to close in early October. Closing and
delivery will be in Ft Lauderdale and we are looking to train on our
boat for
ASA certification and competency for
insurance and ourselves as quickly as possible after closing. We have very limited experience assisting in sailing a
monohull but we are fast learners. We are already in possession of
ASA training books through 104-114 and looking for a
captain who can train us and get us certified on our
boat.
This should be an easy cat to sail as it has a
furling main sail.
Obviously one of the advantage of
training on our own boat is for familiarity. One challenge we have our special needs son will be with us which is the main reason for training on our boat, so we can see after his needs also. He is an adult with physical limitations but very smart. Although he won't be able to do all the training due to his disability he will undoubtedly be interested and learn a lot just by
osmosis.
Our goal is that after the training we will start our sailing/cruising life in the
Bahamas this year then further out next season.