Bellingham Yacht Club

Everett
October 30th – December 20th, 2007
Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday Evenings
(course will meet on Monday, Thanksgiving week)
1730-2130
Snohomish County Chapter, American Red Cross

Bellingham
January 7 – February 27, 2008
Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday, Evenings
1730-2130
Bellingham Yacht Club

Anacortes
March 4 – April 24, 2008
Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday Evenings
1730-2130
Anacortes Yacht Club

If you’re interested in Maritime Matters you may want to check out my BitterEnd Blog: http://captrichardrodriguez.blogspot.com/

Here’s what makes us different.

You earn the highest level of license you are eligible for, both an OUPV (six pac) and Master’s.

We concentrate on teaching you the material and how to be a Captain, not just how to pass the Coast Guard Test. You take the test with us, not at the Coast Guard.

I am a working Captain, with over 180 days of Sea Time each year. Classroom examples are real world experiences.

I’ve been teaching for five years. A list of those who are working their licenses is attached.

You may sit in any future course at no cost as a refresher.

Our passing rate is 98%. If you don’t pass, you may take the course over at no charge.

We’ll sit with you after the course and review your licensing package before you formally submit it to the Coast Guard.

The cost of the cause in $1200 for both licenses and the classroom books and chart. Spring courses have filled in the past, you can hold a spot with a reservation.

Give me a call or send me email, I’d be happy to help you answer any licensing questions.

Captain Richard J. Rodriguez
United States Maritime Academy
CaptRodriguez@gmail.com
www.usmaritime.us

360.531.0698

This document was prepared by Joe Coons, an experienced boat owner. A licensed master, Joe owns a 43’ Tollycraft double cabin motor yacht similar in layout to a classic trawler. His background in chartering includes four years employment as a boat broker where he sold a number of boats into, and out of, charter programs; and at the time of this writing, seven years of chartering his own boat, three years of which he managed it. He founded Skylark Charters, Inc., which in late 1998 became San Juan Yachting, Inc. when it was acquired by San Juan Yachting/San Juan Sailing of Bellingham. Joe now is semi-retired, but serves as an adviser to San Juan Yachting and also trains folks in boat operation, and counsels other charter companies and boat buyers regarding chartering and maintenance.

What you’ll learn about chartering:

• What’s it like to charter your boat?
• Owner’s Stories
• Financial Considerations
• What boats charter best?
• What happens to boats?

This is a 6 page downloadable/printable PDF file.

Click here to download/view the PDF article

Cruising The Northwest

Author: Joe Coons

(Revised to 4/1/94)

This guide was prepared as a service to area boaters by the BELLINGHAM YACHT CLUB, and is offered without charge. It is typical of the member-developed services to boaters offered by the Club, the focal point of boating activities for the waters of Northwestern Washington.
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