Crash Course on Cruising, and Other Black Friday Specials

We’re gearing up for a wonderful Thanksgiving. The kids are both coming home, my parents will be here with us for a few days, and we’re hosting a small (for us) table of 10 for turkey and all the trimmings. I hope you, if you’re an American, have whatever your version of a happy Thanksgiving is.

Part of what I’m grateful for is the experiences in my life. The highlights are the two extended cruises we’ve taken on Calypso so far, but not far behind that is the many years I’ve spent teaching, both kids and adults, from dealing with students in traditional school settings to teaching sailing on 50’ boats in the Caribbean to a long-running YouTube series and, most recently, teaching at Cruisers University at the Annapolis Boat Show.

It’s only natural to me that I’d put these two loves together and offer an online course or two, and I’m beyond thrilled to announce the first one. Called “Crash Course on Cruising”, it’s designed to offer a perspective on cruising that you don’t often find in the YouTube channels or Instagram feed. While you might get drawn in by impeccable photos and videos of beautiful beaches and umbrella drinks and perfect sails, there is far more to life on a boat than just the highlight reel.

Even the topics and titles of the modules will get you thinking and give you insight into this amazing lifestyle; the content inside each is more of the same. The whole point of Crash Course on Cruising is to get you to think, realistically, about who you are and what you’re interested in, all through the lens of life on a boat. After all, the best answer to any question about cruising is, “It depends.” Might as well start understanding what “it depends” means to you!

Blog readers here get to use the coupon code FITFAN for 20% off of the course, good from now through December 5. Use it for you or start your holiday shopping early!

Other amazing Black Friday deals for cruisers (or those who want to learn more about it all) from people I know well:

FastSeas, Jeremy’s weather routing service, is offering a 25% discount for one year, either via a monthly or an annual subscription. The code is FIT2SAILBF and is good through November 29 at 11:59 pm Eastern, so act fast!

The Boat Galley, Carolyn Shearlock’s all-things-cruising site, is offering a 20% discount on all of her courses and books. The code is BLACKFRIDAYFIT2SAIL and is good through Monday, December 2, 11:59 pm Eastern.

And finally, Sailing Totem, Behan and Jamie Gifford’s incredibly information-packed site, has their amazing cruising coaching service at the same price it always is - which is a serious deal no matter the date.

May your week be filled with love and happiness. When will we see you out there?