BLUEWATER SAILING INSTRUCTION

Kevin and William manage SV Solstice in the Pacific Ocean. The setup we’re using employs the Storm Trysail. Kevin is hand-steering the SV Solstice as 45 knot gusts blow from the port quarter.

Sailing is a practice like any professional discipline—medicine, law, or engineering—we hone our craft under real-world pressures.

Before any sailor can gain unwavering confidence, they must immerse themselves in bluewater sailing conditions that establish the baseline from which mastery can grow.

Raw bluewater experience becomes true competence only when shaped by expert coaching.

During the MOD GEO expedition you grow through practice on routes that you plan, influenced by weather forecasts you interpret, while you manage an ocean-ready sailing vessel; undoubtedly, you will encounter a complete range of coastal and bluewater sailing conditions in real time, while being mentored by an expert coach: Paul Exner.

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You learn applied seamanship methods and get hands-on coaching to accelerate the pace at which you practice the full array of necessary skills, immersed fully in the big picture of our offshore sailing routes.

Many sailors who learn from Paul Exner have circumnavigated Earth or sailed multi-year voyages aboard their own boat. Other MOD GEO students have become trusted professionals in the marine industry.

Most of Paul’s students sail at the master level — will you achieve mastery?