Nervous About Your First Bareboat Charter? Watch This

Start the Bareboat Charter Master Bundle of online courses to follow a structured learning pathway for charter readiness - https://www.nauticed.org/bundle/view/bareboatcharter?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=Gp-sP4s3NV0 Create a free NauticEd account, go to your Curriculum area, and open the free Charter Readiness Self-Assessment to see exactly where you stand today. The goal isn’t to “muscle through” a charter and hope nothing goes wrong. It’s to understand what’s involved, prepare properly, and give your crew a vacation they’ll rave about. Thinking about a bareboat charter in the BVI or Mediterranean and feeling a bit nervous? You’re not alone. In this video, we talk frankly about what’s really involved in going on a bareboat charter and why even experienced club racers can feel unsure about taking friends and family on a charter yacht. This is not a full “how-to” lesson. Instead, it gives you a clear overview of the main skill areas you’ll need and shows you the learning pathway NauticEd has built to help you get there. 🧭 By the end of this video, you’ll: - Understand why it’s totally normal to feel anxious about your first bareboat charter - See the difference between being a good sailor/racer and being a responsible charter skipper - Get an overview of the key dock­ing and Med mooring challenges you’ll face on a bigger monohull or catamaran - Understand why anchoring confidently in busy bays is such a critical bareboat charter skill - Hear why you should be comfortable with your chartplotter, AIS, reefs, routes, and tides before you arrive - Learn that you’ll also be managing energy, water, the dinghy, and your crew’s experience - Discover how NauticEd’s Bareboat Charter Master bundle gives you a structured way to learn all this online - See when it makes sense to book a NauticEd Instructional Charter with an instructor on board so you can learn while you’re on vacation - Find out how to use our free self-assessment to see where your gaps are before you book 00:00 - Why bareboat charter feels intimidating 00:46 - If you’re nervous, you just don’t know it all yet 01:01 - NauticEd’s bareboat charter pathway & Med license 01:29 - Docking bigger charter boats and catamarans 01:43 - Med mooring: backing in, anchors & slime lines 02:15 - Anchoring every day and not dragging at night 02:31 - Navigation between islands, wind and tides 03:10 - Bareboat Charter Master Bundle explained 03:26 - Instructors, rubrics and checking your skills 03:46 - Instructional Charter: learn while on vacation 05:08 - Free NauticEd charter readiness self-assessment #bareboatcharter #yachtcharter #sailing