October 16, 2024 Update from Friday Harbor, San Juan Island:

END OF AN ERA – After 36 seasons this upcoming November New Zealand and May-July Scottish Isles training expeditions will be my last. What a fabulous time it’s been, exploring some of the most remote and exciting cruising areas in the world while training 1800 sailors how to sail their own boats safely anywhere in the world. I’ve recently assisted Julie and Gio Cappelli setting up their own sail-training program in the PNW and also Ken Parker who will shortly be announcing his training program for Haida Gwaii and later Caribbean.

SUPER SUCCESS WITH ANNAPOLIS BOAT SHOW SEMINARS. Click HERE for all seminar details. THE SHOW HAS INVITED US BACK FOR MORE IN OCTOBER 2025! Thank you, Nigel Caler, Liz Brown-Shaw, Julie and Gio Cappelli, Sarah and Will Curry and Renee Evans!

Exciting NEW LIVE ASA-MAHINA SEMINAR SERIES AT ANNAPOLIS BOAT SHOW Oct 2025, featuring John Neal, Nigel Calder, Julie and Gio Cappelli, Lisa and Andy Batchelor and Behan and Jamie Gifford. Details HERE. 2024 ASA SERIES SOLD OUT – we plan on making it even better with more presenters in 2025!

2024 New Zealand training expeditions this November (summertime in NZ!) had some cancellations for health reasons and now have 3 berths remaining on Leg 5 and one on Leg 6. Details here: https://mahina.com/sailing-schedule/

2025 Scotland expeditions dates are posted here: https://mahina.com/sailing-schedule/ and applications are arriving at a record pace. These will be the only expeditions for 2025 and if they continue to fill at the current rate should all be sold out within the next month or so.

Check out new list of seminar co-presenters and colleagues HERE. My goal is to make this Team Mahina page a resource linking to my trusted colleagues around the world, saving you time and money.

Just updated BOATS TO CONSIDER FOR OFFSHORE CRUISING LIST I’ve just totally gone through updating, adding and eliminating boats from my four-page list of 158 builders and 424 models worldwide, based on recent findings and input from surveyors, boatyards and owners worldwide. Click HERE for the updated list.

VIRTUAL MAHINA SEMINAR with ebook version of the 260-page Offshore Cruising Companion completed and available! After an exciting and intensive four days of filming with two camera crews going simultaneously, the 10+ hour version of our 2-day Mahina Offshore Workshop held annually early March at the Marine Tech Center in Anacortes is available, with unlimited digital access or as a USB drive. The $299 price includes periodic updates and the 260-page Offshore Cruising Companion (normally $60). Email me: sailing@mahina.com for payment details. A huge thanks to Julie and Gio Cappelli and of course to SVC Program Chair Mike Beemer.

More updates coming soon!