Complete Online Courses & Tests
Complete our Bareboat Charter Master bundle of online NauticEd courses and practical on-the-water training and certification. This gives you all you need to complete the pre-requsites for the SLC theory portion.
BECOME THE BEST SAILOR YOU CAN BE WITH CAPTAIN JOSH
Learn to sail casually or advance your sailing skills and earn certifications. Captain Josh offers private sailing instruction and certification for ALL levels of experience from beginners to experts, as well as captained charter services anywhere you want to cruise. Josh's credentials include over 30 years of recreational and professional sailing, qualified SAMS® Surveyor Associate, and certified NauticEd Captain Level V Chief Instructor.
STUDY ONLINE, GET CERTIFIED ON THE WATER
Maximize your time on the water by studying online first! With NauticEd’s world-class online knowledge and theory courses, you will learn the theory that will make it 1000% easier to understand when you get out on the water. Combining theory with hands-on, practical training allows you to practice and enjoy your new skills, and get certified at the same time!
CAPTAIN JOSH IS A CERTIFIED NAUTICED CAPTAIN LEVEL V CHIEF INSTRUCTOR
A third generation mariner who has spent his whole life on the water, Captain Josh grew up sailing on the Great Lakes and working with the family on refitting their various sailboats throughout the years.
In the time since those formative years, he started his own company manufacturing recreational watercraft in the Pacific Northwest, where he honed his skills and knowledge of Composites, provided GRP repair services to a local shipyard, and sailed his steel Bruce Roberts in the Salish Sea. In 2018, he and his wife set sail from British Columbia and sailed their steel cutter down the West Coast and into the Sea of Cortez, where they fell in love with all that Mexico has to offer and have made Mexico their permanent home!
As a qualified yacht surveyor, he also excels in metal fabrication and welding on his steel cutter and is currently updating his Wauquiez Hood 38. After running a successful yacht brokerage in Sonora, Mexico for 4 years, he obtained his SAMS® Surveyor Associate qualification to pursue yacht surveying full-time.
In his off hours, Josh is a passionate surfer and spearo, and delights in sailing around the Sea of Cortez exploring its many beautiful anchorages with his family. Josh is a true waterman and is happy to share his lifetime of joy and experience of the maritime world with cruisers exploring the Sea Of Cortez!
If you're interested, you can read his full personal story / bio here →
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If your dream is to bareboat charter anywhere in the world, there's one license that can offer charter companies with the credentials they need - the International Sailing License and Credentials (SLC™). As a qualified SLC Assessor with NauticEd, we can provide the on-the-water assessment of your sailing skills and knowledge so you can become a licensed skipper!
We want to take all the guesswork out of getting you licensed, so we've laid out the process into it's relatively quick and easy steps!