Not to pry, but in exchange for providing a learning experience well away from land, rideable in all wind directions, boat escorted downwinders, what are your costs like beyond what land based schools incur? It is a unique experience and as a rule there is no other way to get it without providing your own boat. This is a natural approach in the Keys, Biscayne Bay, wide waterways inside the barrier islands on both coasts. Where there are no sheltered waters it can be more difficult to run things offshore. Then again, Neil uses a waverunner to commonly do lessons in the open ocean off a narrow launch in Ft. Lauderdale with success.
Some things that come to mind:
boat
fuel
insurance (a bunch of different types with separate premiums I would imagine)
captain
crew
dockage
maintenance
registration
occupational license
captains license
Must cost a packet. What am I leaving out?
What other advantages do offshore training and sea taxi service provide?
FKA, Inc.
transcribed by:
Rick Iossi
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