Executive Coxswain™

Virginia Maritime Solutions' proprietary Executive Coxswain™ course is a fully customized and premium hands-on learning and boating experience. Learn on your boat or a chartered boat - you decide. Single-day and multi-day training packages are available. 

As an Executive Coxswain participant you'll benefit from private instruction provided by uniquely skilled and trained instructors as well as crawl-walk-run methodology and maximized helm time.

Sample Topics of instruction:

• Seamanship, Boating Fundamentals, Rules of the Road
• Mooring, Anchoring, Beaching
• Beach Landing Site Embarkation and Debarkation 
• Safety, VHF, Laws, Weather
• Day and Night Navigation (Dead Reckoning, Chart, and GPS)
• RADAR and FLIR
• Use of Night Vision Optics Devices
• Collision Avoidance and Emergency Procedures
• Man Overboard (MOB)
• DRONE, Dingy, Zodiac, Kayak, and SUP Launch and Recovery
• Boat Trailoring and Over-the-Road Transportation
• Engineering Fundamentals
• Rendezvous At Sea
• Swimmer Launch and Recovery

Cost: The Executive Coxswain training course is fully customized per client; please contact VMS for a detailed quote.