Name: All-Access Pass: Courses to Master Living on a Boat
Brand: The Boat Galley
SKU: AAP
Price: 199.0 USD
Availability: InStock

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Make Your Cruising Dream a Reality

You’ve got the dream, and you’re ready to make it happen. But with so much to learn, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed.

Whether you’re just starting out or already cruising, our courses give you the tools and knowledge to cruise with confidence.

Over 7,800 cruisers have used our courses to flatten the learning curve, tackle challenges, and spend more time enjoying life on the water.

Explore Our Courses

Our courses focus on the essential and often-overlooked skills of just plain living on a boat and cruising, rather than boat operation or navigation. From provisioning to hurricane prep, we help you tackle the realities of cruising with confidence and ease.

Choose the course that matches your needs—or grab the All Access Pass to get them all!

All-Access Pass: Courses to Master Living on a Boat

$199.00 USD

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All 9 courses at one low price PLUS any that we add in the future. Lifetime access, including all updates.

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Provisioning, meal planning, and food storage course for boaters: learn how to efficiently plan, shop, and store food for your cruising adventures.

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Provisioning and Food Storage

$69.00

Confidently plan, shop, and store food aboard with proven strategies for stress-free galley duty.

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Learn the basics of living aboard a boat with practical advice for transitioning and thriving as a liveaboard.

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The Basics of Living on a Boat

$39.00

Flatten the learning curve with practical how-to info that enables you to confidently step into life aboard.

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Storage Solutions for Life Aboard: Practical strategies to maximize space and organize your boat, no matter its size.

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Storage Solutions for Life Aboard course – practical tips to organize and store everything you need on a boat, no matter its size.

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Storage Solutions For Life Aboard

$49.00

Practical ways to store everything you need aboard—organized, accessible, and protected from damage.

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Bahamas cruising prep course: step-by-step guide for planning, provisioning, and crossing the Gulf Stream.

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The Boat Galleys Get Ready To Cruise The Bahamas course, topped with a red checkmark icon, covers six crucial categories for cruising from Florida to the Bahamas: Legalities, Crossing the Gulf Stream, Weather and Tides, Provisioning, Communications, and In Case of Emergency.

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Get Ready To Cruise Bahamas

$49.00

Simplify planning your Bahamas trip with step-by-step instructions and up-to-date information.

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Learn how to eat well with a small refrigerator: practical course for storing fresh food and making delicious meals aboard or on the road.

Text on a light blue background with a red check mark icon: Enjoy delicious meals and extend your grocery trips to three weeks, even using a small fridge in your boat or RV. Real-life tested how-to guide available as an online course and PDF book, Eating Well With A Tiny Fridge by The Boat Galley.

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Eating Well With A Tiny Fridge

$39.00

Maximize your fridge space and enjoy fresh meals with practical, tested strategies to make the most of every inch.

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Learn to use VHF marine radios effectively with this course—covers safety calls, etiquette, and advanced features.

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The Boat Galleys VHF Radios: Everything You Need To Know course offers a self-paced, lifetime access guide on VHF usage, featuring routine calls, DSC, AIS, and weather updates for confident communication.

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VHF Radios: What You Need To Know

$35.10

Unlock your VHF’s full potential—clear basic and emergency calls, advanced features, and more.

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Boating with your dog course: training, safety, and tips for a happy life aboard.

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Key points about Boating With Your Dog: it's an online course covering how to make cruising with your dog fun as well as safe.

The Boat Galleys Boating With Your Dog: Training, Safety, and Life Aboard features : All online, Go at your own pace, whenever convenient. Available immediately. No shipping.

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Cruising With Your Dog

$49.00

Create a happy cruising life for your dog (and you!) with step-by-step practical guidance to ensure fun, safety and comfort.

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Cruising on a budget course: strategies for living aboard affordably and managing costs on a sailboat or powerboat.

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Cruising on a Small Budget

$29.00

No matter how small your budget, you can cruise! Discover the key decisions that will impact your costs.

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Comprehensive hurricane prep course for boaters: step-by-step guide to secure boats and stay safe during storms.

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Comprehensive Hurricane Prep

$59.00

Be ready for hurricane season with clear, actionable steps to protect your boat and give it the best chance.

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Why Choose Our Courses?

✔ Affordable and Comprehensive: Expert guidance without the high price tag, covering everything you need to know.

✔ Accessible Anywhere: 100% online and on-demand—no travel required, no schedules to follow.

✔ Lifetime Access: Learn at your own pace, revisit lessons anytime, and get all future updates for free.

✔ Practical and No-Fluff: Clear, actionable advice paired with text and photos—no time wasted on lengthy videos.

✔ Start Today: Instant access right after purchase—no waiting, no delays.

Created by seasoned cruisers with decades of experience, our courses are designed to help you confidently navigate every aspect of boat life—whether you’re preparing to cruise or already living the dream.

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Want It All? Get the All Access Pass

✔ Save big with a deeply discounted bundle of all current courses.
✔ Enjoy free lifetime access to all future courses we create.
✔ Immediate access to every course so you can dive in right away.

Thousands of cruisers agree—it’s the best value for preparing for and thriving in life on the water.

Learn About the All Access Pass

How It Works

Choose Your Course or Pass: Find the course that matches your needs, or select the All Access Pass for the ultimate package.

Get Immediate Access: Your login info appears right on the confirmation screen and is also emailed to you for convenience.

Learn at Your Own Pace: No deadlines, no pressure—revisit anytime, anywhere.

Building Confidence, One Cruiser at a Time

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Jeff P.

The All Access Pass is fabulous. I love how I can jump around from subject to subject -- reinforcing what I already know (definite confidence booster), learning lots of new stuff and filing some info away for use at a later time.

I really like how if something doesn't apply to my current situation, I can move past it and get to what it is I really need to know.

It's super organized, clear and concise info. I would definitely buy again and recommend this purchase.

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As a total newbie, I must say these courses are amazing. Tons of information to learn and organized well. I’ve learned so much!

Verified Purchaser, All-Access Pass

This series is great, particularly for the non/new cruiser. As is discussed early on in this course, being the newby can be very daunting.

Thanks for a well put together course.

Verified Purchaser, The Basics of Living on a Boat

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Meet The Course Instructors

At The Boat Galley, we focus on the realities of living on a boat—sharing practical, real-world knowledge to make life afloat easier and more enjoyable. We all lead seminars for a wide range of organizations, and several of us teach at Cruiser’s University. Our courses expand on these teachings, offering in-depth guidance on topics such as provisioning, food storage, VHF usage, storage solutions, cruising with a dog, budgeting, and managing the day-to-day challenges of boat life. We’re here to help you skip the frustrations and embrace the cruising lifestyle you’ve always dreamed of.