Captain
of your own sailboat
Video course 1000 Captains Club Berth map

Become the captain of your own sailboat

Between "I want my own boat" and "I put to sea with confidence" lies everything the schools don't teach and the blogs cover only in scraps: how to choose a boat, how to maintain it with your own hands, how to sail in any conditions.

I've been down that road myself — five boats in 14 years, from my first at €1,200 to today's Hallberg-Rassy 382 at €300,000. And I've broken it all down into 420+ short lessons — everything I would tell myself at the start.

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14+
years sailing
28
countries visited
5
boats owned
420+
video lessons
Video course "Captain of your own sailboat" — trailer preview
Why this course

Everyone teaches you how to charter.
I teach you how to buy and own.

Not for owners
Skipper schools

They prepare you for a one-week charter

After the course you are a charter company's customer for the season. Not a word about pre-purchase inspection, engine maintenance or getting ready for a passage.

Only fragments
Blogs and YouTube

They give you scraps, scattered around

The information is out there, but it is spread across hundreds of articles and videos. Putting the whole picture together takes years — and the luck of stumbling on the right thing at the right moment.

For a future owner
This course

Prepares you for your own boat

Systematically: choosing and inspecting → repair and maintenance → passages on your own. From a practitioner who has been through it all on five of his own boats.

Vadim Luppo, author of the video course
Vadim Luppo Course author · 14 years under sail
About the author

Not a theorist. A captain who has been through it himself.

"I don't retell books. I share what I have been through myself — with all the mistakes and all the wins."

For more than 10 years I have been traveling non-stop and have been to 28 countries — some of them by boat, some overland.

I have owned five boats — from my first at €1,200 and a folding catamaran to today's Hallberg-Rassy 382 worth around €300,000.

Each one taught me something. All of that experience is gathered into one course — so you don't have to walk this path from scratch.

Of my five boats, two stories I'll tell in more detail.

Previous

Albin Vega

~10 000 € my 4th boat a Swedish classic
Length8.25 m (27′)
Weight2.3 tonnes
Sails27 m²
Water60 l + jerrycans
Crew2 (up to 4)
SteeringTiller
NavigationNo AIS, no radar
RepairsSimple and cheap
Albin Vega — general view
Navionics chart Route chart: Sweden — Tunisia
The route on this boat
Sweden Tunisia
70 days underway

The English Channel with tides up to 12 m, the Bay of Biscay, more than 100 locks in the French canals, the Gulf of Lion with its mistrals. I sailed the whole route without AIS or radar.

Today · in service

Hallberg-Rassy 382

~300 000 € I live aboard her now
Length11.62 m (38′)
Weight10 tonnes
Sails70 m²
Water580 l + watermaker
Crew2–5 people
SteeringSteering wheel + autopilot
NavigationAIS, radar, chartplotter
ElectricsLithium + solar + wind
Hallberg-Rassy 382 — general view
Navionics chart Route chart: Malaysia — Japan
The route on this boat
Malaysia Japan
40 days underway through pirates and typhoons

Long non-stop passages of a week and more — through the Malacca Strait (the busiest in the world), pirate waters, dodging typhoons and headwinds. In between, stops in port. She is my current boat, the one I am living on right now.

Course program

One course — for a lifetime as a captain

55
thematic modules
420+
short lessons of 3–10 minutes
30
languages with subtitles

The course is added to regularly with new topics — modules marked "Soon" appear in your subscription at no extra charge.

Three sizes

Every boat is a world of its own. The course shows you three.

Systems, budget, handling, maintenance — on a 27-foot boat and a 38-foot boat these are different disciplines. This is not "sailing theory in general" — it is the specific details of three different classes, worked through on real boats.

01 · Small
27′
8.25 m · 2.3 t
Albin Vega line drawing

Albin Vega

27 m² of sail

Simple electrics, little to repair. Upkeep from about €100/month. The perfect start for a future owner.

02 · Medium
32′
9.75 m · 4.2 t
Marieholm 32E line drawing

Marieholm 32E

36 m² of sail

A balance of comfort and cost. You can live aboard full time, or sail around the world on a modest budget.

03 · Today's
38′
11.62 m · 10 t
Hallberg-Rassy 382 line drawing

Hallberg-Rassy 382

70 m² of sail

Full autonomy and any latitude. Complex systems — more to know and more to maintain.

Part of the subscription

The 1000 Captains Club

The course is the foundation. The club is live help, sailing outings and like-minded people all over the world.

1000 Captains Club
1000+ members
LU
Lucas
Guys, who is in Turkey right now? I need advice on a marina in Marmaris — where can I take a berth for a month without overpaying?
14:23
MA
Marco
I'm in Bodrum right now. I know a couple of good options nearby — I'll message you privately.
14:28
SO
Sophie
Looking for sea time on a 30–40 ft sailing boat. I have experience, up for a 1–2 week cruise in any direction.
15:42
Vadim Luppo
Guys, that Albin Vega for €5,000 is a good deal. The hull is in good shape, no keel bolts, new engine! I would take it.
16:11

Sea time — free and paid

Owners invite you along on day sails and passages. Share the berth, the costs, or just the experience — no charter schools involved.

Help with any question

From choosing a boat and inspecting it before purchase to an electrical fault in a storm. A thousand people already know how to sort it out.

Like-minded people all over the world

Real owners in the Baltic, the Med, Southeast Asia, the Caribbean. You'll make friends who share the same dream of the sea.

Part of the subscription

28,000 places where you can berth or anchor

6,000+ marinas and thousands of anchorages, quays and ports all over the world. We went through satellite imagery of every coastline by hand, and prices and contacts come straight from the source: the marina's own website or a phone call.

Europe USA Scandinavia Turkey Tunisia Montenegro Greece Croatia Japan China Southeast Asia Australia Caribbean + dozens of countries sailors don't usually go to
Included in the subscription Map of the Mediterranean with marina prices
Marina details with contacts and VHF Berth card
Amenity icons: water, fuel, electricity, shower Amenity icons
Scandinavia with daily prices Daily prices

5 types of place to stop

Marinas, anchorages, quays, big commercial ports and fishing harbors — filter by type.

Prices: day, month, season, year

Real rates for every berth in 4 formats — pick the one that fits your plan: one night or a whole season.

Contacts for every berth

Website, email, phone, VHF channel, links to Google Maps and Apple Maps — all one click away.

Amenities as icons right on the map

Water, fuel, electricity, shower, heads — visible at a glance, without opening the card. Saves you hours of planning.

Prices adjust to your boat

Put your boat's size in your profile and every marina on the map shows the price for you straight away. No calculators, no phone calls.

Subscription

Course + club + map for US$11/month

Course + captains' club
US$11
per month
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What's included in the subscription
  • 420+ lessons in 55 modules Buying, owning, maintenance, passages at sea
  • Subtitles in 30 languages Watch in your own language, or use it to practice your English
  • The program taught on three boats 27 / 32 / 38 feet — each with its own quirks
  • Worldwide marina database Where to stop, where to get work done, where to lay the boat up for winter
  • A personal consultation before you buy I'll help you get the choice right — personally
  • The book "Buying a Sailboat" Part of the course, constantly being expanded
  • New topics — at no extra charge The course grows every month, and you never buy anything twice