Start your adventure with Frontier Passages!

The following steps will be your ticket to an unforgettable experience on the Seraph.

If this type of experience resonates with your desire for adventure, need to disconnect from the daily monotony, or just want to get out to sea, then check out our calendar of passages and see which best fits your desire and schedule.

Once you’ve selected a passage, click on ‘Express Interest’ and complete the brief form. This will help give us a sense of your interest, experience, and fit for the passage. We’ll respond with next steps, including scheduling a Zoom call, further information about the passage, and a link to pay the 50% deposit to secure your berth.

Then, closer to the departure date, we will schedule a group call so the crew can virtually meet each other and the skipper and mate and discuss any final questions or plans ahead of travel to the departure point.

Step 1: Expression of Interest

Step 2: Orientation

Online Sessions

Two MANDATORY virtual introduction and preparatory calls will be held ahead of the passage. You will be contacted directly by our team once your Expression of Interest has been reviewed and approved.

Arrival

When you arrive at the Seraph, you’ll be greeted by the passage skipper and first mate, along with a welcome pack that will include information about the passage, a companion guide for the retreat element, and merchandise from the Seraph and Frontier Passages.

Orientation

This will be followed by the general orientation to the passage. Orientation will include a general introduction to the Seraph, an explanation of sleeping quarters and individual lockers, and storage areas.

Safety briefing

The orientation will be followed by a comprehensive safety briefing, during which personal flotation devices (PFDs) will be distributed to each crew member for the duration of the passage.

Operational briefing

After the safety briefing, an operational briefing will start with the designation of ‘watches’ in which the crew are assigned to small teams for the duration of the passage. The watches will then undertake the various responsibilities involved in sailing the vessel, including standing watch (ensuring the safe sailing of the vessel), meal preparations, and other similar tasks. When not on watch, teams are able to rest or simply choose how they wish to enjoy being at sea. This approach to structured time will be explained during the operational briefing.

The ‘float plan’ will be reviewed during the operational briefing, describing the course that will be sailed during the passage, expected mile markers, and anticipated arrival time at the destination. Weather considerations for the voyage will also feature as a component of this element.

Other aspects of the operations of sailing the vessel will also be introduced during this briefing.  

Getting ‘underway’ is when we leave the dock and begin the passage. All crew will be involved in leaving the dock and getting underway. Once underway, the crew will settle into the designated watch structure of constant sailing the vessel

Step 3: Underway

Arrival

Arrival at the destination may include clearing customs if entering a different country from the departure point. This may be at the same entry point as the final destination or it might require further sailing to the final destination, depending on the passage.

Arrival at the final destination will involve securing the vessel at its allocated dock, ensuring the vessel is in order both below and above deck, and thoroughly cleaned.

Once the vessel is in order, a debriefing from the passage will be held before crew departure. The debriefing will aim to elicit any aspects of the passage that were challenging or could be improved up, lessons learned both individually and collectively, and final preparations for ‘re-entry’ to ‘normal’ life.

Crew will then be free to depart the vessel. Crew will typically have booked return flights from this destination point.

Step 4: Arrival

What is included with a passage:

  • Two virtual introduction and preparatory calls ahead of the passage (designed to orient crew to the process, answer any lingering questions, and ensure the full crew feels prepared and confident about the passage)

  • Full room and board for the duration of the designated passage period (orientation, passage, and arrival periods)

  • Safety gear (PFD & personal tether)

What is not included with a passage:

  • Flights to and from the vessel (whether to the point of departure or from the destination point)

  • Heavy weather gear (kits can be rented on request)

  • Any specific sailing certification or credentials as a result of the passage (our skippers are happy to sign logbooks to authenticate the completion of the passage, but do not offer formal certification as a result of the passage)

Questions?

Drop us a note, and a member of our team will get back to you!