What you’ll experience onboard our sailing yachts
Click on the images to check out examples of the training you’ll experience onboard.
Navigation
Navigating, hazard identification, entering waypoints and calculating updated ETA’s.
personal wellbeing
Advice on how to take responsibility for managing clothing, hydration, sleep and nutrition to maintain your health and well being aboard.
sailing
Hoisting, trimming and reefing both upwind and downwind sails
Passage planning
Planning our passage and route to safe harbour
safety
Familiarisation of all safety procedures, sail planning, storm preparation planning and abandon ship procedures.
training
Use of PDF’s (Personal Flotation Devices), PLB’s (Personal Locator Beacons), safety tethers, dan buoy’s, storm drogue, liferaft and any other equipment required to ensure you remain safe in all conditions.
watch duties
Acting as watch captain (day and night), helming, navigating, checking weather and monitoring AIS and radar and for both traffic and rain squalls.
weather
Downloading and analysing the latest weather forecasts and calculating best route to destination.