LEARN TO SAIL
TRAINING CONTENT AND USUAL TRAINING SEQUENCE
Level of knowledge: all levels of experience, from beginners to prospective skippers.
Maximum number of participants on training trips: 5
Duration: Courses usually last 7 days, but we offer training for a different period on request.
Location: Worldwide
Training content
The content of the training depends entirely on the participants' level of knowledge and wishes. However, all training courses begin with basic boat handling exercises to develop an understanding of the boat`s behaviour. This understanding will be necessary for the rest of the training. Training content includes exercises and manoeuvres under sail and motor.
Beginners: No prior knowledge required. Technical terms are explained, ensuring that everyone knows what they have to do. Exercises and manoeuvres are explained and demonstrated. After completing the basic exercises, the training moves on to manoeuvres step by step, such as mooring, casting off, anchoring, heaving-to, setting sail, tacking, jibing, etc.
Advanced sailors:
Partial tasks are assigned depending on their ability. For example, setting sails, tacking/gybing, and taking on parts of the safety briefing and navigation.
Aspiring skippers: Carry out all manoeuvres themselves, with an instructor standing next to the participant and only intervening if necessary.
Training procedure
We start the training week with a meeting on board at the agreed time. Then we go shopping for provisions. Before we set sail, we do a ship- and safety briefing.
We start a training day after breakfast and discuss individual exercises and the route of the day. After about 4-6 hours, each participant has completed various exercises, that build on each other. After the lunch break we head to the next overnight location and use the time of the crossing to continue practising as well as to recap and deepen what we have learnt during the day. It is not uncommon to be dark when we arrive at the overnight location, so we will have the opportunity to practise night trips.
Both the individual exercises and the training days build on each other. As soon as we have mastered what we have practised the previous day, we move on to the next exercises.
The training content and procedure described above may vary due to weather-related, technical, or organizational factors.
