Cruising Charter and Training
Our cruising courses are run on a live-aboard basis and are 5
days in duration. The courses are designed to teach you the skills
to run or be a part of a team on a yacht at sea.
Competent Crew
For complete beginners and teaches you how to handle the sails,
steer the boat use ropes and fenders and how to be a useful member
on a cruising yacht. There are no pre-requisites for this course.
Capacity - 5pers.
Course dates 6-10 Apr, 4-8 May, 8-12 Jun, 6-10 Jul, 10-14 Aug, 7-11
Sep, 21-25 Sep.
Course prices 5 days Low Season €750 High Season €840
Day Skipper
Teaches students how to handle a cruising yacht in coastal waters.
The course covers manoeuvers under sail and motor day passage navigation,
entry and exit of harbours, marinas, piers and jetties, and crew
management. To do this course you need to be able to sail and have
a completed a basic navigation course, this would be day skipper
theory, Keelboat L3, Recreational powerboat, or the coastal navigation
for small boats. Capacity - 5pers.
Course dates 6-10 Apr, 4-8 May, 8-12 Jun, 6-10 Jul, 10-14 Aug, 7-11
Sep, 21-25 Sep.
Course prices 5 days Low Season €750 High Season €840
Coastal Skipper
Takes students to a higher degree of cruising and involves making
longer passages at sea, overnight passages, and a higher degree
of navigation. Mile building would be part of this course along
with tricky harbour entrances and decision making. In order to take
this course you must be of day skipper standard or above with some
experience. Capacity - 5pers.
Course dates 19-23 Jan, 26-30 Jan, 20-24 Apr, 18-22 May, 22-26 Jun,
31 Aug-4 Sep.
Course prices 5 days Low Season €750 High Season €840
Yachtmaster Prep
Designed to prepare students for the Yachtmaster Examination. It
is very intensive and involves close quarter maneuvers under sail
and engine, problem solving and rapid navigation exercises. You
need to have a high standard of sailing and boat handling , have
logged over 2500 miles completed a number of passages as skipper
and logged over 50 night hours. Capacity - 5pers.
Course dates 13-17 Apr, 14-18 Sep.
Course prices 5 days Low Season €995 High Season €1118
Trainees that achieve high enough level of skills can then go on
to charter the yacht for an external exam or organise an exam in
their own boat, see charter rates below.
Private charter
You can charter the boat and group for your own private group. You
can take up to 5 persons for RYA/ISA training or up to 8 for just
cruising. You can take the boat for 1 or as many days as you want
(subject to availability).
Charter prices Low Season 1 day €499 2 day €900 3 day
€1275 5 day €1965
High Season 1 day €720 2 day €1380 3 day €1910 5
day €2650
Yachtmaster Theory
Shorebased navigation course, taking you to the standard required
for progressing to you Yachtmaster Practical exam or to improve
your navigation knowledge.
8 days training & 2 days study Capacity - 30pers.
Course dates 14-22 Mar, 1-10 Dec
If none of the above dates suit, you can always charter the boat
with instructor
and take up to 5 people and decide your own agenda, see below.
High Season 29 Jun - 21 Aug
Low Season Rest of Year
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