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The Royal Yachting Association (RYA) Yachtmaster qualification is internationally recognised as a reliable testimony of competence for a skipper.Our Fast Track Yachtmaster Adventure is an intensive programme of theoretical sailing instruction combined with extensive practical sailing experience. We offer an opportunity to learn on Morwenna in a manner that is deeper and richer than that offered elsewhere.
The sailing course is designed to take a relatively inexperienced sailor to that of a commercially endorsed, qualified Yachtmaster. At the end of the course, the successful yachtsman will have the necessary certification and abundant practical experience to begin a career as a professional yacht skipper.
The Traditional Sailing Company's Yachtmaster training is unique. Each participant will be comprehensively trained to sail a traditional gaff rigged vessel and a bermudan rigged modern cruising yacht. The programme is designed to present sailing in a range of conditions and to develop the incomparable experience of entering and departing a multitude of European ports and harbours along the Atlantic seaboard and the Mediterranean Sea.
The course starts in the Solent and soon crosses the English Channel heading south along the coastline of the Bay of Biscay, westwards tracking the Spanish coastline to Cape Finisterre, then southerly visiting various Portuguese ports then around Gibraltar and into the Mediterranean Sea. The objective is to reach Marseilles, cruise the Balearics before heading back to Southampton, where the final examination will take place.
Everyone will take responsibility as skipper, learning from the full range of challenges that presents, all under the watchful eye of our fully qualified instructors. Each day will present new waters, new harbours, different weather and deifferent people. There is a range of possibilities that cannot be matched by an equivalent course in the Solent, and that means a more robust training.
The course is broken into three stages. The first stage commences in Southampton with courses on VHF radio, sea survival and first aid. The sailing soon starts and Morwenna winds her way down to Alicante in Spain.
After a break, the crew reassembles in Alicante to finish the journey to Marseilles and continues cruising around the Mediterranean before heading back to Alicante for another break of one week.
The final stage brings the boat and crew back to Southampton for final revision before the Yachtmaster examination itself.
The aim at every stage is seamless and developmental learning. There will be formal lessons on board and a lot of on the job learning. The course has not been designed to follow a specific path that means a certain qualification has been achieved by a certain date. Instead, everything that needs to be learned by the end of the course will be taught, revised and consolidated. Embarking of the Traditional Sailing Fast Track Yachtmaster Adventure is something that should be looked at as a whole, not as a series of lesser qualifications.
Successful participants will gain the following qualifications:
The fee for the course is £8499.
The cost of the course includes:
Not included in the cost of the course:
For more details please call Stuart on 0845 034 5388 or 07941 133 396
(Overseas: +44 1404 841 871)
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