Croatia Sailing Course

All our sailing classes begin and end on the Dalmatian coast, most often in the town of Split. Whether you have never sailed before or are a salty old racer keen to pick up cruising skills, we will be able to look after you.

A Croatian sailing week will take you around some of the main islands of the Dalmatian coast, including Hvar, Brac, Vis, and Korcula. These are islands where little has changed since the Austro-Hungarian empire built villages hundreds of years ago. It is wonderful to tie the boat to a town dock, then walk across to a cafe for drinks at the end of a day of sailing. Regardless of level, sailing in Croatia is fun, challenging, and has an apres-sail scene that is legendary (if you haven’t heard of Hvar yet, you are in for a treat).

Rather than have a set of strangers from different generations and a salty, cranky instructor yelling at you, our whole ethos is to create one of the best weeks of our students’ lives.

Our sailing classes happen on live-aboard sailing yachts in places that we regard as the best sailing destinations in the Europe. If you are going to level up your sailing game, you may as well do it in a place that has perfect weather, warm water and with great people.

If you are new to the sport a beginner sailing course will introduce you to the fundamentals of sailing. If you have some experience but need to improve your skills and gain a qualification to sail your own boat or charter a sailboat in the future, you will have a course designed for you. For experienced sailors looking to work in the industry or sail offshore, you will also have a course designed for you. 

The 7-day Sailing Course content: 

• NAVIGATION: Basic concepts, Signs and abbreviations on nautical maps, Lighthouses and lights (beacons), Lateral signs of manageable routes or channels – system A, Cardinal signs, Signs of solitary danger special signs of new danger, Course and azimuth, Compass, Determining direction (course), Effect of wind on navigation, Sea current influence on navigation, Determining the position of the vessel, Variation, deviation table for deviation.
• INTERNATIONAL REGULATION FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS AT SEA: Rules of navigation and avoiding collision on the sea, Sounds (resonant) signals, Vessel lights, Marking motor vessels, marking a sailing vessel, marking fishing vessels, Marking vessels unable to maneuver, Marking excavations vessel, Marking piloted vessel, shrouded and anchored ships, Signs of danger.
• MOTERISTIC: Basic concept, Controlling running motor-technical direction and data, Adriatic Sea ecology.
• SEAMANSHIP: Anchoring the vessel, Knots, Outfitting the vessel, Man in the sea, Maneuver, docking, sailing off (departing)
• RADIO:Working with the radios-telephone equipment, Spelling table
• Nautical terms * Parts of a boat and hull * General nautical terminology.

1. Rope work * Knowledge most common Knots in use.
2. Anchor work *Considerations to be taken into account when anchoring
3. Safety * Knowledge of the safety equipment to be carried, its stowage and use * Fire precautions and fire fighting * Use of personal safety equipment, harnesses and lifejackets * Ability to send a distress signal by VHF radiotelephone.
4. International regulations for preventing collisions at sea * Steering and sailing rules
5. Definition of position, course and speed * Latitude and longitude * Knowledge of standard navigational terms * True bearings and courses.
6. Navigational charts * Information shown on charts, chart symbols and representation* Use of electronic navigation equipment for position fixing
7. Navigational drawing instruments * Use of parallel rulers, dividers and plotting instruments
8. Compass readings *Use of hand-bearing compass.
9. Chart work * Dead reckoning and estimated position *
10. Preparation for sea * Is able to prepare a yacht for sea, including engine checks, selection of sails, securing and stowage of all gear on deck and below
11. Visual aids to navigation * Lighthouses and beacons, light characteristics
12. Meteorology * Sources of broadcast meteorological information * Knowledge of terms used in shipping forecasts and their significance to small craft * Basic knowledge of highs, lows and fronts.
13. Passage planning * Preparation of navigational plan for short coastal passages * Meteorological considerations in planning short coastal passages
14. Deck work * Can reef, shake out reefs and change sails to suit prevailing conditions * Can prepare an anchor, mooring warps and take charge on deck with mooring alongside, coming to a buoy, anchoring, weighing anchor and slipping from a buoy or an alongside berth
15. Pilotage and harbor entry
16. Engines * Knows how to change fuel and water filters, pump impeller and to bleed the fuel system.
17. Emergency situations * is able to take correct action as skipper for recovery of man overboard * Understands distress flares.
18. Yacht handling under power * Can bring a boat safely to and from an alongside berth, mooring buoy and anchor under various conditions of wind.
19. Yacht handling under sail * Can bring a boat safely to and from a mooring buoy and anchor under various conditions of wind and tide * Can steer and trim sails effectively on all points of sailing

Included:

• On board accommodation     
• Skipper Instructor (MCA Master of Yacht)               
• Final Cleaning, linen 

Not Included:

• Food and drink on board
• Marina and mooring expenses
• Boat fuel
• Transportation to the departure marina

Price/person 700 € 

You can also have a Privat cabin to yourself but you would need to pay a single supplement (50% extra). 

Alternatively, you can choose to share with another solo passenger (of the same gender).                   

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