Day Skipper Theory Course – Interactive Classroom (Zoom) Starts Wednesday 3rd November @ 1800hrs Learn from the comfort of your own home / office / boat / anywhere you can get an internet connection! New course dates added for our Day Skipper Theory over Zoom. Wednesday evenings starting on 3rd November from 1800hrs – 2130hrs….
Whilst you may be able to skipper a boat up to 24m without any formal qualifications, the only law governing watersports for recreational purposes is the use of a VHF Radio. Unless under someone else supervision, you are not allowed to use one without a “Certificate of Competence and Authority to Operate”. So whilst no…
We’re so excited to be getting back in the classroom. We have our first classroom course for 18 months starting in just under a month and there won’t be a hint of Zoom! Day Skipper theory course, Godalming College, starts 4th October Starts Monday 4th October Ends Sunday 21st November 6 x Evenings & 1…
To contextualise the race, if you’ve ever done any round-the-cans yacht racing, just under seven days into the Vendee Globe and the lead boats have just rounded the ‘windward’ (first) mark. Stage one of the race saw some tricky conditions, both tactically and weather-wise. Then of course, there was storm Theta, a deep depression that…
It’s been far too long since I posted anything, but we’ve been ultra busy over the last few weeks. Qualifying for The Fastnet is now all done! The crew have grown in stature of the last few months having covered more than 600 miles in both training weekends and races since April. The task ahead…
Budding crew for this years Fastnet were treated to the required pool dunking the other weekend, part of the offshore safety training we put everyone through for the campaign. And the intensity didn’t stop there with the first race to Le Harve over the bank holiday. This was the first offshore sailing, yet alone race…
The first race of the campaign is a week away and the making of a Code Zero to add to the sail wardrobe is nearly complete. You just can’t make sails without true craftsmen…
So, the Fastnet 2017 crew assembled for the first time the other weekend and how blessed we were with the weather. Really couldn’t have asked for better. Not only did we have a good breeze on day one to practice tacking up the Solent but we also had perfect conditions for Spinnaker training on the…
The technology is here, is the capability from the middle of the Solent with 1,600 other boats? We’ll find out this Saturday. We are going to try and stream the start (and possibly the finish) of the JPMorgan Asset Management, Round the Island race. What could possibly go wrong? Apart from mobile signal, weather, the…
Our first race of the season, The Cervantes Trophy race taking us from Cowes to Le Havre, approximately 135m was definitely an eye opener for the crew. For half, this was a first; long distance non-stop through the night passage. For all; doing it under racing conditions was a first. And fabulously handled by everyone…
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