Solent Practical Sailing Weekends

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Come and join us to build your confidence as skipper or crew, under the guidance of your instructor.

Become invaluable crew
If you have some sailing experience or qualifications then our Practical Weekends will help you to become more familiar with sailing a yacht and understanding all that is involved. Increasing your familiarisation will increase your confidence and ensure that you feel safe on board. No skipper will want to sail without you, as you become an invaluable crew member!

New to Skippering?
If you have the relevant qualifications to skipper a yacht but perhaps lack time and experience in that role, then these weekends give a great opportunity to build your confidence and to practice various aspects such as navigation, seamanship and boat handling.

A typical weekend
We generally meet on the Friday evening for a meal and drink to meet the other crew members (although you can join early on Saturday morning for breakfast, if you prefer).

We then sail away from our marina at Gosport and stay somewhere different on the Saturday night, usually on the Isle of Wight and then return by mid/late afternoon on the Sunday.

After one of our Solent Practical Sailing Weekends you are likely to return home exhilarated and full of fresh air.

What is included?
The cost of our weekends includes accommodation on board your yacht, breakfasts, lunches and our now famous homemade cake. We tend to eat ashore in the evenings (apart from when we are night sailing) so that everyone can stretch their legs (this cost is not included) or you can cook for yourself on the boat if you wish.

Our yachts are generally vegetarian. Breakfasts and lunches will be warm, tasty and filling but will not contain meat! By eating ashore in the evening a non-vegetarian diet can be catered for.

The only additional cost is a proportion of mooring fees which are split between those aboard. These vary between nil- £5 per night depending on where we stay.

Upon booking you will receive your Joining Instructions which provide a suggested list of what to bring. Sailing waterproofs are an important item, whatever the time of year, as they keep you warm and dry. We have these for you to borrow, free of charge. You are likely to have most other items on the list and we encourage clients to travel light because of the limited storage room on board.

Your Joining Instructions will also detail where to find us. We sail from Royal Clarence Marina in Gosport which is easily accessed by road (it is 20 minutes from the M27 at Fareham) or by train to Portsmouth Harbour (from Waterloo).

We look forward to sailing with you!

Dates for 2008 and 2009, availability and costs