Training & mile-building trip
for FB2 & SKS
A training trip combines maneuver training, skipper training, and a holiday feeling.
Put your theoretical knowledge into practice and rely on one of our skippers to support you. We’ll get you ready for the practical week to take independent responsibility for a sailing yacht – while also gaining important experience and many miles for your sailing certificate.
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Video transcript
Translation of the original transcript (Deutsch).
Have you always wanted to start sailing but did not know where to begin. Then the practice and mile-building trip is exactly right for you. We give you a professional instructor who shows you a week of real sailing. Along the way you collect 150 to 200 nautical miles, which you can use towards your FB2, RYA or other sailing qualification. You plan a proper week – a proper trip, with weather, navigation and seamanship. And you experience unforgettable moments on the water, with people who share your passion for sailing. We offer you a week of accommodation on board and a professional German-speaking instructor. Access to our Skipper 360 learning platform, 150 to 200 nautical miles and, as something special, a night passage with a night landfall. So check our available dates or get in touch with us personally.
CONTENT
The training trip offers a week of sailing with maneuver training, skipper training, and great sailing experiences accompanied by our sailing instructors.
You’ll experience at least one night passage with a port approach and gain important experience training sailing techniques, as well as harbor and anchoring maneuvers.
Proper passage planning, basics of navigation and meteorology, logbook keeping, or good seamanship are the theoretical components of the trip. In addition, you’ll collect approx. 150–200 nautical miles for your FB2 or SKS training and have plenty of fun with people who share your passion.
We place great value on quality, which is why our instructors are professional skippers, competitive sailors, or have many years of sailing experience. Every instructor must complete at least two of our train-the-trainer seminars.
SERVICES
- 1-week training trip
- Night approach
- 200 NM sailed
- Crew with max. 6 people
- Liability-insured instructor
- Deposit insurance
- Access to the Skipper360 learning platform
- Overnight stay on the boat
- plus boat kitty
from €1,050
plus base fee €70
(tourist tax, diesel, cleaning, etc.)
Expenses for food via the crew’s shared boat kitty.
Frequently asked questions about training & mile-building trips
On a training trip, you combine maneuver training, skipper training, and a sailing holiday in one week: you put your theoretical knowledge into practice while one of our experienced skippers is by your side. This way, you’ll get ready to take independent responsibility for a sailing yacht – and gain important experience and many miles for your sailing certificate along the way.
The trip is ideal for collecting nautical miles for your FB2, SKS, or SHS training. You’ll cover around 150 to 200 nautical miles – exactly the practice and miles that count as a prerequisite for exam admission.
You’ll practice sailing techniques as well as harbor and anchoring maneuvers and experience at least one night passage with a port approach. In addition, there are the theoretical basics: proper passage planning, navigation and meteorology, logbook keeping, and good seamanship – everything that prepares you for the practical week.
In one week, you’ll cover around 200 nautical miles and complete at least one night passage with a night approach. You’ll stay overnight on board and sail in a crew of maximum 6 people.
The training trip is designed to get you fitter step by step – an experienced skipper will be by your side all week. We place great value on quality: our instructors are professional skippers, competitive sailors, or have many years of sailing experience – and everyone completes at least two of our train-the-trainer seminars.
Included are the one-week trip guidance, a liability-insured instructor, deposit insurance, overnight stay on board, and access to the Skipper360 learning platform. Food is organized via the crew’s shared boat kitty.
In addition to the trip price, there is a base fee (including tourist tax, diesel, cleaning) as well as the boat kitty for food. You can find the current prices on the course page or get them directly from us.
The training trip starts at our base in Marina Punat on the island of Krk (Croatia). From there, you’ll sail directly into the diverse Kvarner Bay – an ideal sailing area to collect miles and experience.
