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Who Is This Suitable For
The clients with RYA Competent Crew or above qualification, or a reasonable amount of sailing
experience would be welcome on these courses. |
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Background
Mile building becomes important to students when they are planning to
take RYA/MCA examinations for Coastal Skipper and Yachtmaster Offshore
certificates of competence. Please see the following table below.
However, you may simply want experience "longer legs" and more
challenging sailing. |
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Grade of Examination
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Minimum Seatime
(within 10 years of the exam)
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Coastal
Skipper
Not holding the Coastal Skipper Practical Course Completion
Certificate |
30 days
2 days as skipper
800 miles
12 night hours |
Coastal
Skipper
Holders of the Coastal Skipper Practical Course Completion
Certificate |
20 days
2 days as skipper
400 miles
12 night hours |
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Yachtmaster
Offshore |
50 days
5 days as skipper
2500 miles
5 passages over 60 miles, including 2 overnight & 2 as skipper. |
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Cruise Outline |
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The
cruise will take place over 6 days with embarkation and disembarkation
on Saturdays with sailing Sunday to Friday.
There will be a
mixture of passages over 60 miles and shorter sails. Some of the longer
legs will include night hours, usually this will involve setting out in
the evening or during the night and arriving in daylight.
Those clients who
have the experience and want to skipper one or more of the legs will be
given the opportunity to do so with our instructor "keeping a weather
eye" . In addition there will be plenty of chances to practice the
navigational techniques required on these longer passages.
All mile-building
cruises include breakfast and light lunch on board daily, giving the
opportunity to take some meals ashore. |
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Itineraries |
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Itineraries will change depending on client experience, the weather,
etc.
The following are two examples: |
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ITINERARY 1
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Day
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Area
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Approximate
Mileage
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Description
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1 (Sat) |
Arrive in
Poros Island |
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Briefing
(general & safety) and provisioning of the yacht. |
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2 (Sun) |
Poros Island
to Serifos |
60
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Early start
to make sure the passage is carried out in daylight |
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3 (Mon) |
Serifos to
Sifnos |
10
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A short
passage to give some time to relax. |
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4 (Tue) |
Sifnos to
Monemvasia |
80
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Night passage |
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5 (Wed) |
Monemvasia to
Plaka |
30
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Again a
shorter passage to unwind from previous day. |
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6 (Thu) |
Plaka to
Navplion |
30
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A second
short passage that can be extended to meet the clients
requirements. |
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7 (Fri) |
Navplion to
Poros Island |
60
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A final night
passage to ensure an early enough arrival in Poros to clean the
boat etc. |
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8 (Sat) |
Depart from
Poros Island |
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Total:
270 Miles
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ITINERARY 2
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Day
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Area
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Approximate
Mileage
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Description
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1 (Sat) |
Arrive in
Poros Island |
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Briefing
(general & safety) and provisioning of the yacht. |
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2 (Sun) |
Poros Island
to Serifos |
60
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Early start
to make sure the passage is carried out in daylight |
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3 (Mon) |
Serifos to
Paros |
40
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A simple day
sail. |
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4 (Tue) |
Paros to Ios |
25
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A short
passage to give some time to relax. |
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5 (Wed) |
Ios to Milos |
50
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Again a day
sail. |
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6 (Thu) |
Milos to
Hydra |
70
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A night sail. |
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7 (Fri) |
Hydra to
Poros Island |
15
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A short
passage to ensure an early enough arrival in Poros to clean the
boat etc. |
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8 (Sat) |
Depart from
Poros Island |
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Total:
260 Miles
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How To Book & Prices
Mile building cruises can be booked on a full yacht basis on dates to
suit you and subject to availability. Prices vary according to the number of
people in your party and size of yacht booked on the same basis as own
boat tuition. Please call or
email to
discuss your requirements and obtain a quote. |
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