Your professional 3-day intensive skipper training
In this training you can expect a comprehensive range of topics on how to safely handle your holiday yacht for your perfect holiday.
Let's start with docking and casting off in ports and marinas, as well as maneuvering in tight spaces. Our professionals will show you how to safely get in and out of any parking space, even if there is a bit of wind.
You will also learn how to behave properly in ports and marinas and how to confidently steer your yacht in tight spaces and become a welcome guest.
We'll show you how to use the wheel effect of your yacht correctly and how you can then use it perfectly for berthing to the side. We'll also show you how the wheel effect also helps you when turning in a small radius.
Your professional skipper training continues with how to approach and pick up a buoy correctly. We'll show you the pitfalls of this maneuver and how to do it correctly so that you can moor to the buoy without any problems.
After our training, docking sideways at gas stations, piers or finger piers will be child's play for you and you will look forward to this maneuver in the future.
And because we're lying so nicely on our side, you'll also learn how to properly get into a jump and what you need to pay attention to when doing this maneuver. You will be amazed at what can be implemented simply and easily with the technology you have learned.
While we're on the topic of techniques, you'll also learn how to properly pick up moorings in marinas and attach them correctly to the deck, what you can do with the moorings and how they can help you.
The topic of reefing and reefing is given great consideration in this intensive training as, in our opinion, it is an essential safety point when sailing. You will learn how to reef correctly and, above all, when it is time for you to reef. We will show you different methods and teach you how to use your sails safely.
And should it happen that a guest falls overboard, don't worry, after our training you will face the matter calmly, calmly and professionally and will be able to master the situation perfectly.
While we're on the subject of security. In our intensive training you will learn how to use the safety equipment on board and how to operate and maintain it correctly.
And because we want you to arrive safely, no matter where your journey takes you, you will learn how to navigate correctly in practice. We will show you manual map navigation, introduce you to the latest generation of plotter technology and introduce you to some so-called web apps.
And last but not least: Since there can always be a technical problem, we will briefly introduce you to the technology of the ship. You will learn what you can do to repair the engine yourself or how it can help you and what the electronics on a yacht look like and how they work.
So what are you waiting for? Book your three-day intensive training now and enjoy the security of knowing that you are well prepared for your next yacht vacation.
During the skipper training, the participants can of course spend the night on the sailing yacht. No skipper license is required for skipper training.
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