This five-day course is a learning activity for different sailing techniques, which will be carried out in a journey format. As a complete course that it is, its objective is to provide its participants with a global knowledge of the necessary skills to face a journey.
• Maneuvers both motorized and sailed. Mooring, anchoring, buoy taking. Hoisting and lowering of sails, tacking, gybing, arrests, reduction of rag.
• Use of auxiliary boat.
• Adjustment and adjustment of the rig. Theory and practice of advanced mainsail and jib trim. Efficient government of the boat. Coordination of sails and rudder.
• The spinnaker, maneuvers and trim.
• Preparation of the crossings. Logistics. Efficient route planning.
• Night navigation. Navigation in bad weather. Navigation without electronics. Letter, esteem and astronomy.
The program will take place in a coastal journey in its first part starting in the Grao de Castellón and ending in the Alfaques bay, Ebro delta, returning in high-altitude navigation through the Columbretes archipelago, in which we will cover both technical and tourist.
We will take advantage of the abundance of references on the coast so that whoever is qualified can navigate with the help of a chart and bearing compass and forget about electronics. When we lose sight of the coast we can locate ourselves by dead reckoning and even by astronomy, using the sextant who knows the necessary calculations.
On this tour we will visit very remarkable environments such as the mountains and cliffs of Irta, Peñíscola and of course the Ebro delta, one of the most unique places on the Spanish coast, ending in Columbretes, a privileged enclave in the Western Mediterranean.
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