Intensive Keelboat Course in Madrid

- In this intensive course we group the most important subjects from our four sailing cruise management courses into two days with a total of thirteen hours.
- Over a weekend, at the San Juan Reservoir just a few kilometres from Madrid, you will be able to acquire knowledge that will be very useful in your pleasure sailing, as we will visit all areas of sailing and practice the movements and adjustments necessary to sail a sailboat.
- Our instructors do not touch anything except in case of emergency, they will rotate through all the positions occupied on board.
- We start the session at 10:00 a.m. with a brief presentation of the basics of sailing, before heading out onto the water where we will put into practice what we have learned.
- At mid-day we will take a break to eat and discuss the afternoon session, which will be based on the manoeuvres to be carried out on board, from tacking to stopping, including reducing sail.
- During the second day we will learn the concepts of boat optimization, how the sails relate to steering, and the settings to coordinate the course with trim.
- And all this while carrying the rod and the sails from the first day.
On Sunday, to complete the number of hours, classes will be given until 3:00 p.m.

Plan

- Ship architecture. The helmet. The firm rigging The motor. The candles. The maneuvering rigging.
- Before leaving. Personal equipment. Route planning. Meteorology. We prepare the exit.
- The course. Heading relative to north. Heading with respect to the wind.
- The distribution of functions. Cane. Trimmers. Piano. Stick. Proel. Cane handling. Management of sheets and halyards. Weight distribution.
- Motor port maneuvers. Departure from the mooring. The moorings and their types. Fixation. Release order depending on the wind. Bow and stern exit.
- The berth. Bow mooring. Stern mooring. Side docking. Gas station operation. The turndown.
- The mooring in buoy. Buoy output.
-The balances on board. Need for balance. The balance of weights. Transversal and longitudinal balance. The sailing balance.
- We started the march. The jib maneuver and the mainsail maneuver.
- Bow tacking. Phases and assignment. Planning. Preparation. Execution.
- Turned round. Phases and assignment Planning. Preparation. Execution. The risk of gybing.
- The reduction of rag. Major reduction. Take curls. Bow reduction. The peeling.
- The arrest of the ship. How to stop and how to get out. We anchor the ship. to the heave To the cape
- Sailing port maneuvers. Entering the port under sail. Dock with wind parallel to the pier. Dock with a tailwind. Dock with wind coming from the pier.
- Sailing buoy. Sailing buoy departure.
- Wind. apparent wind and true wind. The sail force and its components. Advance and decline.
- The placement of the sails. The angle of incidence.
- Jib adjustment. The sheet The scoters. The lanitas. - - Adjustment procedure in different wind situations.
- Adjustment of the main. Mainsheet. Barraescota or larger cart. Adjustment procedure.
- Adjustment in downwinds. Boom position. The trap.
- The government of the boat. The government and the sails. Steer tight. Govern in bearings. The luffed. The accidental gybe.

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Other information

This course is taught in spanish. You must have a sufficient level of this language to be able to follow the course.

Necessary equipment: light-soled shoes, cap, sun cream and sunglasses, gloves are recommended, around €15.

From 180 € /person

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5 · 113 reviews

Curso de Reglajes y Gobierno de Crucero a Vela en Madrid

Fernando

May of 2025

It was a class on maneuvers with a monitor, Ana, who was very competent because she explained things well, with experience and giving confidence to the students at all times. I will certainly repeat.

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Vela de Crucero en Madrid. Curso de Maniobras

Jose Antonio

September of 2024

Very good experience. Instructor is patient and explains the concepts very clearly. At first there is little wind so we take advantage to see the topics in a theoretical way, then when the wind picks up we go out to sail. From tack to tack. Highly recommended experience.

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Reply from Luis

I am delighted that it has met your expectations, a pleasure sailing with you.

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Fundamentos de Vela de Crucero en Madrid, Embalse de San Juan

pablo

September of 2024

A highly recommended experience for anyone who wants to get started in sailing. The teacher taught us in a very professional way how to handle the sailboat.

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Fundamentos de Vela de Crucero en Madrid, Embalse de San Juan

Francisco Javier

September of 2024

A wonderful morning with the team! Alfredo's explanations were excellent and he was always very attentive and encouraged us to participate in the experience to internalize the knowledge.

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Fundamentos de Vela de Crucero en Madrid, Embalse de San Juan

Jose Antonio

September of 2024

Very good experience, with a good mix of theory, important concepts and then practice. Very pleasant instructor, with a lot of experience. 100% recommendable. I will repeat.

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Vela de Crucero en Madrid. Curso de Maniobras

Francisco Javier

August of 2024

Apart from the wind, whose goodness we cannot control, the experience has been fantastic: our skipper has managed to make the participants understand the maneuvers necessary to maintain control of the sailboat at all times. Personally, I value the explanations of the "why" of each action :-)

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