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The warm sunny Aegean and Ionian are the perfect places to learn to sail or improve your sailing skills and our professionally qualified native English speaking instructors are the ideal tutors. On offer are courses for all abilities from complete beginner to experienced sailors on suitably equiped yachts operating from selected Seafarer flotilla and charter bases from March until November.

Alternatively you can choose to charter a suitably equipped yacht exclusively for your own party and we can arrange an instructor for pre-flotilla training - it's a great way to combine a holiday and learn to sail courses for friends or the family. Some nights you may meet up with our flotilla for social events, and after one week's training many guests progress to skippering a yacht in the flotilla in week two.

3 DAY - Pre Flotilla Learn to sail (non RYA Course)
If you have yacht or dinghy experience but have got a bit rusty this course will refresh your techniques for navigation, mooring and anchoring. Once you have regained your confidence you will be issued with a course completion certificate and you can skipper a yacht in our flotilla under the guidance of our lead crew.

6 DAYS - Pre Flotilla Learn to Sail (non RYA Course)
For the sailing novice or less experienced sailor, this course will give you all the skills you need to join the flotilla as skipper of your yacht. Course content is similar to the above and can be the first week of a 2 week flotilla holiday.

6 DAYS - RYA Compentent Crew Course, with 7 days accommodation onboard *
This RYA (non-tidal) course is ideal for teaching beginners or dinghy sailors all the basics required to be competent crew members. Included in the course syllabus are yacht handling under sail and power, rope work, man overboard procedures, mooring and anchoring, rowing a dinghy and assisting with day-to-day onboard routines. The RYA Competent Crew course notes (Ref CCPCN) are recommended pre-course reading.

6 DAYS - RYA Day Skipper, with 7 days accommodation onboard *
The next step up for those with crewing experience, this RYA course is designed to develop the competence and confidence required to skipper a yacht. The recommended experience for this course includes 5 days on board a yacht, 100 sea miles, and 4 night hours sailing. Ideally you will have taken the RYA day skipper shorebased theory course, or be able to demonstrate a corresponding level of knowledge. Course content follows the non-tidal syllabus of the RYA tearn to sail course.

6 DAYS - RYA Coastal Skipper/ Yachtmaster Preparation with 7 days accommodation onboard *
These courses are for more experienced sailors only. These are advanced courses where you learn the skills you need to skipper a yacht safely by day or night throughout the Mediterranean or other tidal and non tidal waters. Previous experience recommended: 15 days at sea, 2 days as skipper, 300 Sea miles, 8 night hours. Also note that 50% of the qualifying experience shown above can be gained in non-tidal waters. Ideally students will have taken the RYA shore based Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster shorebased theory course or should be able to demonstrate a corresponding level of knowledge.

* Note: All RYA courses above are run by our recommended RYA sailing schools including, Poros Yachting Academy, Aegean Sailing School & Sapphire Yachting.