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Greek Sails & our sister company Poros Yachting Academy run practical RYA sail training courses up to Yachtmaster preparation. We typically spread our 5 day courses over 6 days, allowing you more time and the opportunity to enjoy the sun & location while you also learn. |
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Non-RYA practical sail training courses |
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Poros Yachting Academy offer a range of non-RYA sail training courses designed for those looking to refresh their sailing skills or whose primary goal is to be able to skipper their own yacht as a part of a flotilla. These non-RYA sailing trips also include mile-building cruises, important for anyone building mileage towards Yachtmaster qualification or simply wanting to gain sea-time and build their experience. Experience Yachting (6 days)This is not a course. We are simply offering you a berth on the training yacht when we are running courses on that vessel. It gives you the opportunity to experience the sailing life and see Greece from the sea. You will not be obliged to participate in the sailing of the yacht (although you may need to ‘hold a rope’ occasionally). However, you will be asked to do your share of the domestic or housekeeping duties – preparing meals, etc. If you are an experienced sailor, you can use the six days as an opportunity to do some mile building as a crew member on a training yacht. You also have the option to upgrade to the RYA Competent Crew course if you let your instructor know early in the week.
Pre-flotilla sail training coursesOur Pre-flotilla sail training courses are designed to give you the skills you need to join a flotilla and to enjoy a safe and fun flotilla sailing holiday. Greek Sails offer two pre-flotilla sail training courses:
Pre-flotilla 3-day sail training courseThe course includes:
This course is run on a boat that has been chartered by you for a flotilla holiday. Typically you complete the course while following the route of the flotilla. This allows you to participate in the flotilla social activities, however, if you prefer we can do the training “out of sight” of the other flotilla yachts. If during the 3 days your instructor and the flotilla skipper, in discussion with you, agree that you need extra tuition, PYA will endeavour to make an instructor available, preferably the same one that you have started the course with, so that you can continue to ‘hone’ your developing sailing skills.
Pre-flotilla 6-day sail training courseThe course covers more ground than the 3-day course and includes:
Like the 3-day course, this course is run on the boat that you have chartered for your flotilla holiday and follows the flotilla “route”.
Pre-flotilla refresher sail training courseThis sail training course basically covers the same elements as the 6-day pre-flotilla sailing course, but you live aboard the PYA training yacht for the duration of the course. You should already hold an RYA Day skipper, ICC (International Certificate of Competence) or equivalent certificate (or above!). The course is designed for flotilla sailing.
Mile builder sailing cruisesJoin a Poros Yachting Academy (PYA) mile builder sailing cruise and gain valuable sailing experience in the Aegean Sunshine! These mile builder sailing cruises are suitable for clients with RYA Competent Crew or higher qualification, plus sailors without formal qualification but with a reasonable amount of practical sailing experience. Mile building is important to any student planning to progress to take RYA/MCA examinations for Yachtmaster Coastal (previously known as ‘Coastal Skipper’) or Yachtmaster Offshore certificates of competence (see the following table below). Alternatively you may simply want to experience “longer legs” and more challenging sailing.
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