Boat Handling Course

One day Boat Handling course

This one day course is designed for anyone who has some sailing experience but would like to develop boat handling skills with a dedicated Boat Handling course. The course will concentrate on a range of boat handling skills especially close quarter manoeuvres and everybody will get the chance to work on the aspects of boat handling that they would like to improve. The course is particularly useful for anyone chartering a yacht abroad or planning a flotilla holiday as we cover stern to mooring as well as coming along side and anchoring. Anyone who has taken the RYA Day Skipper or Coastal Skipper course will find this a useful opportunity to gain more experience and learn new boat handling skills and techniques.

The day will cover the following:

Berthing alongside a pontoon

Stern to mooring using lazy lines

Stern to mooring using anchor

Avoiding pitfalls

Strategies to recover anchor if fouled

Man overboard exercise

Mooring on a buoy

Anchoring

 

Course fee: £110.00

Our next Boat Handling days:  May 11th and June 21st

If you have 2 or more people who would like to take part in a Boat Handling day we may be able to add another date to suit you.

We use our corner at Gosport Marina to set up lazy lines to simulate the kind of mooring you would find when chartering a yacht in Greece and other parts of the Mediterranean as well as the sort of everyday situation you are likely to encounter here in the UK. There will also be an opportunity to deploy the anchor when coming in stern to in the absence of lazy lines.

This is a full day of practical boat handling.

Boat Handling Course – Student reviews

Thoroughly enjoyed our day and learnt a lot. Great company.

Ruth and Nigel  – Boat Handling Day, May 2011

A very useful and informative course. Good for brushing up on tequniques.

Mary-Jo - Boat Handling Day, May 2011

Great day, learnt a lot, skipper was a great teacher. Thank you!

Emma - Boat Handling Day, March 2012

Came a long way in confidence today. Thanks.

Ann - Boat Handling Day, March 2012

Related:

1. Boat handling course – flotilla training £110.00
2. Another boat handling training day added
3. Boat Handling course in the Solent
4. Solent Boat Handling Course
5. Coastal Skipper Course