Milebuilding trips and Cruises

Cross Channel Cruise

Milebuilding trips are an excellent opportunity to build up your mileage before taking Yachtmaster Coastal or Yachtmaster Offshore or purely for fun. We have a wide programme of mile building cruises in the UK and also visiting the  Channel Islands and France.  Whilst these cruises offer the chance for passage planning, pilotage and over 60 mile skippered passages they also give the participants the chance to enjoy sailing outside of the RYA training scheme as well as exploring new cruising grounds, harbours and ports. Milebuilding trips are suitable for anyone with some basic sailing experience and are a useful preparation for more experienced sailors wishing to take their Yachtmaster Coastal or Yachtmaster Offshore practical examinations.

Cross Channel Weekends / Long Weekend Milebuilding Trips

Leaving on a Friday evening you will have a night crossing to France (weather permitting) during which you will be part of a watch keeping system, arriving on Saturday morning. The yacht will be skippered by one of our experienced RYA instructors but you have the opportunity to experience navigating through the busy shipping lanes and into the French port of Cherbourg. After catching up on some sleep you will have a full day and evening to explore ashore before leaving early Sunday morning for the passage back to Gosport. Anyone wishing to skipper a 60 mile leg can have this signed off in their logbook before taking their Yachtmaster exam.  (Please let us know beforehand).

Braye Harbour, Alderney

Our next Cross Channel Milebuilder will be:

25th – 26th February £235.00

Channel Island and French Coast Cruise

This cruise will combine offshore sailing with the opportunity to explore the beautiful Channel Islands such as Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and Herm as well as the coast of Northern France. Our aim will be to visit some of the more remore islands where the only way you can explore is by boat and on foot. Stepping back in time is the only way to describe the relaxed and peaceful pace of island life and we plan to combine some interesting sailing with the chance to spend a day or so exploring ashore. There will be the chance to undertake an over 60 mile skippered passage in preparation for Yachtmaster exams if you wish.

Our next Channel Island Cruise is our Bank Holiday Cruise 31st May – 5th June (7 days) £549.00

2 and 3 week Milebuilding Trips – join for 1, 2 or 3 weeks!

These cruise will combine offshore Milebuilding with the opportunity to explore the beautiful Channel Islands, the ports and harbours of northern Brittany and the south coast of England. Although we plan to combine some interesting sailing with some more challenging navigation and sailing skills there will be chance to spend plenty of time exploring ashore and enjoy this fantastic cruise. This trip is an ideal opportunity to prepare for Yachtmaster Coastal or Yachtmaster Offshore. There will be the chance to undertake an over 60 mile skippered passage in preparation for Yachtmaster exams if you wish. We are offering a 10% discount for taking 2 or more consecutive weeks or take both Milebuilding Trips to build quality miles towardsYachtmaster Coastal or Offshore MCA exams.

March Milebuilding 

Week 1 3rd – 9th March South Coast Milebuilding Trip 

Week 2 10th – 16th March Channel Islands  Milebuilding Trip 

April Milebuilding

Week 1 7th – 14th April Gosport – St Malo including Channel Islands  

Week 2  14th – 21st April St Malo to Roscoff

Week 3 21st – 28th April Roscoff to Gosport

£549.00 per week (10% discount for 2 weeks or more taken consecutively)

London Trip

This highly popular milebuilding will take place again in January after running it succesfully over the last eight years. The cruise is in two legs arriving in time for the London International Boat Show. The first leg, Gosport to London leaves Gosport on January 5th and arrives in London on Wednesday 9th in time for the Preview Day on Friday. Accommodation on board the boat is available for anyone wishing to visit the show as well as free entry. The second leg from London to Gosport  leaves after the Boat Show closes again enabling a visit with free accommodation in London. Each leg will be for five days stopping at Brighton, Dover, Ramsgate and Queenborough with the opportunity for over 60 mile skippered passages along the way.

 Gosport to London 5th – 9th January 2013 £419.00 

London to Gosport 21st – 25th January 2013 £419.00