MILEBUILDING TRIPS

Build your experience on a milebuilder cruise with us. It's a dream trip for anyone with ambitions to go blue water sailing. You'll learn what it's like to live on a yacht for extended periods, sail in more challenging waters, take part in watches, and help navigate the passage. Suitable for intermediate sailors, this is a chance to put hundreds of miles under your belt, improving your confidence and advancing your practical knowledge.

Intensive sailing
Supervised by an RYA Yachtmaster Instructor, our Milebuilding Trips offer the perfect opportunity to build on your RYA qualifications. The crew is divided into watches, who take turns on duty. Advanced sailors are appointed watch leaders, but everyone in the team will take part in steering, trimming sails, navigation, catering, and using the yacht's equipment.

Relax and develop
While not on watch there's plenty of time for the crew to relax, sunbathe, or participate in navigation exercises. Life on-board is certainly never dull. Last spring, the crew on our Milebuilder were delighted to find the yacht surrounded by dolphins one evening - a truly beautiful moment.

The Milebuilder Trip - What to Expect

In 2008 we will use Kronos, an Ocean Star 51, built in 2000, for our Milebuilding trips. She has comfortable living accommodation, with two double and two triple cabins (each with private toilet and shower facilities) in addition to the skipper's quarters. You'll find a fully equipped galley with fridge, oven, a coolbox, excellent navigation equipment, a powerful engine plus a bowthruster. There is a spacious saloon and cockpit area for relaxing when you are not on watch.

Please Note: Milebuilder trips work best with a full crew, so we encourage you to come with a friend, or be prepared to share a cabin with another person.

These are the trips for which we are currently taking bookings:

Cyclades - May and October

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