Learn to sail

Estebán - Skipper and sailing instructor
36 years old, Yacht Master STCW 95, Languages : french, spanish, english.
Sailing instructor .
Skipper in regatta ( Ruta de la Sal, Medred race, for instance )

Experience in navigation in the whole Med Sea - from Gibraltar to Turkey, routing by the French Riviera, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Tunisia, Malta, Ionian Islands, Cyclades and Crete, Cyprus, Israel - allowing him to transmit his knowledge and maritime anecdotes to crew members who wish to gain skills necessary to train ocean navigation, or to focus on concrete topic of sailing. When booking, you could give your own learning wishes. However, each crew member will have the opportunity to practice tacking, or to be at the helm at distinct wind angle and speed.

Sailing with Spinaker assymetric

"If you like racing, participate in a regatta as a crew member; it is not necessary to have any experience, it will be a great occasion to spend time at sea while building great motivation and gaining self assurance."
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Learning topics :

  • Safety at sea
  • Sail trimming and speed control
  • Sail area adjusting to different weather conditions
  • Giving a course to helmsman
  • Taking in a reef
  • Rigging the spiny and lowering
  • Anchoring manoeuvres, approaching mooring buoy
  • Reading charts
  • Recognizing landmark and locating with bearing compass
  • Choosing the route
  • Manoeuvring in the harbour

For high sea sailing :

  • Dead-reckoning navigation
  • Using the log book
  • Discovering night navigation, organizing watch keeping, recognizing lights and signal
  • Security in bad weather conditions
  • Reading weather charts, using S.S.B.
  • Using VHF DSC, GPS , RADAR
  • Sailing with electronic charts
  • Astronomic navigation with sextant.