The advanced sailing course is intended for individuals who have already mastered the basics of sailing or have already taken a beginner’s sailing course (recommended). Through more challenging exercises, we will review and refine mooring techniques at the pier (side-by-side, in the marina, and at the dock). We’ll learn about sailing regattas, including the use of instruments, navigation, and maneuvering with a gennaker.

* Overnight stay on the sailboat: Overnight stays are available directly on the sailboat and are included in the price.

In addition to the skills acquired in the beginner’s course, participants will also learn advanced sailing techniques:

• Genaker maneuvers: performing maneuvers with the genaker, proper stowing, preparation, and hoisting.
• Use of the gennaker and other racing sails: sail trimming, shortening sails, traveller adjustment, and use of the genoa and jib.
• Advanced maneuvering exercises: exercises in casting off, maneuvering, parallel mooring, and mooring to buoys, as well as more challenging exercises using the engine.
• The role of the skipper: practical exercises for assuming the role of skipper, assigning tasks to the crew, and asserting one’s authority.
• Advanced exercises: anchoring, exercises in tacking into and with the wind, sailing with the wind aft, “butterfly” sailing, and rescuing a person from the water.
• Knots: use of additional knots for specific tasks (tying ropes on deck, bowline knot, clove hitch, and bowline).
• Regatta Procedure: explanation of regatta sailing procedures, taking advantage of wind direction changes, and using navigation apps for route planning

At the end of the course, each participant selects a weekly sailing route, analyzes it with the instructor, and justifies their choice with reasons and the use of apps.