Advanced Sailing Courses: take your skills to the next level
Sailing is an exciting activity that combines adventure, technique and a deep respect for the sea. If you are already experienced in sailing, but want to improve your skills and
Intensive sailing courses for Easter
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In response to the demand of our students, we propose a series of improvement courses that we have scheduled for 4 days to take advantage of the Easter holidays 2025. The proposed courses are catamaran, monohull and crew. The first two are aimed at improving the skills of the skippers in the two basic types of boat, while the crewman course aims to teach how to help the skippers effectively working as a team and improve the crew member’s confidence.
Below you will find complete information on each of them:
Catamaran sailing course
Course objective:
To know and practice sailing modern sailing catamarans so that the client can rent/purchase a sailing catamaran and skipper it safely and confidently.
Data of interest:
Schedule: 10:00h to 14:00h and 16:00h to 20:00h.
Boat: Lagoon 42
Capacity: Maximum 5 students per course.
Profile: Recreational skippers and sailors without nautical experience.
Price: 550€.
Intensive monohull sailing course
Course objective:
To broaden the experience of the practice of nautical qualifications, as they are not sufficient for a skipper to guide his crew in moderate weather conditions.
Data of interest:
Schedule: 10:00h to 14:00h and 16:00h to 20:00h.
Boat: Grand Soleil 43 / Hanse 315
Capacity: Maximum 5 students per course.
Profile: Recreational skippers and sailors without nautical experience.
Price: 430€.
Intensive sailing course for crew members
Course objective:
Course focused by and for sailors who don’t want/can’t be skippers but want to be important and help on board. Every good skipper was first a good crew member.
Data of interest:
Schedule: 10:00h to 14:00h and 16:00h to 20:00h.
Boat: Grand Soleil 43 / Hanse 315
Capacity: Maximum 5 students per course.
Profile: Recreational skippers and sailors without previous sailing experience.
Price: 430€.
How can I sign up?
If you need more information, have any questions, or would like to sign up for the course, you can contact us through our contact section or call us at 683 251 682.
Iván Pérez-Gándaras is CEO of Julio Verne Náutica and the main Director of the company's RYA Training Center. His vast experience is based on the highest nautical qualifications such as Yachtmaster without limits, STCW95 and RYA Yachtmaster Offshore with commercial endorsement. He has accumulated more than 20,000 ocean miles in deliveries and transatlantic crossings, in addition to 30,000 miles in scientific expeditions, including Antarctica and Newfoundland.
A trainer since 1993 and instructor of nautical qualifications since 2009, his background combines a solid technical background with exceptional practical experience. With a degree in Marine Biology from the University of Santiago de Compostela and World Champion in Dinghy Sailing (1989), his unique perspective ensures that Julio Verne Náutica's articles, training and charter services are delivered with the highest level of technical rigor and passion for the sea.
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