PER – Navigation practices to the Balearic Islands – 24h

The price of the PER navigation practices to the Balearic Islands includes:

• 24 hours of navigation through the Catalan Mediterranean.
• Insurance, VAT 21 %.

Method and structure of the navigation practices to the Balearic Islands of the PER

• 24-hour journey with a minimum of 4 hours of night navigation.
• The port is not entered except in emergencies or to refuel
• Groups of up to 10 participants.
• Every month of the year in the Port Olímpic of Barcelona.
• On board sailboats up to 15 meters in length.
• Departure on Friday afternoon.
• Navigation between 10 and 20 miles from the coast along the Catalan coast in the direction of Costa Brava or Tarragona.
• They qualify to navigate by motor between the peninsula and the Balearic Islands.
• Extend the length up to 24 meters.

Agenda of the complementary practices of navigation to the Balearic Islands of the PER

The objective of the navigation practices is to prepare you for long-term navigation. In its development we will work on the navigation aspects oriented mainly to the journey and safe night navigation.

• Preparation of defeat and abandonment exercise.
• Checking the charts of the area to be navigated.
• Update of the notices to the navigators.
• Defeat plot. Hazard identification.
• Documentation to carry on board.
• Weather forecasts.
• Review of the critical points of the boat and checks prior to going out to sea.
• Fuel level check, battery charge. Navigation lights.
• Availability of water and sufficient food for people on board.
• Communication to the CCS of departure, area to be navigated and ETA.
• Maintenance of an effective navigation watch.
• Compliance with guard shifts.
• Effective surveillance. Visibility. Navigation lights.
• Monitoring of weather forecasts.
• positions on the chart.
• Use of GPS and radar.
• Calculation of the current, its course and hourly intensity.
• Esteem navigation.
• Landfall.

REMEMBER: Doing these practices does not exempt you from doing the mandatory 16-hour navigation practices.

How the navigation practices to the Balearic Islands of the PER are organized

• The estimated departure from Port Olímpic will be around 7:00 p.m. aboard a cruise ship of more than 40 feet.
• The meeting point is at the Marina Dock of the Port Olímpic of Barcelona.
• The sailboats are equipped with all the regulatory security measures, both for personal security elements and for communications. They have a location system that allows us to know where they are at all times.
• Depending on the weather forecast, it is advisable to bring a raincoat and warm clothes. In addition to comfortable clothing appropriate for a journey and appropriate footwear.
• During the navigation you will be able to rest while others will guard on deck, you will take turns.
• As for food, it is recommended that you cook little on the boat, try to bring prepared food or things that are easy to do. The school will put coffee pot, coffee, infusions and sugar on the sailboat.