The price of navigation practices to the Balearic Islands and PER Sailing includes:
- 48 hours of navigation through the Catalan Mediterranean on a journey to the Balearic Islands.
- Makeup bag
- Insurance, VAT 21 %.
Method and structure of the joint practices of navigation to the Balearic Islands and sailing of the PER
- 48-hour journey with a minimum of 8 hours of night navigation.
- 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.
- Crossing Barcelona – Balearic Islands – Barcelona
- They enable motor and sailing sailing between the peninsula and the Balearic Islands.
- Extend the length up to 24 meters.
REMEMBER: Doing these practices does not exempt you from performing the mandatory navigation practices of 16 hours.
Agenda for the PER navigation extension course to the Balearic Islands + Sailing
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, safe night navigation and at the same time we will work on the safety guidelines on board so that you are able to avoid risks during sailing. Special emphasis will be placed on tacking and jibing maneuvers, since during these there is a greater risk of accidents and breakdowns.
- 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.
- 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.
- Courses of the boat depending on the wind and maneuvers.
- Boat elements related to sailing: rigging, rigging, sails... and the most common knots.
- How sails are folded and cared for.
- How to hoist and lower the sails.
- How sail balance influences gait.
- How the boat reacts when you put the rudder to one side or another and its effect on speed reduction.
- Adjust sails depending on the course and the use of the ropes.
- How to take the waves depending on the course and its influence on the progress of the boat.
- How to carry out advanced maneuvers under sail: tackling, pairing, anchoring, leaving the anchorage under sail and safety maneuvers such as collecting man overboard, putting reefs, etc.
How the sailing practices to the Balearic Islands + Sailing of the PER are organized
- The Barcelona – Balearic Islands – Barcelona crossing will last 48 hours, with a minimum of 8 hours of night navigation.
- The estimated departure from Port Olímpic will be on a Friday around 7:00 p.m. aboard a cruising sailboat of more than 40 feet.
- The meeting point is at the Marina Dock of the Port Olímpic of Barcelona.
- The destination will be the island of Majorca or Menorca.
- 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.
jordi –
It has been a great experience and Jesús, the teacher, has made it even better, thank you!
Mark –
The experience with our captain and teacher has been very good. Serene and instructive given the poor conditions in which most of the crew have found themselves due to the waves and the unstable weather we had during almost the entire voyage. Under more favorable circumstances, I am convinced that we would have had and assimilated more practical knowledge in general learning. I sincerely believe that the test in bad conditions with all its limitations has been a great sailor's baptism to know how to sail. Thank you all very much, I think it has been a very good experience to continue.
Victor –
Quite positive overall rating. The boss Jesus very well, transmits confidence. He cared about everyone and got a good night's sleep. Perhaps you are missing some brief and protocol warning regarding the use of masks on site. On the part of Jesús or Rodrigo. During the journey, most of us barely used it, me being the first. Complicated with the dizziness and vomiting that some also suffered. At the entrance to the port we all put them on. The boat was correct, but in my aft/starboard cabin a lot of water entered both the floor and the bed mattress ended up quite wet, difficult to have spent another night. Delay in departure due to problems with the end of some sail. Like sailing practices, just enough time for learning, something already foreseeable and assumed in advance. The group of colleagues was very good, no conflicts, everyone was well prepared.
Gabriel –
Hello, a very correct organization. The captain of the boat is very experienced and has an excellent ability to explain different situations that we have been through, some of them quite delicate. A very clean boat and in good sailing condition. Recommended 100%
Carlos Raventos –
good organization on the part of the school in general, although given the storm that we had to weather, I would not have carried out this practice because it exceeded the reasonable limits that an inexperienced crew can experience. The boat would receive a 6/10 in terms of comfort and a 9/10 in safety
Enrique –
It was not a common practice. We had showers, storms and breakdowns, I learned much more than I expected.
David Horta –
Well organized and good sailboat. Very happy with the school and the experience.
David –
It has been great. Perfect organization, very good boat, very good group and captain Jesús Parra a very high level both on a technical professional and human level. We had an experience with a Tramuntana storm that we will never forget.
Andrew –
The practices have gone very well and it has been a great experience, Jesús is an excellent teacher.
Lluís Mozo –
The school and the organization of the practices very well. Attentive and cordial staff. The Captain who accompanied us in the practices has been very professional: good level of teaching and at the same time cordial and friendly. The condition of the boat in which we made the PER 48h Islands crossing could be very improved: little space for the 9 crew members and poor general condition of the boat, with continuous technical problems: failure in the boat's lights (big problem, when we traveled for 2 nights), gas leak in the kitchen, in addition to other deteriorated elements.