The price of the Yacht Skipper's navigation practices includes student insurance, 21% VAT and the necessary resources for its optimal development.
CY navigation practices: 48-hour journey from Barcelona to the Balearic Islands
48-hour journey with a minimum of 8 hours of night navigation. They enable you to motor sail around the world in pleasure boats of up to 24 meters in length and pleasure vessels of less than 3000 GT.
They are carried out, every month of the year, on board one of our sailboats of more than 15 meters in length, departing from the Port Olímpic of Barcelona.
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How CY navigation practices 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.
In summary, the navigation and rest periods will be a minimum of 18 hours without stopping on the way out, anchoring upon arrival, and if possible, we will go down to the Island to eat, but whoever prefers to eat on board can do so. For the return, another 18 hours of navigation, also non-stop, carrying out the planned agenda of the practices on both voyages.
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.
Agenda of the CY navigation practices
The objective of the navigation practices is to prepare you for long-term navigation. In its development we will work on navigation aspects oriented mainly to the journey, safe night navigation.
- Use of safety and fire-fighting equipment.
- Review of issues related to safety equipment, its stowage and maintenance.
- Maintenance, reviews and precautions for use.
- Life raft, with a mock abandonment.
- Use of the life jacket and recognition of its elements.
- Use of the accident location radio beacon.
- portable VHF. Operation, battery charge check and spare battery.
- Automatic Identification System.
- Preparation for defeat.
- Checking the charts of the area to be navigated.
- Checking the status and stowage of the sextant. Verification of the validity of the nautical almanac.
- Update of the notices to the navigators. Defeat plot.
- Documentation to carry on board.
- Weather forecasts and contrast with the local situation.
- Checks before going out to sea.
- Review of the critical points of the boat.
- Review of fuel level and autonomy.
- Engine start, and exhaust and temperature control. Battery charge check.
- Release of ropes and exit maneuver.
- Effective navigation guard.
- Effective surveillance. Visibility. Navigation lights. Precautions during night watch.
- Heading control. Government and march depending on the state of the sea and wind.
- Reconnaissance of the coast. Use of the course.
- Control of the state of the sea. positions on the chart.
- Physical condition of the crew.
- Navigation.
- situation in the letter. Situation by delays and distances.
- Use of GNSS equipment.
- Calculation of the current.
- Esteem navigation. Determination of the estimated time of arrival (ETA).
- Radar use.
- Navigation without visibility.
- Landfall.
Helga –
I had the opportunity to put the theoretical concepts into practice with Raül, a great Captain who is a wealth of knowledge and who transmits wonderfully. Grateful!
Francesc Martinez –
Brilliant. Raul is a crack!!
Marc Vidal –
The level of knowledge of the instructor Raúl is spectacular, I value the course very positively, although I think it is a course that is somewhat short to be able to cover the entire syllabus,... I think that if two or three classes were extended to delve deeper into some topics, English and Meteo, it would be appreciated.
Pep Carpena –
I would like to highlight the commitment of instructor Raúl Serrano in these Yacht Captain practices. It is a pleasure to navigate with a teacher with so much knowledge and dedication to his work. The anemometer and the VHF transmitter charger still do not work on the Fora Nirvis II.
Victor Alvarez –
Everything very well organized and calculated. Very attentive skipper and boat in good condition.
Cesar Palomar –
The best school to train you within the nautical sector, whether for recreational or professional purposes. Great and very professional teachers and a very pleasant environment to learn. If you are looking for a school to get a degree, Escola Port is your nautical school.
Ilona –
My third course at EscolaPort with Raúl and as always everything was perfect. There is no better teacher in the world, really, you can understand everything easily when he explains it to you. The atmosphere is always very good.
Pep Carpena –
All good. Raúl is a great professional. It really shows that he likes to teach. And it is very important to motivate students.
Marcos Bellini –
The school has been very useful to me. Thank you so much!!! 100%recommendable.
Salvador Comas Uriz –
The practices in the Islands, in Fornells (Menorca), were very good. A lot was learned, there was very good harmony between the entire crew and Professor Raúl Serrano, a great professional and excellent person.