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.
Mari Pau Galvez –
Everything is made easy. Materials, teacher, platform and everything with a lot of support. A great Nautical school!! It's my third course and I'm still going!!????
Sixtus –
Very good
Agnes –
A great instructor and teacher is Raúl. Wonderful experience
Faustino Martin –
The instructor (Raul) very good. The right material
David P. –
It has been extraordinary. We have shared the navigation with the group, and Raúl has been a spectacular teacher. The training he gave us on the use of a sextant stands out.
Helga –
Excellent, as usual.
Silvia –
Despite the bad weather, the experience was excellent!! We learned a lot thanks to the instructor Raul. The boat was sailing very well, and everything was perfectly organized. Thank you, Escolaport!!
PEP BADIA –
I value the organization of the school, the boat and teacher Raul Serrano very positively. Highly recommended
Quim Plaja –
The sessions with Raúl, Matthias and Laure have been excellent. Raúl's dedication in practice has also been extraordinary. Very happy with the school and its own resources. The platform is also very appreciated and the possibility of distance classes allows a lot of flexibility. Thank you very much for making it possible everyone.
Chris –
I am pleasantly satisfied with the school, they offer a valid teaching product and are effective when you make a request to them. The instructor Raúl knows how to explain, is qualified and demonstrates the problems in a didactic way. The teaching material on paper is correct but could perhaps be improved.
In this last aspect I want to particularly highlight that I would also like some videos, texts or more specific explanations to solve the exercises. I found that I had a question about a specific exercise and when doing it online, resolving that question required a lot of time with the consequent wear and tear.