Costa Brava Sailing Barcelona - Sail Training Courses Spain & Gibraltar
Fastrack Yachtmaster / Intensive Sailing
Fastrack courses start every Sunday
Professional Sail Training in the Mediterranean – sailing between Spain (Barcelona) and Gibraltar, Morocco and Portugal...
Fasttrack Yachtmaster is a 14 week live aboard course, it can also be modular, to fit in with your own lifestyle. The options and prices below refer only to 14 week Fast track Yachtmaster. We also run a halftrack course (£4,250) for those with suitable experience. Please call us to discuss either option.
Fast Track Courses 2009 start 1700hrs every Sunday
Start Barcelona, finish Gibraltar via Portugal Morocco and Balearics or Gibraltar to Barcelona
If you’re looking for a career in the sailing industry, we will teach and refine your skills and when you’re ready, organise examinations for RYA / MCA qualifications; the minimum requirement for a Yacht Skipper working in the industry.
Before the Fastrack Yachtmaster exam...
Prior to the Fastrack Yachtmaster exam we will ensure you have achieved a minimum of 2,500 sea miles at least half of which will be tidal. In reality you will log considerably more! Quality miles and expert tuition.
Live the Dream!
- Two Base sailing Barcelona Spain, and Gibraltar
- Don't get stuck in the same marina for months on end!
- Minimum of 2,500 sea miles
- Visit 40 different Marinas and Anchorages
- Maximum 5 to a yacht
- Visiting France, Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco and Portugal
- Excellent shore-based facilities, classrooms, pools and restaurants at Port d'Aro
- Exam fees included
- Full range of modern yachts
- Big boat handling on our new Beneteau 473
- Courses start every month, so no long waits to fulfill your dream
- Professional sailing on modern safe yachts in a warm and exciting sailing area. Enjoy sailing and enjoy living the dream!
It is recommended that you undertake an MCA medical examination prior to the course in order for you to do your final Yachtmaster examination... Contact us for details.
Certification
RYA Yachtmaster Department of Transport (DoT) certificates with commercial endorsement and additional options for Cruising Instructor and Ocean Yachtmaster.
Power conversions are available.
Total £7,495 - 14 weeks with full board, food & accommodation for the duration
Fastrack Yachtmaster Course
The course includes:
- 14 weeks full board
- DSC VHF course
- Yacht Maintenance
- Sail care and repair
- Knots and Splicing
- Sail Trimming
- RYA Sea Survival
- RYA First Aid
- RYA Diesel engine course
- STCW 95 Firefighting *
- STCW 95 First Aid *
- STCW 95 Personal Safety and Sea Survival *
- STCW 95 GMDSS Radio *
- Self Skippering weeks
Weather course- Rigging and tuning
- And all RYA courses, quality mileage, and skippered passages required for DoT Yachtmaster and all exam fees
If after the first two weeks you change your mind, we’ll give you the balance of your fee back, less 2 weeks; our guarantee - a two-week 'cooling off' period.
Fast track Yachtmaster Programme
If you put in the study hours both on and off the water you can achieve the coveted Yachtmaster qualification, known and respected throughout the world.
Course requirements
Fastrackers - you must come with your own life jacket and harness, waterproofs, deck shoes, Breton / Portland plotter or similar, dividers, notepads and pencils. Please phone for advice before purchasing expensive items.
The first month is your introduction to the Fastrack Yachtmaster course, introduction to the base, and all aspects of safety.
Our Instructors will spend the first few weeks teaching you all aspects of the RYA Competent Crew Course, RYA Day Skipper Practical and RYA Day Skipper Theory. Sailing from our base Port d'Aro with its excellent study and recreational facilities you will learn how to control and command the yacht, in a variety of different situations. As soon as you are ready the choices are to sail with us on our passage to Gibraltar or if you wish we can fly you to our next base in Marina Bay Gibraltar. This is dependent on weather and skill levels. The sail to Gibraltar will further enhance your skills as a potential Yachtmaster during an exciting 600 mile plus passage.
- Month one - Competent Crew to Day Skipper
- Excellent Classrooms, recreational facilities, and superb outdoor pool and beaches
- Visit France, Spain (Historic City of Barcelona) and the Balearics
Weekends are spent working, RYA VHF, RYA First Aid and RYA Diesel Engine Courses - all of which need to be completed prior to your Coastal Skipper qualification.
Back to the classroom
One week's study for your RYA Coastal Skipper Theory certificate, there will be tense moments, but our instructors are there 24/7 to help you reach the required standard; hard work but the challenge is worth it. We will give you as much time and help as necessary. You will make it!
Passage to Gibraltar
You're now ready to join the passage to Gibraltar (you have the option to fly to our next base) - a 600-mile cruise taking in a host of marinas and anchorages building up your sailing skills.
In Gibraltar you will continue with your sail training, close quarter yacht handling under power and sail, handling the yacht in extreme conditions and learning to manage your crew. You will also have 2 weeks free sailing visiting Spain, Morocco and Portugal.
- 600+ mile passage to Gibraltar
- A wealth of experience gained in marinas and anchorages en route
- Close quarter yacht handling under sail and power
- One week minimum self-skippering
- Visit Spain, Morocco and Portugal
- Sail with the dolphins
- Excellent recreational facilities
- Yachtmaster Preparation
You’re now able to go free sailing, so plan your route, and we’ll see you in a week or so...
All students are finally ready to be prepared for the Yachtmaster Exam. The final few weeks will be intense, focusing on the weaker points to ensure you are well above the standard required. Now we are coaching you individually, those with perhaps a little prior sailing experience will be encouraged to sit the exam sooner, other students will benefit from one-to-one coaching. And finally the Big Day!
You will be so well prepared, having sailed so many quality sea miles, entered a host of different marinas, sailed tidal and non-tidal waters that, although maybe a little nervous, you’ll skipper with confidence.
Following your successful Yachtmaster exam you can apply to undertake the Cruising Instructor two-week course. This will qualify you to teach up to Day Skipper level under an RYA approved sea school.
You may also progress on to Yachtmaster Ocean
The above is an outline of the course and is subject to change; with your commitment and your Spirit of Independence we will empower you with the skills to become a first class Yachtmaster.
