Mile Building Trip

FUN | ENJOYMENT | BUILDING CONFIDENCE

9 days 1200 Max 6 students

Looking for sailing adventure o perhapas you need mileage, or simple want to build on recently achieved qualifications and gain more confidence before taking a boat out on your own. We offer Skipper "plus" courses in form of mile building trip, concentrating on building your confidence.



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Many people want to build on recently achieved qualifications and gain more confidence before taking a boat out on their own or step into next RYA level.

We offer mile builindg trip as continuation course. The emphasis during these trips is very much on fun, enjoyment and building confidence.

After your RYA course, you know how and what to do, now we can give you the chance to really get to grips with dealing with handling the boat and crew.

Many RYA courses also require you to have completed a certain number of miles prior to taking the course. You will need to have logged miles as crew and skipper during day and night hours.

For this reason, you can also join us on one of our longer mileage building trips to gain not only miles, but more experience in different countries.

If this is your first long distance cruise experience your instructor will show you how to make it safe and enjoyable.

These cruises are suitable for anybody with some basic sailing experience and are very useful for the more experienced looking to take their Yachtmaster Coastal or Yachtmaster Offshore practical examinations in the future.

We expect the participants to have some previous experience in sailing, and in good physical and health condition.

The mile building trip can also be run as RYA Coastal Skipper Practical course, as the trip itself will cover and involve all the content in the RYA Coastal Skipper Syllabus. For those who want to join the trip as CS Practical course, please make sure you will have already completed RYA Coastal Skipper / Yachtmaster Theory course .

No assumed knowledge – We teach you everything you need to know for this course onboard.

Minimum recommended age is 14.

We usually organise mile building trip twice or three times a year, in end of May, end of August, and end of October. Each mile building trip lasts between 7 to 9 days.

Our common itinarary is going from Malta to Sicily (Syracuse) and back. Nice and steady, enjoying the scenery along the route with 300 miles of qualifying passages included.

In the past we also went to Lampedusa, and then Tunisa for a week, around 400 miles total.

All mile building passages will be overseen by experienced qualified skippers who are there to guide you through the day to day running of the vessel, tricky manoeuvres… as well as point out all the best restaurants! Most skippers are also RYA instructors which means that, while this is not an RYA course, you will be given the best information and demonstrations from trained instructors.

Don’t forget that apart from miles, you will also be gaining onboard experience so all participants are expected to share cabins, be open to changes in plans where necessary and willing to lend a hand cooking, cleaning and generally ensuring the boat is in ship shape throughout the journey.

We involve all participants in the vessel’s preparation for the voyage, including victuals, safety checks, provisions and passage planning. This is all part of the experience and no matter your skill or past experience, there will always be something you can involve yourself in.

This cruise will really sharpen your navigation and skippering skills or for those with less experience offer a fantastic opportunity to see these beautiful islands from a different perspective.

Our aim is for you to leave this program with more miles, but more importantly, more confidence than you arrived with. There’s also lots of fun to be had!

Cost: €900 per person / €1,600 per cabin

Price excl fuel, provisions, and marina fees. The costs will be divisible between students, max number of participants 6.

We can have three double cabins and one bunk bed cabin available for students' accomodation. More detail click here.

You can book the course directly on our website and make the course fee payment by credit card. Just click Book Now button and you will be lead to a page where you can choose dates, number of participants, and fill other necessary information. Terms and Conditions apply.

If you are more than one participant, please send us an enquiry or email, we will provide a discount code.

We usually form up a WhatsApp group when the date is closer to the trip, where everyone will be involved to plan and organise the great trip.

Full bedding is supplied, sheets, pillows and blankets. Also, we provide towels for use on the yacht but not beach towels. If you should require more than one towel during the week, please do bring your own additional towel.

  • Sunglasses
  • High factor sun cream
  • Deck shoes if possible, otherwise soft shoes with a non marking sole, or just barefoot
  • Shorts (Please be aware that these are liable to get dirty, so not your bestones!)
  • T-Shirts
  • Wash Kit
  • Fleece or jumper for the evenings and windy days at sea
  • Soft bag as opposed to a hard suitcase (we can store luggage if you are staying on)
  • Light long sleeved shirt if you need to cover up in the sun
  • Baseball/sun hat (preferably with a clip to stop it blowing overboard!)
  • Sea sickness tablets should you need them
  • Phone/ Ipod / lap top chargers – 12V (cigarette style chargers) if needed
  • RYA log book, if you have one
  • Travel Insurance recommended
  • And above all, enthusiasm!

Please note that the temperatures in Malta and Sicily are normally very warm during the day but it can be cold in the evenings and windy days at sea. It is a good idea to bring a small light rain mac if you have one and also a pair of long trousers and a warm fleece, just in case.

If you need a flight to Malta International, the airport code is MLA. There is only one airport.

On arrival at Malta airport, there is a kiosk at the exit from the airport where you can pre pay the taxi to the boat. The cost of this is usually 25 Euro.The taxi drivers speak good English.

Cheaper transport option would be use taxi app such as: Bolt, Ecab, Cool. There are plenty of taxi connected to these apps.

You will have a short safety brief on arrival to familiarise yourself with the boat and meet your crew mates!

For more details about course, logistics, accommodation, booking, and certificate, please refer to the FAQ's section.

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