Yacht Racing Charter & Sailing School

RYA Training Gibraltar / Sancti Petri
Mar09

RYA Training Gibraltar / Sancti Petri

Our recent RYA Coastal Skipper sailing course took us from Gibraltar out along the Spanish Atlantic coast to the historic city of Cadiz. Along the way we called at the “deserted village” of Sancti-Petri, entering the shallow channel at night called for precise navigation and accurate timing in this tidal secondary port. An added twist to the pilotage was the discovery of 2 of the lateral marks washed up on the beach,...

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Gibraltar Sailing School Race Training
May18

Gibraltar Sailing School Race Training

This weekend saw the penultimate training programme for the team of 9 sailors itching to take part in the final yacht Race of the Sotogrande winter league to be held on Saturday the 24rd of May. With winds from 10 to 35 knots, Gibraltar Bay turned out to be the perfect location to fine tune the many set manoeuvres essential for the forthcoming Sailing event. Short windward/leeward courses and wild spinnaker legs kept the whole crew on...

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RYA Sailing School Gibraltar 6 / training course
Mar30

RYA Sailing School Gibraltar 6 / training course

Yacht Race Training Course Saturday 29th March brought perfect weather conditions for the latest sailing crew to hone there upwind and down wind sailing skills. Fast spinnaker gybes in 12knots of wind were executed like clockwork by the end of the afternoon, all the crew worked well together to iron out the mornings gremlins, producing a slick team to confidently take on the Spanish sailors on the 12th of April for a 2 race day at...

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