Sailing instruction promoting performance and the pleasure of being at sea.

2025 Spring Training

This is the plan so far – unless otherwise mentioned, no experience required for these adventures. For anyone brand new to sailing we’ll have some sessions beforehand to cover safety and rules of the road.

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2025 Spring Schedule (Max 4 Crew)

Jan 18 – 26 – Cruise to Spain or Corsica
Feb 8 – 16 – Marseille to Spain
Mar 1 – 9 – 31.7 One Design Racing – 2 Regattas on each weekend – no experience required
April 18 – 21 – SNIM Regatta – race against the best in France – Previous racing experience required https://www.lanautique.com/regate/snim-2025/

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2025 Summer Courses (Deets coming soon!)

On Shore

• What’s New in Navigation Software
• How to build a chart plotter for $300 bucks with Raspberry Pi and OpenPlotter
• Knots and Soft shackles
• Performance CREW basics – getting ready for the 2025 season
• Offshore Racing Theory
• Colregs/Lights and Shapes Refresh
• Basic epoxy and fiberglass/gel coat basics
• Weather forecasting refresher

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On Water

• Anchoring/Docking Practice (spouse training and de stressing)
• Love your spinnaker
• MOB and safety at sea
• Performance training
• Offshore Theory
• Offshore Race Simulation
• Advance weather routing
• Performance routing software