Catamaran Sailing skills weekend


Details
Our catamaran skills and drills weekends run from Friday evening to Sunday afternoon. They're limited to just 5 students so there's plenty of opportunity to get hands-on experience. We'll cover a range of topics including:
- catamaran familiarisation and features
- departing a berth
- controlled turns in a marina
- different methods of mooring to a buoy
- sail raising in a confined space
- sail trim
- reefing
- watch keeping
- anchoring, bridles and retrieving an anchor
- man overboard techniques
- ferry gliding in a tidal river
- mooring to a pontoon wind assisted
- mooring to a pontoon wind against
- springing-off without ropes
- mooring stern-to
Over the course of the weekend we build your skills with a variety of tasks until you feel fully confident for your own bareboat charter.
Much of the course takes place in Porstmouth harbour, but we'll also sail to another destination like the Hamble on Saturday night.

Catamaran Sailing skills weekend