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Own Yacht Tuition
Have you recently purchased a yacht, wishing to refresh your skills and become more confident onboard your own vessel?
Under the calm and experienced guidance of our skippers, you will gain confidence and skills to make the most of your own yacht.
Each training session is bespoke, and tailor made to your personal requirements.
Our OBT sessions will often begin with a consultation with the school prior to booking to outline your specific needs.
Our OBTs can be booked over half or full days as well as multi-day passages to really build upon the owner(s) and crew(s) experience, the longer sessions will often include more in-depth passage planning, navigation, night watches and bar crossings when available.
Private tuition for individuals, friends and families can be booked in conjunction with any of the RYA qualifications such as Start Yachting, Competent Crew, Day Skipper and Yachtmaster if discussed with the school prior to booking.
Wynnum-Manly, Brisbane, QLD
What will you learn:
- How to prepare a yacht for sailing
- Understanding the influence of apparent and true wind upon a yacht
- Uses of winches, clutches, cleats and jammers
- How to tack and gybe
- Docking practice
- Expert sail trimming advice
- Anchoring tips
- Ongoing maintenance advice
- Charts, meteorology and navigation practice and theory
- Launching advice for trailer boats
- Picking up mooring buoys
- Onboard safety tips
- Collision regulations refresher
- Knots
- Helming practice
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Previous Experience
Nil required
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Course Duration
From half days to multi-day training.
$110/hr min 4 hours
$750/weekday
$800/weekend day -
Certificate Upon Completion
A variety of RYA certificates can be awarded during training, please talk to our friendly staff.
