Sailing Training / Past Trips
British Virgin Islands - Nov 2014

Cruise B1 - 10 day training and internship cruise

The captain and instructor: Matthew Gula

Educational and Seamanship Training

This was different kind of sailing. It was educational and seamanship training.
Weather was cooperating. For most of the trip we had strong winds of up to 40 knots (6 Bufourt scale).
Sailors delight. Our crew of 8 consisted of captain , his first mate and 6 sailors with lake sailing experience who wanted to advance his skills to ocean sailing.

We started in St Martin on November 19th 2014.
After usual inspection of equipment and provisioning we left Marigot Bay Marina and anchored at Ile Tintamarre covering just 14 Nm that day.
After a short stop for supper we took of for night sailing to Antiqua.

From there were mostly sailing , having just short stops on the islands of Barbuda, Montserrat, Nevis, St.kitts, St. Eustatius, St. Barthelemy, Anguilla and back to St. Martin on November 29th.

We have covered distance of almost 500 Nm

Our trip was very intense with all seamanship standards in mind. We had regular watches, were practicing manoeuvres, changing sails, keeping the log book … you name it.

We were tired .. but happy. We have learned a lot. It was worth every dollar we paid.

Equipment: Harmony 52 sloop with 5 cabins and private washrooms.
Our crew: 8 people (Captain, Mate and 6 sailors)
Cost: approximately $ 2,800 including flight and all from Toronto and tuition.

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