Milebuilding 14th to 21st May 2010

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Milebuilding course are designed for those clients who have attained the knowledge level of the RYA Day Skipper course and would like to join us for some more sailing experience while not doing a formal course.  These weeks are also designed for those clients who wish to gain some experience of 60+ mile passages towards the requirements for the RYA Yachtmaster exam.  There will be opportunities of being either crew or “skipper of the day” under the guidance of one of our Instructors.
You will be spending the complete week on board the yacht visiting the beautiful areas of the Canaries away from the beaten track.
The milebuilding trips take place every 2 weeks - on board one of our larger Club class yachts.
On these bigger boats we can cover the miles more quickly due to the longer yacht having a faster hull speed, and on a more stable platform than on our smaller Bavaria 36.
During the week you will either “go west” or “go east” depending on the weather conditions.  Going west you will visit La Gomera, La Palma and often El Hierro and cover approx 350 miles in the week.  The trip east covers more miles — going up wind past Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura to Lanzarote—before sailing back overnight to Tenerife.  During this week you will expect to cover in excess of 400 miles.