Dear Sailing friends!
From October 3 to 17, 2026, we are once again organizing a special training course for skippers and experienced crew members. This time, the focus is on safety training—prompted in part by recent incidents in the Adriatic.
Training Focus Areas
- Safety equipment, safety briefings, and voyage management (A, B, C)
- Boat handling in confined spaces with a small crew, line handling, docking/undocking, spring techniques, turning in tight quarters
- Buoy maneuvers (docking under sail, lasso technique, mooring line techniques)
- Anchoring techniques (bow anchor vs. mooring lines, anchoring under sail, two-anchor setups)
- Voyage and weather planning (motor vs. sail), passage planning, aborting the voyage, seeking refuge
- Points of sail – sail trim, reefing, tacking, gybing, collision avoidance rules
- GPS/plotter failure, terrestrial navigation (lights/beacons, bearing techniques, dead reckoning)
- Heavy weather tactics (sail/motor), reefing, heaving-to, running before the wind, sea anchors
- Safety & emergency handling (MOB, person recovery (day/night), lights, towing)
- Onboard emergencies (water intake, fire, rudder failure, engine failure, mast/shroud failure, electrical failure, steering failure, abandoning ship (grab bag)
- First aid at sea (seasickness, CPR, bleeding, hypothermia, burns, fractures, emergency medical care on board)
- Emergency communication (Mayday, Pan-Pan, Sécurité), DSC distress calls, VHF radio practice
- Common malfunctions & simple repairs / Check-out
Individual Focus
Participants are welcome to suggest their own topics of interest. At the start of the week, we will outline the course content and decide together which key areas to focus on in depth.
Dates & Costs
Choose flexibly between two options:
4 days (Sat–Wed): 530 €
7 days (Sat–Sat): 870 €
Minimum number of participants: 4 people
Organizers: Free-Wave & Segelerlebnis
