Your first taste of sailing. Become a certified crew member and start building sea time.
Your first experience of sailing. Become a certified crew member and start building the sea time and experience that the skipper courses ask for.
Theory classes are held at our main base in Costa Adeje, on the south coast of Tenerife. For sea practice we sail out of Marina del Sur in Las Galletas.
Dates for group courses are set several months ahead. You can also ask for dates arranged around you. Check dates
The certificate is issued by ISSA and recognised internationally. It never expires.
This is the schedule we run most often. The course is shore-based, which means every day starts on land. Sessions run from Sunday to Friday, 10:00 to 18:30, with a lunch break at 14:00. The first two days are spent in the classroom, going through slides and sailing theory. After that the course continues on the boat: first getting to know her systems and equipment, then out to open water for sea practice. The exact schedule can shift with the size and the experience of the group, and some sessions may be run together with students working towards other levels.
You can also take this course as a Skipper Course + Cruise package. Accommodation aboard our sailing yacht is available for the duration of the course, and with some extra theory and practice you can add the Inshore Power Yacht Skipper certificate for motorboats for €500 alongside this course — on its own that course costs €855.
Lessons are taught in the classroom at our main base.
Takes place aboard our 12-metre sailing yacht.
Official ISSA certificate, internationally issued and recognised.
Marcin Głowacki, ISSA instructor. Teaching in English, Spanish, Polish and Russian.
This course asks for some previous experience: 7 days of sailing, one passage as crew, or a YACHT CREW certificate. You can log that experience with us before, during or after the course — or take the 2-in-1 option, a Skipper Course + Cruise.
Weeks open to join — each one runs Saturday 16:00 to the following Saturday 12:00, the way the courses and cruises run. Your week not among them? Ask us, or look at which weeks are still free.
All times are island time. A taken week is held by a private trip or a charter.
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