Darryl Hughes from First Class Sailing has written a great personal account of his encounter with the Irish coastguard, which all started when he and his crew received a call on their VHF radio… Maybird took part in a training exercise with the Irish Coastguard...
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What do you get if you cross our office based theory courses and Monty Python? Well we’re sure some of you will be shouting “Albatross!” or even “A dead parrot!” but do you remember this classic Python short film that preceded the Meaning of Life - imagine learning to...
You can learn to sail in London in your office, home or club! If you’ve never taken a shorebased sailing theory course before, you may be curious as to what they entail and how you can take them in your office. Here are the details about the London Shorebased Sailing...
This week, former First Class Sailing student Nikola Prelevic shares a personal account of his training experience - and his subsequent adventures in the Mediterranean… Ahoy potential new Mariners! In September 2012 I decided I really want to get into sailing and be...
Using Trafalgar Day as his inspiration regular blogger and skipper of the Maybird, Darryl Hughes, has made some interesting observations about how navigation techniques have changed over the past 200 years... Ahoy Shipmates, On the 21st of October 1805 the Royal Navy...
Elena and Jan are two former First Class Sailing students who have used their newly acquired sailing knowledge to enjoy wonderful sailing holidays in the Mediterranean. Here Jan shares some thoughts about their experience… Our taste for the open seas developed after...
The forecast said good to moderate occasionally poor. Knowing that meant visibility we set off in a flat calm sea with the mist gently swirling around the river bank. The Essex marshes appearing and disappearing as the damp air condensed over the cool sea. We thought...