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Heavy Weather Sailing Weekend In The Solent

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This heavy weather sailing course takes place in the Solent starting out from Southampton. The weekend provides safe training in heavy weather sailing techniques for inshore sailors who are looking to extend their offshore and rough weather sailing knowledge.

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I have done courses and trips in the past with First class sailing. I have just been on a Heavy weather sailing trip for 2 days last weekend. What a great experience and luckily we had a storm on the Friday and strong winds Saturday. This was a really good course, John the instructor was excellent and encouraged us all, even when the wind was up to force 8. Lots of good theory lessons after a days sailing and a great group of people. A must to go on.

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With any luck the weather will be foul and rough for sailing, but if the weather does not play ball there is plenty that can be covered in our Solent heavy weather sailing training course.


You will have the opportunity to learn the theory behind heavy weather sailing and then apply it to practical techniques when on board.


Some of the heavy weather sailing techniques you will cover include:

·        Heaving to

·        Lying a Hull

·        Motoring and motor sailing

·        Running bare poled

·        Streaming warps or drogues

·        Sea anchors

·        Snugging down and pressing on

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Required Experience

Required Experience

Course Duration

Course Duration

Experience Gained

Experience Gained

Building Confidence

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Once you’re sure you meet the requirements, look at our upcoming dates and choose the one that best suits you.

Take The Course
Step 2

Take The Course

Gain confidence in bad weather situations.

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Become a First Class Sailor

Sail into the (stormy) sunset (if you have to) with your newfound knowledge and skills.

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The Yacht

The Yacht

Usually, our heavy weather sailing training weekends are conducted on one of our 40+ft yachts. They are thoroughly seaworthy and have some good rough weather sailing kit on board.

Sometimes we use a Challenger 72. She is a very solid boat and great in heavy weather out on the Solent. She was built to sail the wrong way around the world - a feat it has achieved twice in the BT Global Yacht Race.

There will be a professional skipper on board who will ensure your safety in rough and foul weather conditions and will give as much instruction as needed so that you the crew all come together to sail the boat as a team. You will take an active role in helping sail and run the boat.

The accommodation on the 40ft boats is in cabins/saloon. On the Challenger 72 it is arranged towards the stern of the boat.

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Multiple sail changes

The Heavy Weather sailing course was a great way to learn how to plan for and manage hard sea conditions more safely and with confidence. Great skippering, leading and teaching from Sue, assisted by Giles and the two wonderful Tallships volunteers Sharon and James. The multiple sail changes gave us great experience in applying the theory, albeit in light winds. Sleeping aboard Challenger 4 gave us a taste of what life on an ocean going yacht would be like.

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