Start Yachting – Itinenary

SATURDAY

0900 Load the yacht with the food for the weekend and get familiarise yourself everything onboard and get to know your fellow crew mates.
0930 Safety brief given by your instructor, and discuss possible places to visit for the weekend
Recap safety procedures on deck. Introduction to deck gear, ropes and rigging and various parts of the yacht
Engine start controls and rigging/slipping of mooring lines and fenders
Slip mooring and motor around Dun Laoghaire harbour giving everyone a chance to steer the yacht under power
Practice coming alongside and leaving various pontoons with everyone rotating jobs
Short sail to an anchorage or mooring buoy giving everyone the chance to raise sails and control them using the sheets
1300 Lunch at a mooring buoy or anchorage in the Dalkey Sound
Practice putting in and shaking out reefs
Practice headsail changes or furling
Sail to overnight destination practising what a crew member should do in the event of a Man Overboard situation
1800 Enter a new harbour such as Dublin Port, Malahide, Howth or Wicklow. Stow sails and tidy up on and below deck
1900 Debrief on day’s events whilst dinner is cooking in oven
1930 Supper followed by a trip ashore to a local pub

0800 Showers at marina facilities, breakfast, clean up and get weather forecast
0900 Prepare the yacht for sea and undertake a passage to an anchorage for lunch. On route each crew member will experience helming the yacht on different points of sail
Learn how to tie the basic 6 knots used by sailors and when they are used
Prepare to enter anchorage. Learn how to prepare the anchor and foredeck in anticipation of arrival
1200 Lunch at anchor
Set sail for Dun Laoghaire learning the basic collision regulations on route
Clean up yacht, return wet weather gear followed by debrief and issue of certificates
1600 Depart Dun Laoghaire