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Skipper training in the Mediterranean – skipper certification with sailwithus
Get your crew safely to their destination with skipper training!
Would you like to charter a yacht privately or commercially to go sailing with guests, friends, or family? Improve your skipper skills on your sailing trips! Experienced professional skippers will show you the day-to-day skipper routine from A to Z during your skipper training and give you valuable tips and tricks along the way. With sailwithus, sailing is now easier than ever before. Our skipper trainings let you learn to sail in a relaxed way by taking part in a small group – giving everyone plenty of time to practise while still enjoying a laid-back holiday atmosphere.
Skippers who sail three weeks for sailwithus after completing the training receive 50% cashback on our skipper training after their third trip.
Our skipper training highlights
Why skipper training?
Take charge of your own trips and guide your future crew as a skipper through the most diverse sailing areas in the world.
Training. Learning. Enjoying.
Alongside the intensive theory and practical training, the shared crew experience doesn’t fall by the wayside either — just as the sailwithus motto promises.
Your Sailing Area: Mediterranean
Join us and get to know Greece and Croatia firsthand as fantastic sailing areas in the Mediterranean!
Theory at Sunset
For our skipper trainings, we use experienced skippers who have already logged many sea miles in a wide range of sailing areas.
What our customers say
Possible skipper training countries
Croatia
Nature
Culture
Harbour/Bay
Croatia is ideal for skipper training: the Mediterranean-style mooring and docking in harbours provide hands-on experience. Anchoring in bays allows for practice at varying depths, while special wind conditions challenge advanced sailing techniques and weather knowledge.
Greece
Nature
Culture
Harbour/Bay
Greece is perfect for skipper training: mooring in harbours offers valuable experience in secure docking. Anchoring in bays and special wind conditions such as thermal winds and the Meltemi help skippers refine their skills in changing conditions.
Our skipper training: Become the skipper for your crew!
A Few Words in Advance.
Our one-week skipper course is aimed at experienced sailors who want intensive training to improve their manoeuvring skills with both boat and crew — making them perfectly prepared for charter trips, sailing holidays with a small crew, or other adventures. This hands-on course is tailored to the participants’ individual needs and includes, for example, a detailed introduction to taking over a boat, using electronic navigation tools, and preparing optimally for your own sailing trip. The course usually uses standard charter yachts and trains a maximum of six participants.
Individual training.
On all sailing courses, there are usually no more than six people plus the skipper on board. Thanks to the small group size, all participants have enough time to practise, make quick progress, and of course enjoy the professional yet familiar atmosphere.
Skipper training takes time.
Our skipper training courses require several hours of focused practice each day, but they are designed as exploration tours. You reach a new harbour or bay every day and have the opportunity to learn new sailing manoeuvres – always in a friendly atmosphere.
Perfect Mix.
With sailwithus, you’ll get an exclusive skipper training experience in Croatia or Greece. We’re happy to share our expertise and take you to wonderful spots in the local areas. But that’s not all — you’ll enjoy a combination of training, learning, and relaxing time with your crew. It’s an easy way to build expert knowledge!
If you’d like to gain even more knowledge beforehand, you can also collect miles and experience on one of our sailing trips — so you can shine during skipper training! Book your Mediterranean sailing trip now!
What do you learn during skipper training?
Take a look at what you’ll learn and practise in our skipper training:
- Taking over a yacht
- Docking and Undocking Under Power
- Anchoring manoeuvres
- Sail trimming
- Meteorology
- Technical Instruction on Gas Systems, Electrical Systems, and Engine
- Crewmanagement
- The best spots in our sailing areas
- Fun and games on the water
- And many more
Practice.
Our trainers are skippers with many years of experience on a wide range of sailing yachts in various regions. This ensures you are perfectly equipped to get the most learning progress from your training and ultimately handle your very first self-skippered trip with confidence.
Your logbook – and so much more!
Want to have a logbook in your pocket or planning your next sailing adventure? Then take a look at our crew shop! There you’ll find not only your personal logbook but also many other cool products for true crew members and watersports fans.
Whether it’s stylish fleece jackets for chilly evenings on deck, practical crew bottles & mugs for on the go, or even your own stand-up paddleboard – there’s something for everyone in the crew shop.
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Skipper training with sailwithus – this is included in your yacht charter:
You’re traveling with like-minded people because you all share one thing: the dream of a sailing holiday in the Mediterranean. Your crew is young and a lively mix of complete beginners and experienced sailors. What matters most to you is simple, stress-free planning and preparation.
On sailwithus sailing trips you are always traveling sustainably. We encourage our fellow sailors to do a beach clean up once on every trip so that we can do our bit to preserve the beautiful areas in which we sail. Join us and experience your dream vacation without a guilty conscience. If you want more information about sustainability with us, click here.
What is not included?
Example skipper training yacht
Learn more about skipper training
Skipper training with sailwithus
You already have sailing experience and want to improve your skills so you can run your own trips afterward? Then skipper training with sailwithus is the perfect fit for you! Experience a week of intensive training on board modern yachts together with other sailing enthusiasts. As a crew, you’ll discuss what really matters as a skipper and spend lots of time practising various manoeuvres hands-on.
Why skipper training?
Take charge of your own trips and guide your future crew as a skipper through a variety of sailing areas worldwide. Whether you already have some experience or are about to take your first trip as a skipper – with us, everyone takes away their very own experience from the training.
Learning, fun, and relaxation
Alongside the intensive theory and practical training, the shared crew experience is of course an integral part of it — just as the sailwithus motto promises. Life on board is even better in good company, and every crew creates their own perfect active holiday — just the way they like it.
Sailing in the Mediterranean
Join us and get to know Greece and Croatia firsthand as fantastic Mediterranean sailing areas! Thanks to our versatile skipper training with universal fundamentals, you’ll be perfectly prepared for a wide range of sailing regions afterward.
Our trainers
For our skipper trainings, we use experienced skippers who have already logged many sea miles in a wide range of sailing regions. Secure the best conditions for effective learning and get top tips for your own skipper trip from our professionals!
Intensive skipper training with sailwithus – a few words beforehand
Join us on our skipper trainings and get the best preparation for your own skippered trips! Experience intensive practice sessions — day after day, in a new harbour — and learn different manoeuvres along with their challenges, mastering them with confidence. With crews of usually 6 sailors in total, every crew member gets plenty of time to practise. From docking and casting off to a potential night sail, we cover every manoeuvre you need to gain the necessary skipper confidence over the week. And of course, the holiday feeling and fun on board are never neglected!
Your Most Frequently Asked Questions
No, you don’t need any prior experience. Our sailing trips are for everyone – whether you’re completely new to sailing or already have some experience. Throughout the week, our skippers will teach you everything you need to know and make sure you’re always safe and well taken care of.
That depends on the type of trip you book. On our Youngline trip, your fellow sailors will be between 18 and 39 years old. On our Forever Young trip, they are between 40 and 59 years old. For our themed and training trips (Green Ahoi, Yoga, SKS), there is no age limit.
All crew members meet on Saturday between 2 and 4 p.m. at the marina. Around 5 p.m., you’ll board the yacht, and after a detailed safety briefing the next morning, you’ll set sail. A later arrival on Saturday evening is theoretically possible, but we don’t recommend it – please coordinate with your fellow crew members via WhatsApp in advance!
Our fellow sailors and skippers come from the DACH region (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland), so the main language on board will be German. However, all skippers speak English, and international sailors are very welcome.
On the first day of the sailing trip, cabins will be assigned. The crew and skippers can choose their cabins based on their preferences and needs. Generally, cabins are assigned with gender separation. If you would like to stay with a specific person or prefer not to share a cabin with someone of a different gender, feel free to mention this during booking. We will take your preferences into account.
We sail on modern yachts of various sizes: 3-cabin, 4-cabin, 5-cabin, and 6-cabin yachts. Accordingly, there are between 5 and 12 fellow sailors on board.
