Skype: Thessalia Sailing
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RYA sailing courses in Greece
EASTER OFFER
30% discount on May courses
20% discount on June courses.
10% discount on all others.
Use special offer code APR24 when enquiring
Maximum 5 students to 1 instructor and you will never be asked to share a cabin with a complete stranger.
Not sure which RYA course is the right one for you?
Our courses chart will help you decide.
COURSES
Minimum age for all courses is 18
BEGINNERS
RYA Competent Crew
Beginner to RYA Day Skipper
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INTERMEDIATE
RYA Day Skipper
Day Skipper (combined)
Mile building trips
Skipper's Training week
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ADVANCED
RYA Coastal Skipper
Coastal Skipper (combined)
RYA Yachtmaster offshore
Yachtmaster (combined)
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SHOREBASED THEORY
Professional Practices and Responsibilities
SRC (VHF online course)
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ONLINE THEORY COURSES
delivered by Navathome,
an RYA-Recognised Training Centre specialising in online training
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Testimonials
John Colling (September 2019)
Carl is an experienced and very knowledgeable instructor and we learnt a great deal more than we anticipated, given our previous knowledge of being at sea on ships etc.
Based in the region of Thessaly, Greece,
as seen in Practical Boat Owner August 2016.
Thessalia School of Sailing
offers RYA courses from
Competent Crew and Day Skipper
to Yachtmaster.
Thessalia School of Sailing is a British-owned sailing school in Greece, run by husband and wife team, Carl and Liz.
We run RYA sailing courses with a maximum of five students to one instructor and our school yacht, El Nino, has 4 large cabins.
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Learn to sail in the beautiful Pagasitikos Gulf.
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End a day’s tuition with fantastic, fresh Greek cooking in a picturesque harbour.
OUR SEASONS SAILING
SAILING COURSES
RYA Competent Crew
This course is for beginners and those who would like to become active crew members rather than just passengers.
Learn to steer, handle sails, keep a lookout, row a dinghy and assist in all the day to day duties on board.
Thessalia School of Sailing runs the 5 day course from Sunday to Thursday. You will arrive in Volos on Saturday and spend the first night on the boat. We will arrive back in Volos on Thursday evening, leaving you free to travel home on Friday or Saturday.
RYA Day Skipper
If you already have basic knowledge of sailing and wish to move up to the next level, the Day Skipper course will provide you with the experience required to skipper a yacht.
The RYA no longer distinguish between tidal and non-tidal sailing areas, so a certificate gained in Greece has the same value as one attained in the UK.
Thessalia School of Sailing runs the 5 day course from Sunday to Thursday. You will arrive in Volos on Saturday and spend the first night on the boat. We will arrive back in Volos on Thursday evening, leaving you free to travel home on Friday or Saturday.
RYA Coastal Skipper
This course is for yachtsmen and women with considerable knowledge of sailing and navigation, wanting to undertake longer coastal passages by day and night.
The training moves away from the shorter passages of Day Skipper and starts looking at passages that require watch-keeping routines, crew management and the ability to pilot a vessel both day and night. With longer passages it is less likely that you will be familiar with the sailing area, so a higher level of overall navigational and pilotage skill needs to be developed
The RYA no longer distinguish between tidal and non-tidal sailing areas, so a certificate gained in Greece has the same value as one attained in the UK.
Thessalia School of Sailing runs the 5 day course from Sunday to Thursday. You will arrive in Volos on Saturday and spend the first night on the boat. We will arrive back in Volos on Thursday evening, leaving you free to travel home on Friday or Saturday.
Before joining us for the practical course, you will need to complete the RYA Coastal Skipper/ Yachtmaster™ Offshore shorebased course, delivered by Navathome.com, an RYA-recognised training centre specialising in online training.
You can complete the theory and practical with our Coastal Skipper Combined course.
RYA Yachtmaster Offshore
A holder of the Yachtmaster™ Offshore certificate is competent to skipper a cruising yacht on any passage during which the yacht is no more than 150 miles from harbour.
A commercially-endorsed Yachtmaster Offshore certificate allows the holder to work in the Industry, anywhere in the world.
Learn to sail in the idyllic conditions of the eastern Mediterranean.
You will be expected to have completed the Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster Offshore shorebased course before joining us in Volos.
Under the professional tuition of an RYA Yachtmaster Instructor, you will be coached to meet the exacting requirements of the RYA Examiner during the preparation week.
With a maximum of 3 students to 1 instructor, you will have plenty of time to practice: sailing by day and night, theory revision, and brushing up on your personal sailing skills.
The course begins on Saturday afternoon in Volos, arriving back in Volos on wednesday afternoon. The exam will begin on Thursday morning and finish on either Friday or Saturday morning, depending on the number of students.
COMBINED COURSES including the online theory
Day Skipper combined
Although the RYA does not specify the completion of the theory course before commencing with the practical, we recommend that you at least begin the online theory course before coming to Greece. This will give you a good grounding of navigation, collision regulations and nautical terms before the practical.
If you don’t complete the theory before joining us for the practical you can complete it afterwards without effecting your success with the practical course.
12 day beginner to Day Skipper
Go from absolute beginner to Day Skipper in 12 days, able to confidently skipper a yacht.
The RYA no longer distinguish between tidal and non-tidal sailing areas, so a certificate gained in Greece has the same value as one attained in the UK.
The course includes the RYA Day Skipper Shorebased online course, delivered by Navathome.com, an RYA-recognised training centre specialising in online training.
You will arrive in Volos on Saturday and spend the first night on the boat in Volos harbour.
We begin on Sunday, with the 5 day RYA Competent Crew course, followed by 2 days of rest to brush up on your chartwork in the stunning surroundings of Mount Pelion. Then it's back aboard for the RYA Day Skipper Practical course from Sunday to Thursday. We will arrive back in Volos on Thursday evening, leaving you free to travel home on Friday or Saturday.
Coastal Skipper combined
In order to qualify for the Coastal Skipper practical, you must have completed the Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster Offshore theory course. This is available online and can be completed before coming to Greece.
This theory course also qualifies you to take the Yachtmaster Offshore practical exam.
Yachtmaster Offshore combined
In order to qualify for the Yachtmaster practical exam, you must have completed the Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster Offshore theory course. This is available online and can be completed before coming to Greece.
OTHER COURSES AND EVENTS
Mile-building trips
Build your experience, improve your confidence and advance your practical knowledge, whilst putting hundreds of miles in your log.
Our mile building trips are ideal for both experienced and inexperienced sailors alike. Whether you have just passed your day skipper and wish to put some miles under your belt whilst polishing your skills, or whether you want to experience some proper sailing with fifty or sixty mile passages, experiencing night passages and watches, our circumnavigation of the northern Aegean has everything to offer.
We run these trips in the Spring and Autumn when the Meltemi wind is at its weakest.
There’s no reason for a training trip to be unpleasant.
The route of course, is susceptible to change due to varying weather conditions, but this will play a part in gaining experience as we listen to the forecast and discuss passage planning.
As well as some serious sailing, we will be stopping in some of the most stunning places that the North Aegean has to offer. The Sporades islands are one of the last un-spoilt areas of the Mediterranean. You will enjoy nights in idyllic harbours, enjoying the local food and wine and nights at anchor in secluded bays with the Milky Way overhead.
Everyone will have a chance to skipper the boat and plan passages, safe under the watchful eyes of your English RYA Yachtmaster Instructor.