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These weekends offer adventurous sailing for those wanting more experience, from competent crew level to yachtmaster and beyond, and an opportunity for mileage building and qualifying passages.

Be as involved as you like – you can gain skippering experience and take on the planning and navigation.

Easter South Coast Sailing Adventure
Join us on Thursday evening for a drink and introductions, when we will make a final decision on the planned itinerary (depending on the forecast). Alternatively, you can join us early on Good Friday morning.

We depart early on Good Friday , after Hot Cross Buns and a safety brief, and head into the Western Solent and through the Needles channel.
Poole is likely to be our planned destination for Friday evening and we will moor up alongside the lively town quay before finding a local pub.

On Saturday we continue West, with the opportunity to take in beautiful Lulworth Cove and Weymouth Bay (site of the 2012 Olympic sailing), making a decision on where to spend the night based on weather and tides.

On Easter Sunday, after an Easter Egg hunt and lots of chocolate, we will decide our route back to Gosport. We will arrive in Gosport mid/late afternoon on Easter Monday.

The final destinations for this trip are weather dependent. If the wind is unsuitable for a south west destination, we may head to the Channel Islands and France. We will keep you fully informed and give you details a week before departure, so you know whether to bring your passport or not!

Channel Islands and France
Join us on Thursday evening for a meal, where you can meet the rest of the crew and we make a final decision on the itinerary, based on the weather forecast.
We plan to depart very early on Friday morning, heading to Dielette on the Normandy coast. Arrival in Dielette will be late Friday evening – hopefully in time for sampling the local French cuisine!

The following day we have some time to buy bread, cheese, wine and anything else that captures our tastebuds, before heading to Alderney for the Saturday night.

On the Sunday morning in Alderney you are free to explore or sleep (whichever you prefer!) before we set sail back to the Solent. We sail overnight and eventually moor up in either Cowes or Yarmouth.

We then head back to Gosport and our marina on the Monday, arriving just after lunch - hopefully in time for you to beat the traffic home.

What is included?
The cost of our weekends includes accommodation on board your yacht, breakfasts, lunches and our now famous homemade cake. We tend to eat ashore in the evenings (apart from when we are night sailing) so that everyone can stretch their legs (this cost is not included) or you can cook for yourself on the boat if you wish.

Our yachts are generally vegetarian. Breakfasts and lunches will be warm, tasty and filling but will not contain meat! By eating ashore in the evening a non-vegetarian diet can be catered for.

The only additional cost is a proportion of mooring fees which are split between those aboard. These vary between nil- £5 per night depending on where we stay.

Upon booking you will receive your Joining Instructions which provide a suggested list of what to bring. Sailing waterproofs are an important item, whatever the time of year, as they keep you warm and dry. We have these for you to borrow, free of charge. You are likely to have most other items on the list and we encourage clients to travel light because of the limited storage room on board.

Your Joining Instructions will also detail where to find us. We sail from Royal Clarence Marina in Gosport which is easily accessed by road (it is 20 minutes from the M27 at Fareham) or by train to Portsmouth Harbour (from Waterloo).

We look forward to sailing with you!

Dates, availability and costs for 2008 & 2009