Sailing is your dream and you want to safely approach this world? The first-level BeSailor course is just what you are looking for. The BeBlue tutors, with their passion and expertise, will let you acquire the essential basics to conduct a sailboat and soon become a good sailor. A course split in two separate weekends, alternating theory with practical exercises, on board small and medium-sized sailboats, in an easy and stable water space and weather conditions, all under the careful and expert guidance of an AICS instructor.

DEPARTURE BASE Porto Lotti, La Spezia Italy
Available dates

Weekend 27/29 October and 3/5 November

TIME OF DEPARTURE Check-in from 5:00 pm on Friday - Checkout at 5 pm on Sunday

Included services

Double cabin spot
Tutor on board
Final cleaning
Fuel
Teaching materials
AICS membership fee (30€)

Not included services

Transfers to/from the Marina
Food and beverage
Bed linen
PRICES

€260 per person for the first weekend (27/29 October) and if you participate in the second weekend (3/5 November) ask for the discount price of €210.
The course will be activated with a minimum of 4 participants. Sailing licence is not required.

BEBLUE PARTNER

This weekend is entirely organized and run by A Tutta Vela22 s.s.d. (Società Sportiva Dilettantisca)

Additional information

Language Italian and english.
Class Event Ticket
How to come TRAIN: La Spezia central station
Product ID 23

AVAILABLE BOAT CLASSES

SUN ODYSSEY 49i (2008)
Class: Barca a vela - Premium plus

SUN ODYSSEY 49i (2008) View MoreLess

Technical Sheet:
Model SUN ODYSSEY 49i (2008)
Type Sailing boat - Premium plus
Year 2008 (refit 2021)
Length 15.07 m
Width 4.49 m
Sail area 112.00 mq
Cabins 4 double + dinette
Beds 8 + 2 crew
WC/Shower 4
Details Solar panels, frezzer, BBQ

Modelli delle imbarcazioni, specifiche tecniche e optional possono essere soggette a variazioni. BeBlue organizza gli equipaggi bilanciando età, sesso e richieste specifiche dei partecipanti e si riserva di effettuare upgrade gratuiti a classi superiori in caso di necessità. Tutte le imbarcazioni sono selezionate con cura ed esperienza.

BeBlue si riserva la facoltà di sostituire l'imbarcazione presentata a catalogo, o fuori catalogo, con un'altra di classe e qualità similari.

You will learn:

  • Experience: discovering a sailing boat and life on board.
  • Boat handling: learning where the wind is coming from, maintaining the route at different points of sail, importance of balancing weight on board, reducing or gaining speed and stopping a boat through the help of the sails.
  • Manouvers: fitting out and stripping, knowing the different types of sails, tacking and jibing.
  • Learning to position yourself in a navigation area through a nautical chart.
  • Safety: use of personal protective equipment and on-board safety rules, shortening sail when stationary, actively learning the different roles within a crew.
  • Technical abilities: learning the fundamental knots.

Boarding available on Friday from 17:00 in Porto Lotti, La Spezia 

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