by First Class Sailing | Jan 25, 2019 | Learn to Sail
And they’re off!… again Note from Skipper Sue After a very pleasant interlude in Horta it is time to get this motley crew out of here. Lines slipped at 1245 UT, heading for Falmouth. ETA 7 days time. It looks like we will have 20 – 25kts from the...
by First Class Sailing | Jan 24, 2019 | Learn to Sail, RYA Day Skipper, Sailing Tales
Taking the helm As a school, First Class Sailing can cater for the wide variety of skills aspiring sailors require. There are some who like to be a member of the crew, not quite a passenger but willing to share group responsibility. Others want to improve,...
by First Class Sailing | Jan 22, 2019 | Courses, Learn to Sail, Sailing Trips
This blog was written by one of our instructors for Sailing Today and published in their magazine. Sailing Today have kindly let us post it here. Instructor Clive takes us through a recent Coastal Skipper Course to Dartmouth, and explains what to expect on your course...
by First Class Sailing | Jan 15, 2019 | Learn to Sail, RYA Day Skipper
A lot of the navigational side of sailing is based on very simple school girl/boy trigonometry. The question of how to get from A to B when the tide is pushing you in a certain direction can be solved by drawing straight forward triangle on the chart. And so why is...
by First Class Sailing | Jan 14, 2019 | Antigua - Portsmouth, Atlantic Adventures, Learn to Sail
Today the real sailing began. Following a windless night motoring through an inky black sea and dense cloud cover, the wind came through around 4am. Those on watch shook out the reefed main and hoisted the yankee and staysail. We were soon powering to windward...
by First Class Sailing | Jan 11, 2019 | Antigua - Portsmouth, Atlantic Adventures, Learn to Sail, Sailing Holidays, Sailing Trips
The first of the blogs from the FCS crew on Challenger 4 as they set sail from Antigua to Portsmouth and make one of the epic journeys that sailing is all about. We’re Going To Barbuda! The journey begins.. with us running away from the ‘not-so-Jolly...
