Learn to sail confidently on your own boat.
Custom made learning to safely get you into the cruising lifestyle.
Learning sailing theory and solid practical bases
Getting solid bases when starting to sail on yachts can make all the difference to the safety of your vessel and your crew. YASS sailing coach is a certified professional commercial skipper with tens of thousand miles of coastal and offshore passages as a skipper and co-skipper. Anna-sophie Dhenin is a professional mechanical engineer with experience in very complex environments. She will help you to get the bases of theory and chart navigation through methodogy identical to those learned at RYA, RYCT. She knows that practice makes perfect and that nothing is complex if it is explained and learned the right way.
Sailing practice and single handed techniques
Benefit of the presence of a coach on your yacht to demonstrate the correct procedures, show you safe techniques and habits to maintain while at sea. You will be able to get comfortable and self-reliant on your vessel with the assurance that the coach can ensure a secure recovery if conditions were to degrade or equipment was to fail. The method for coaching will ensure that you experience all the aspects of sailing in a wild range of conditions, learning maneuvers and the right information to monitor at all time.
Learning routine checks and maintenance
Half the work of owning a vessel is to maintain it. With the assistance of the coach onboard you beneficiate of a full comprehensive assessment of your vessel and technical recommendations for improvements. Learn the maintenance and check routines to guarantee that your vessel is seaworthy at all times for the safety of yourself and your crew.
Coastal passage planning and Night navigation
You can safely plan your next coastal passage, learn to navigate at night with the experienced presence of our coach to guide you towards safe waters. Anticipate collisions at night and learn communication routines as well as safe sleep management techniques to make sure you can do a multiple day passage.
Bluewater crossings
Crossing Oceans is an unforgettable experience. It requires an enormous amount of preparations, back ups , experince and training. With our coach onboard who is used to undertake several days crossings on her own, you will be sure to have plenty to learn, experience and make the most of your bluewater passage safely.
Comprehensive learning to sail packages
YASS has some standards formulas to learn to sail on your own yacht at very competitive and comprehensive rates. Progress from inshore waters to bluewater with the guarantee that you will experience fair weather, safe passages and following seas.
Yacht Delivery and Crew Services
Need to fly in a hurry home to attend family matters? YASS team can provide experienced delivery skippers and crew to bring your vessel to the safest harbor of your choice.
Yacht Brokerage and Surveyors
YASS team professional network extends to reliable and trustworthy brokers, surveyors and insurance advisors. We will facilitate their services and assist you to find your next dream yacht, sell the current one and get the best insurance for it with the guarantee of a high level of ethics and transparency.