Learn to sail off-shore with us
Do you enjoy the sun, the wind, the ocean, the endlessness of the ocean and the feeling of freedom? You can crew on our boat and we train you for off-shore sailing. Attend our theoretical course as a first step to attain the Swiss off-shore sailing license.
I would like to crewTheoretical Course Off-shore Sailing
You would like to learn to sail the ocean by yourself? In that case you need the swiss off-shore license. Prerequisites for the license are a passed theoretical exam and 1000 nautical miles as practical experience sailing on the ocean. We offer a course over 12 evenings in Winterthur, Switzerland, to get you ready for the theoretical exam. Below you find further information regarding the course.
Facts
Duration: 12 evenings of 3 hours, costs: non-members 700CHF, OYS-members 600CHF, OYS-members students 400CHF
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Teaching points
Navigation, boat handling, seamanship, meteorology, shipping law, medicine on bord as well as tidal and navigation calculation calculation
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Prerequisites off-shore license
Minimum age 16, passed theoretical exam, basic sailing license (A/D), first aid certification, seeing and hearing test, miles confirmation and all fees paid.
Further Information
Timetable Theoretical Course Off-shore Sailing
| Nr. | Datum | Zeit | Inhalt |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16.10.2018 | 19-22 Uhr | Einführung, Seekarten |
| 2 | 23.10.2018 | 19-22 Uhr | Position, Distanz, Kurs, Log |
| 3 | 30.10.2018 | 19-22 Uhr | Seezeichen 1 |
| 4 | 06.11.2018 | 19-22 Uhr | Seezeichen 2, Missweisung, Ablenkung |
| 5 | 13.11.2018 | 19-22 Uhr | Wind- und Stromabdrift |
| 6 | 20.11.2018 | 19-22 Uhr | Peilungen 1 |
| 7 | 27.11.2018 | 19-22 Uhr | Peilungen 2 |
| 8 | 04.12.2018 | 19-22 Uhr | Gezeiten 1 |
| 9 | 11.12.2018 | 19-22 Uhr | Gezeiten 2 |
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| 10 | 15.01.2019 | 19-22 Uhr | Seerecht, Seemannschaft |
| 11 | 22.01.2019 | 19-22 Uhr | Meteo 1 |
| 12 | 29.01.2019 | 19-22 Uhr | Meteo 2 |
| 13 | 24.02.2019 | 08.30-17 Uhr | Testprüfung |
| 14 | Sa im März 2019 | Prüfung (Daten 2019 noch nicht bekannt, siehe www.sya.ch) |
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Register hereTheory is: Knowing how it works, but nothing functions
Practise is: When everyone knows how it works, but nobody knows whyFranziska Straden Treasurer @ Ocean Youth Sailing
Off-shore license - practise cruise
In order to put theory into practise we offer training cruises. Routing, crew management and sailing manoeuvres are some of the points that will be practised on the ocean in combination with watching dolphins and enjoying sunsets. As soon as the catamaran will be ready to sail in mid 2018, we will publish more details regarding training cruises.
Impressions from past cruises
You have never sailed before?
No worries. We had to lean it as well. The Jugendsegeln Steckborn is the ideal place.
Further infos and applicationSailing courses at Jugendsegeln Steckborn
You are older than five years, and you would like to learn the basics of sailing? The year around courses and the summer sailing week with the Jugendsegeln Steckborn are just right for you. Certified J+S coaches teach you on optimists, lasers and 29er dinghies. More advanced sailors can rent boats.
Prerequisites
Age: 5 or older, enjoying wind and water
Course overview
Weekly year course from spring to fall on optimists, lasers and 29er as well as a summer sailing week during the summer vacation
Information
Contact and registration
Jugendsegeln Steckborn, 8266 Steckborn, Schweiz, info@jugendsegeln.ch
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Our instructors in action
Our Instructors in action
The Ocean Youth Sailing sets high values on a good quality instruction. We assure this on one hand by our longtime experience in teaching teens in the Jugendsegeln Steckborn and OYS, and on the other hand by a professional training of the instructors. A part of the instructors hold the Royal Yacht Master Offshore license and the other part the swiss off-shore license. Therefore, we can combine the practical knowledge of the Royal Yacht Master training with the theory of the swiss off-shore license.