Sailing Courses in Paradise
What Makes Learning with
Yachtpro Special
- We teach you the art and skills of sailing.
- We treat you as an individual and aim to fulfill
your aims and aspirations.
- We personalize our course formats with variations
in student numbers and schedules.
- We offer a variety of Course Streams to allow
you to progress yo your desired level in the way that most suits
you.
- Our live-aboard boats were new in 2007 and are
maintained to an extremely high standard.
- Most courses accommodate students in private
cabins.
- Our yachts are set-up to enable you to train
on yachts similar to those you will later sail.
- We have a non-student price should you or a
friend want to sail on the courses without tuition or certification.
- Competence and confidence at your desired level
is your reward and your international certificate will be proof
of your achievement, not simply attendance.
- Challenge a Certificate - Experienced sailors
can become certified at a level commensurate with your experience
and skills.
We recognize that it is difficult deciding how
to take your first steps in sail training. We trust the information
below is self explanatory and encourage you to contact us at inq@sailing-thailand.com
if you have any questions.
Our Training
As a professional sail training organization, our aim is to equip
you to sail safely and competently at your desired level of proficiency.
Our training, which has been developed over more than 15 years,
is constantly reviewed and refined to ensure you the optimum outcome.
In keeping with most recognized educational theories, we introduce
the concepts of sailing as a whole then broaden them and go into
more depth.
We have three entry level course options that enable you to choose
the approach which suits you.
Our syllabus criteria include those of all major training schemes
and have been designed with the benefit of a lifetime of experience
cruising and racing the world's seas. They progress from your first
sail onto Offshore Standard.
Competence and confidence at your desired level is your reward and
your international certificate will be proof of your achievement,
not simply attendance.
The proof of our effectiveness is the many people who we have introduced
to sailing and now who are cruising and racing around the world,
both professionally and recreationally.
Our Approach
While our approach to training is serious, our philosophy is that
you should learn in a relaxed, friendly environment.
Your sailing should be fun, safe and both individually and collectively
rewarding.
If you're having fun, you'll learn faster.
We endeavor to cater for everybody's personal aspirations and requirements.
To be a good sailor and to enhance the benefits of training, a thorough
basic knowledge is imperative. Our progressive approach facilitates
speed of learning and skill acquisition, and the integration of
theoretical and practical components maximises long-term benefits.
Timely and correct decision making is imperative for your safety
and we aim to equip you to make your own decisions in a relatively
short time frame.
We recognise previous sailing experience without formal qualifications,
and undertake courses at a commensurate level. Please when choosing
a course, look carefully at the pre-requisites and ensure you are
comfortable at the level prior to the course you are choosing.
To ensure effective training, we use appropriate vessel's for the
student's experience level and area of training.
All our training vessels are performance oriented designs and are
set up as private owners' vessels rather than charter or fleet boats.
Within our fleet, we can demonstrate just about every sailing system
the recreational sailor would expect to find.
We approach our job very seriously and enjoy sailing; we make every
endeavour to ensure you do too.
Course Standards
Our standards include details of the course aims, yachts, their
equipment levels and the course subjects.
On the relevant course pages we you can download the relevant Course
Standard we maintain.
Course Structure
Our courses enable you to get the most cost effective and focused
training.
We recognize that the vast majority of our students are spending
their holiday time with us and want to enjoy learning to sail on
board rather than in a classroom.
At the initial levels, we combine our theoretical and practical
components to maximize time on the water.
We encourage students aiming at more advanced levels to study the
appropriate theory components prior to arrival and provide theory
sessions to ensure they are equipped.
We have specific pages for each type of course we run, all starting
from novice level.
Recreational and Cruising Courses - Whether you want to skipper
a yacht of your own, or a bareboat on vacation, or crew on a yacht
cruising the world's oceans, these are for you. Check the course
stream download by clicking here.
Fast Track (multiple certificate) Courses are on the same
"stream" as the Recreational and Cruising Courses and enable you
to progress from novice to quite advanced levels quickly. Check
the course
stream download by clicking here.
Racing Courses are run in crew units enabling you to take
your new found skills home to your race course. Check the course
stream download by clicking here.
Booking Basis and Formats
We have four different booking basis for each course we
offer:
Group Course - Shared Cabin - more than 3 students - may
be booked by individuals - these courses have programmed commencement
dates.
3 Student Course - Private Cabin - 3 Students - may be booked
by individuals - these courses have programmed commencement dates.
2 Student Courses - a maximum two students - these courses
are programmed to suit your travel plans.
Private Courses - Private courses for individuals - these
courses are programmed to suit your travel plans.
Course Period
This is in Days and varies with the number of students
Type
We differentiate our Sail Training into either:
Day - Sailing during the day from our Yacht Haven Marina base with
accommodation required on shore.
Live-aboard - Living on board the Yacht.
Prices and Inclusions
Our prices are available on pdf. Downloads linked to the various
courses on this site and will be confirmed when you inquire direct
with us.
They are in Thai Baht excluding VAT
Included in the Course Prices are:
- Day Sailing Courses* - All Yacht
Running Expenses, Lunches (on full day sails), Drinking Water
on Board, Yachtpro Course Notes, Examination and Accreditation
Fees and a Yacht Pro T-Shirt.
- Live-aboard Courses - All Yacht
Running Expenses, Meals, Soft drinks & Snacks, Yachtpro Course
Notes, Examination, Accreditation Fees and a Yacht Pro T-Shirt
with Navigation Packs supplied on Bareboat Charter and Coastal
Navigation Courses.
- Self Purchase of Texts - We recommend
you purchase texts for pre-study before you leave. We stock them
but they are usually more expensive here due to freight and tax.
A list of recommended texts is on our Texts and Books page.
- Yachtpro Notes - These are a supplement
to the texts and have been written from experience and from the
feedback of past students.
*For Keelboat Courses: the American Sailing Association
New Student Pack and Registration is included.
Instructor:Student Ratio
Reduced student numbers allows greater instructor time with each
student and enable course durations to be condensed.
To illustrate this you can simply divide the number of students
into the time available:
5 days for One instructor & 3 students = Instructor time /Student
= 5/3 = 1.66 days
4 days for One instructor & 2 students = Instructor time /Student
= 4/2 = 2.00 days
The shorter course durations enable you to train to a higher standard
in a given time.
It also means that to get to a given standard, the shorter course
durations save living expenses here. The slightly higher prices
of the Group 2 courses normally more than compensate for additional
time spent here on the Group 3 courses.
We also have the facility to combine multiple short periods to enable
local people to train without a single large time commitment, eg.
1 x Four Day Live-aboard = 2 x 2 Day Live-aboard.
Occasionally non-student positions are available on course sails
at a discounted price.
Certification
Simply handing out certificates with course completion is in
no ones' interest.
Only students who satisfy the examination components and are in
the opinion of their instructor, competent and confident at their
certified level, will be successful.
This way we can sleep at night, knowing that you will be sailing
safely.
We happily recognise previous sailing experience, without formal
qualifications, and undertake courses at a commensurate level.
We offer both ASA and ISSA Certifications and there will be more
to come soon.
For certification you will be required to complete written examinations
up to and including the level attained.
ASA "New Members" receive a new member pack from the ASA
with a variety of special offers.
Non-Cancellation Policy
Our policy is that we will not cancel courses should other students
cancel their bookings or fail to attend. We reserve the right to
format the course on the appropriate basis for the number of students
attending.
Briefing and Course Packs
On booking we provide you:
- Briefing Document
- Personal preference forms
- Your Course Program
On arrival we provide you a comprehensive personal
course pack.
Accreditations
We are accredited with the International Sailing Schools Association
(ISSA), the American Sailing Association (ASA) and the Australian
Yachting Federation (AYF) and ASA, AYF, and ISSA International World
logbooks are issued to ensure your qualifications are recognized
wherever you choose to sail.
Sailing Consolidation
We make day sailing and live-aboard yachts available
for student consolidation training.
Course Materials
You can purchase your own prior to arrival or we
have them in stock for you at our bases.
Sailing Equipment
We have a range of personal equipment for hire or
sale at our bases.
Insurance
We carry insurance cover for our vessels and all
on board. We also suggest you carry your own travel insurance.
Pricing
All of our pricing has been put into Thai Baht and
we have adopted a direct payment discount scheme that applies to
credits into our bank account and cash payments.
Prices, with relevant format options, can be downloaded here for:
Direct Payment Discount - on all courses
we offer a direct payment discount of 2.5% if payments are made
in full into our banks account or by cash.
All our prices are in Thai Baht ex VAT.
(right mouse click to download any of our pricing documents)
For making comparisons and decisions on sailing
schools we have included below the International Sailing School
Guidelines Checklist.
We have found a link that makes good reading and
should help you with your school selection: http://www.sailingcourseguide.com.
We do have some issues with a couple of points but by and large
it will give you a good overview.
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