The Young Sailors' Academy is a special and beloved project. Organization of children's family trips on yachts is always a responsible task, you need to provide every detail. But the result is worth it! Summer 2021: 1 shift: 31.07 - 7.08 (Split) 2 shift: 7.08 - 14.08 (Dubrovnik) We are continuing the seventh season of family yachting. There will be many new and interesting things! 
WHAT IS THAT?
The Academy of Young Navigators is more than a yacht! We know from experience: a sea trip on a yacht with active training and participation in the life of a boat is a complete change of the usual picture and type of activity, a reboot of adults and children, a cool alternative to the usual hotel tourism. Children's regattas are an opportunity to live a new, unlike anything else emotional experience of traveling with a child, in which there are no passive roles. Parents discover their children from new angles, see their wisdom and courage, their readiness to work together and overcome difficulties, their happiness every minute at sea. 
WHAT IS THE FORMAT?
Format: active rest of children with parents.On the water 3-4 hours a day. During sea crossings, captains share their knowledge on yacht management, laying routes, setting sails and more.Overnights in ports and anchors in quiet coves.Lots of swimming, games and walks.New knowledge and skills.
Under the guidance of experienced captains and counselors, the team embarks on a week-long maritime expedition on comfortable cruise yachts. We select qualified skippers who teach the participants of the expedition to seawork and charge adults and children with a love of the sea and adventure!
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?
Together with the captains, we will raise sails, stand at the helm and lay out routes on maps. Together with the counselors, we will learn how to knit sea knots, have a picnic on a desert island, climb a mountain, sing many songs together, sway in the “pirate swing” and properly salt in the “pirate jacuzzi”! We will learn to find the North Star, the Big and Little Dipper in the night sky. While children have fun, parents can devote their free time to their hobbies, and can join the children, which is often no less, but more interesting! You don’t have to worry about what to do with your kids on vacation. Especially for parents, we have come up with a “parenting hour” – every evening counselors will pick up children and watch a film on the deck under the stars, discuss the past day and make plans for the next, giving parents the opportunity to sit after dinner for a glass of wine or walk along the shore. 
HOW IS FOOD ORGANIZED?
Breakfast and lunches are prepared on yachts together or in turn, each crew on their own boat. Dinners are usually at restaurants on the beach. Products are purchased from the ship's cash register. The cash register is formed by the crew, usually about 80 euros per week per person. Restaurants and alcohol are not included in the cash register. 
HOW DO WE LIVE?
Children and parents live on boats in comfortable double cabins. 5 cabins have 3 bathrooms with shower and hot water (depending on the model of the boat). Each boat has its own kitchen with everything you need. 
Children's regatta is when training necessarily alternates with entertainment and rest. Transitions are small – 1.5-3 hours, every day we land on new beaches and spend a lot of time in traffic on the shore. And no gadgets! First of all, no time! Secondly, nobody remembers!
WHAT DOES THAT DO?
By the end of the journey, parents and child will know what the work of a sailor, a boatsman, a navigator, a radio operator, an assistant captain is, as well as what a gazebo knot is, how to knit faucets, stuff a duck, give and receive moorings and loudly shout “anchor is clear” when we embark on the journey. In addition to new experiences and vivid memories, you will have new friends. And they will appear not only in children, but also in their parents! Yachting unites whole families around the world who are happy to visit each other and meet at new regattas! 
SAFETY AND HEALTH
All participants of the yacht journey are insured. Insurance with extension for active rest on the water. The first aid kit on the yacht will be quite voluminous, but if you have special prescriptions, then take the necessary medicines with you. It is also important to carefully complete a medical questionnaire for each participant.
FROM WHAT AGE CAN CHILDREN BE TAKEN TO REGATTA?
Children's programs are designed on average for children from 6 to 12 years. If you are younger, you need to talk and discuss. We have four-year-olds who feel great and fit perfectly into the team. Children younger - it can be difficult in camping conditions, but most importantly, it can be difficult for you, parents. If in doubt, let's communicate, call us or write to the votsap and discuss everything. All our captains in children's regattas are dads, so they will be able to both captivate children with sail and find a common language with them. 
As for children over 12 years old – we unite them according to interests in a separate group – they either help counselors and are real assistant captains. 
HOW DOES OUR DAY LOOK?
8:30-9:00 - morning exercise with our counselors right on the beach
9.00 – 10.30 breakfast, preparing yachts for the sea
11.00 – 13.00 – crossing, sailing, swimming, “pirate swing”, “pirate jacuzzi”
13.00 - 14.00 - lunch
14.00 – 16.00 – transition to the place of night parking
16.00 – 17.00 – mooring of the flotilla at the place of night parking
17.00 – 18.00 – program of counselors for children
18.00 – 20.00 – time for dinner
20.30 – 22.00 – program for children with counselors and a separate program for adults 
OUR ROUTE
Day 1
Meet at ACI Marina Dubrovnik at 15:00. In the welcome zone of the Friendly Regatta, you will find ice prosecco, water and ice cream. Counselors will take the children to meet, and parents will need to organize the purchase of products in their crews for the next 2-3 days. We will provide an approximate list of purchases, the rest - if desired. At 18:00, the captains will invite the crews to the yachts, you will receive a briefing. We settle in, lay out things and products, at 20:00 dinner - the opening of the regatta. We do not leave the port this evening, but we will spend the night by boat. This is important for the body to begin to adapt to swaying.
Day 2
We leave early in the morning and head to Lopud Island, swim in front of the beaches and move to the night parking to the island of Shipan. The evening program is an introduction.
Day 3
Today we will reach the island of Mljet and those who wish to visit the salt lakes on a small boat. The place is called Polac, located in Mljet National Park.
Day 4
We're going to Korcula Island, home of Marco Polo. Beautiful streets of the old town with Venetian architecture. Overnight in the marina. White party and award ceremony in nominations.
Day 5
Our journey today will lead us to Okukla (the island of Mljet). Traditionally a fishing area, local restaurants are famous for a variety of fish dishes.
Day 6
Sailing program, night parking in Slano Bay. There are not only pebble and sandy beaches, but also architectural monuments: a Franciscan monastery, a 15th century palace, several churches and chapels of the 14th-18th centuries
Day 7
Return to the home marina to “discover” secret friends, hold the final dinner of our regatta and get your logbooks – personalized books that dress up your sailing experience with the route, the number of miles, the force of the wind with the seal and the captain’s signature. And experienced seafarers will get new filled lines in their logbooks and a whole week of new experiences and memories!
Day 8
Packing up, saying goodbye to new and old friends, leaving the yachts until 9 a.m. See you again under sail!
*The route can be changed by the decision of the master and the organizers due to weather conditions
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