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! In the summer of 2020, we open the sixth 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 spend the sixth year in a row on family yachts, 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 long-awaited replacement for the annual overland package 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 LIKE?
The format is 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.
HOW'S IT GOING?
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 GONNA 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, learn all about the lives of real sailors, make a play and make a film, build sand castles, have a picnic on a desert island and find a treasure! We will also see the North Star, find the Big and Little Dipper in the night starry 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 or read them a book, giving parents the opportunity to sit after dinner over a glass of wine or walk through the romantic streets of cities.
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!
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 enough from 50 to 100 euros per week per person. Restaurants and alcohol are not included in the cash register
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 not only appear 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. In addition, in all shifts with us will be an experienced pediatrician from the clinic EMC (European Medical Center). 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.
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, we need to talk and discuss. We have four-year-olds who feel great and fit perfectly into the team. Younger children 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. 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. In coordination with parents, we can form a separate boat with teenagers, where there will be an experienced counselor and experienced captain, and where the guys will fully provide for their lives and manage the boat. This yacht will be in the same flotilla as everyone else, so at all stops and swims we will all be together.
HHOW 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
Meeting point at the marina Port Gocek (Nearest city/airport - Dalaman, Turkey (DLM/TR)
Day 1. Meeting participants in Port Gocek at 17:00. Security briefing, introduction, welcome dinner.
Day 2. From Göcek we pass to Gemiler (St. Nicholas Island). We will arrange quests and games to get to know each other better. You can climb the mountain and see the sights of the first monastery founded by St. George. Nicholas.
Day 3. Sarsala. We will eat a lamb on the grill and enjoy the beautiful views.
Day 4. Marmaris.
Day 5. Marmaris - Chiftlick Beautiful cove, beautiful beach. We'll have a lot of bathing and a beach party.
Day 6. Chiftlik - Maimarina (Dollan). If time permits, you can take a river tour and catch crabs.
Day 7. Return to the home marina in Port Gocek. Regatta closing. Farewell dinner. Opening "secret friend".
Day 8. In the morning we leave the boats and return home. Farewell hugs. See you again on sail! The route may be changed by the captain's decision due to weather conditions.
