“Young Sailors' Academy” or yachting with children is a special and very beloved project. The organization of children's regattas is always a responsible task, you need to provide everything to the smallest detail. But the result is worth it! Summer 2023: 1 shift: 22.07 - 29.07 (Fethiye) 2 shift: 29.07 - 5.08 (Fethiye) We are continuing the ninth 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. This is the best holiday at sea with children! Children’s regattas are an opportunity to live a new, unlike anything else emotional experience of traveling with children, 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 at sea.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 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 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! 
More about what to take with you, you can read in the sectionQuestion and answer. To see how everything goes, you can see ourPhoto reportsandFeedback from our participants.
SAFETY AND HEALTH
All participants of the yacht journey must be insured. Insurance must be issued before the start of the shift independently with the extension to 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.
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 WhatsApp – we will 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 the age of 12, we unite them in a separate group according to their interests – they help counselors and are real assistants to captains. If these guys are recruited from 8 people on one shift, we will offer parents to combine them on a separate "teens" boat with two experienced captains. They will walk with us in the same flotilla, but they will completely arrange their life independently, as well as participate in the management of their boat. 
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.Saturday
We meet in the beautiful town of Fethiye at 15:00 in Yacht Classic Marina.
Counselors will take the children to meet, and parents will need to organize the purchase of products in their crews for a week. Please consider your lunch and breakfast menu. 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 19:00 dinner at the Mori restaurant right on the shore of the marina - the opening of the regatta. At dinner, we launch our traditional game Secret Friend.
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 on the waves.
Day 2.Sunday
Early in the morning, while the crews are asleep, the captains take the yachts out of the marina. Today is a small crossing - heading to the wild bay. Anchorage. Chilim, swim, get used to new living conditions. Charming seascape, rocky shores, the purest water of the Mediterranean Sea. The reboot begins!
Day 3.Monday
We will reach the island of Gemiler (St. Nicholas). During the transition - sailing program or "pirate swing". After lunch, we anchor off the island, where in the evening we are waiting for hilarious races on insects and sapas. At the top of the island is the most beautiful sunset view in all of Turkey, and one of the most beautiful sunset spots in the world. After sunset, for those who wish - songs to the guitar.
Day 4.Tuesday
The best breakfast on the boat. Swimming, enjoying the southern sun. In the afternoon, we move to the left side of Fethi Bay. We are heading to the dock for an overnight stay in Malaya Sarsala. There's an early dinner at a restaurant that cooks the most delicious lamb in the region. After dinner is the traditional and much-anticipated Sailing Man festival, where each boat prepares its own unique performance and meets other participants.
Day 5.Wednesday
Delicious breakfast on the yacht, swimming, morning relaxation. During the day - a small transition, anchor in a unique secluded bay with beautiful beaches, where counselors conduct a children's program, and closer to sunset on the shore, together with parents, we will all happily grind each other with holi colors (so prepare dark swimsuits or T-shirts!). Aperol chill tonight.
Day 6.Thursday
An unforgettable breakfast on the boat. Next, if the wind allows, we will arrange a small race of eight and come to the evening in the Bay of Capi Creek. We'll have dinner at the restaurant tonight and play Intuition. We don’t know why, but usually everyone laughs for two hours in a row and comes out after it super strong team and close friends! Children have an active entertainment program with counselors.
Day 7.Friday
In the morning, we refuel in Gocek and go to the parking lot in our favorite "star" - when all the boats get up in the dance, and the participants cheerfully swim in the circle formed by them to incendiary music. Return to the home marina to "discover" secret friends, host the final gala dinner of our regatta and receive your logbooks - namebooks that reflect 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.Saturday.
Packing up, cuddling with tears with new and old friends, leaving the yachts until 9:00 in the morning. 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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