Hobart 5 Day Mile Builder
Our Hobart 5 Day sail may look a little like this.
Our sail on the Derwent River, Storm Bay, D’Entrecasteaux Channel and beyond will have us exploring a plethora of magnificent cruising grounds with many coves, bays and islands to seek a protected anchorage or harbour.
There is the option to complete sail training whilst aboard (RYA Certificate) including RYA Competent Crew, Day Skipper, Coastal Skipper For Day and Coastal Skipper, there are shore based courses to complete prior to our sail.
There will be all levels of experience aboard with participants completing different courses based on his/her level of experience. Your instructor will tailor the learning to meet each participants learning goals whilst also ensuring each participant develops the confidence and skills/knowledge to continue safe and harmonious sailing into the future.
Please note, for safety and comfort of our sail, routes and anchorages will be altered to suit our variables – weather and tide.
Day One
Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania, Sandy Bay to Bruny Island
- Dinghy ashore to explore
- Anchor overnight
- Distance: 15nm
- Sail training will include knots, lassoing, manoeuvring in tight spaces, berthing, helming, sail plan and points of sail; anchoring and safe tender usage.
Day Two
Bruny Island to Port Arthur
- Dinghy ashore to explore
- Anchor overnight
- Distance: 45 nm
- Sail training will include navigation, passage planning, meteorology, tides/tidal streams, Crew Overboard, safe down wind sailing (setting a preventer and goosewinging), sailing onto/off a mooring buoy
Day Three
Port Arthur to Cloudy Bay, Bruny Island
- Beach walk
- Anchor overnight
- Distance: 45 nm
- Sail training will include heaving to, knots, helming, passage planning, Day/Coastal Skippers ‘skippering’ for the day, night pilotage for Coastal Skippers
Day Four
Cloudy Bay to Cygnet
- Beach walk
- Anchor overnight
- Distance: 35nm
- Sail training: Crew Overboard practice; navigation; crew presentations on a relevant topics
Day Five
Cygnet to RYCT
- Distance: 40nm
- Sail training will include consolidating the weeks learnings; manoeuvring and berthing practice.
