Practical Sea School

Our Carter 30 school boat ~ Veruscka ~ is now for sale - Cat 2 coded and fully loaded with in-date safety kit and benefitting from numerous upgrades.

If you've sailed with us, you'll know what a brilliant boat Veruscka is. Come to Chichester for a viewing: https://sea.school/veruscka-sale/

Come sailing with Practical Sea School in 2025...

Since the New Year we've been busy finishing off the boat works on Veruscka and Jalapeño. Getting excited about the upcoming season of sailing as we expand our course schedule and work with a great team of instructors.

We have a few places left on courses in March and April. Book a place now or get in touch to discuss your sailing ambitions.

https://sea.school/sailing/

We've just put together a short video for those wanting to get their Day Skipper/ICC and what options we offer for this:

Beginner to Day Skipper Options Here is a brief overview of our course options up to Date Skipper/ ICC standard. We have various routes we suggest to get you up this level which will enable...

Engine in! All our hard work has really started to show this week. We loved the idea of an electric motor, but we use our engine so little that it just wasn't worth making the transition. Of course our main source of power is our sails! So instead of going electric we decided to give our old Perkins 4108 a new lease of life. We are planning on moving over to HVO fuel later this year to reduce our environmental impact and reach net zero a lot more cost effectively than it would have been if we'd gone with a big lithium bank. With the money we've saved we've been able to get ourselves a new mainsail, so we'll be able to sail further and faster.

Grateful for some winter sun. Thanks to the brilliant help from friends we were able to make the most of it. That’s a wrap on a very busy weekend of boatworks on Jalapeño - getting ready for a full year of sailing ahead!

You know a refit is getting serious when you have to order big lumps of bronze from the States! This isn't Tim mimicking Angela Merkel's power pose - this is the new steering quadrant for Jalapeño, one of the last bits of the puzzle.

Wishing you all a very happy New Year. We are mightily excited about 2024.

Now that our Christmas gift cards have been received we can share one with you. Tim enjoyed getting his calligraphy pens out for this, although claimed he was rusty! Of course the dodgy sail trim is for dramatic effect. 😆
Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. x

By popular demand we are running some TASTER DAYS this coming spring and summer onboard our recently refitted sailing boat Jalapeño. £120 per person. Bring a pack lunch.
A great Christmas gift for a loved one wanting to try stepping on a sailing boat, or the perfect group activity with family and friends. Book now before they fill up!

Free hand written calligraphy gift card included if purchased before 1st January.

Practicing helicopter rescue in the Solent today. Thank you for offering to drop in, and for the excellent piloting.

We’re so excited about going to Scotland this summer. If you want to learn to sail while having a big adventure, eating delicious food, have a look at our sailing voyages.
https://sea.school/voyages/

LEG 1 West Country Cruise
LEG 2 Falmouth to Oban Mile Builder
LEG 3 Oban to Stornoway Cruise
LEG 4 Stornoway to Oban Cruise
LEG 5 Caledonian Canal Cruise
LEG 6 Inverness to London Mile Builder
LEG 7 London to Chichester

Look forward to seeing you onboard. ⛵️💨

Our 2024 courses are now live! As well as our RYA courses we will also be voyaging to Falmouth, The Hebrides, The Caledonian Canal and London on a UK circuit with our Standfast 43 sailboat, Jalapeño. Go to our website for more details www.sea.school or get in touch to see how we can help you fulfil your sailing ambitions in 2024. Look forward to having you on board!

Nothing like some autumnal black tie…off to the Yachtmasters 50th Anniversary dinner tonight. Thanks Phil for lending me your penguin suit!