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"Pioneers" Sail Camp

13-17 years 

 

 

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Pioneer Sail Camp Facts: 

  • age 13  - 17
  • 5 days or 7 days
  • UK based (Solent and South coast)
  • all levels of sailing experience
  • ideal for beginners
  • introduction to marine biology
  • RYA Tuition and certificates
  • Duke of Edinburgh Residential (Gold level)

Possible Activities

Activities Chart Pioneer

In addition to sailing you could be coasting on inflatable canoeing and SUPs, swimming and snorkelling, rock pooling and learning about marine science, going on treasure hunts, or engaging in a friendly competition with the other boats in your flotilla. *

*Activities are subject to availability and weather conditions

Joining Information

Our Pioneer Sail Camps run for 5 or 7 consecutive days. Full joining instructions containing joining and departure times, details of where to find your yacht and your Sail Camp crew, along with a kit list will be sent to you prior to the course upon completion of your booking. 

Some of our voyages will have a different embarkation and disembarkation port. Please check this carefully before booking return travel arrangements.   

We recommend not booking any travel before you receive your booking confirmation and joining instructions.

We recommend booking travel insurance for all our Sail Camps and courses. Please note that sailing might be considered a “high risk activity” by your insurance company and make sure it is included in your insurance package.

Accommodation

On board yachts*, in 2 berth cabins. You may be required to share a cabin with another person of the same sex in your age group.

* In the event of COVID19 restrictions we will be looking at alternative accommodation arrangements. This may increase the cost of the voyage. 

RYA Completion Weekends for Sail Camp participants

 

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Our RYA completion weekends are an opportunity for our Sail Camp participants to complete RYA certificates they have started on one of our Sail Camps. This could be an RAY Day Skipper for our more experienced Sail Campers, or a Competetent Crew certificate for sailing novices who need a little more practise than a 7-day Sail Camp can offer, to achieve this level of experience.
If you are unsure if an RYA completion weekend is for you, please don't hesitate to get in touch, and we will discuss your options with you.

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"Pioneers" Sail Camp 

5 & 7 days - Summer Holiday Adventures

 

The Summer just got awesome!

Our UK-based summer Sail Camps for 13-17 years are our most popular Sail Camp adventure programmes.  "Pioneer" Sail Camps are the perfect choice for those with limited to no previous experience as well as those with some experience.

Learn to sail, learn about the marine environment and micro plastics, learn about yourself… Gain confidence and meet new and amazing friends with whom you’ll create memories to last a lifetime!

"Brilliant! Our son, 17, had an amazing time. Superb organisation, extremely professional. Young people clearly had lots of fun, organisers were very careful to make the participants fit as best possible (age, goals etc.), loads learnt, great time had. Great communication too, both with parents and kids. Friendly, welcoming, uncomplicated, motivated. Could not be happier, great summer camp for young people. And they even organised splendid weather on the Solent :) Thank-you!"

Martina K., UK

Get set for the summer camp adventure of a lifetime...

Together with your crew you will be exploring the UK South Coast and Solent with all its beautiful islands and fishing ports, its bays and smugglers’ coves and abundance of marine wildlife.

Although the Sail Camp programme’s main emphasis is on everything above and below the water, you and your crew will also get the opportunity to go exploring ashore. Hike to places of outstanding beauty, explore creeks and rivers by canoe or paddle board, learn about micro-plastic and its impact on marine wildlife while helping to protect the environment with a beach clean-up, and have a BBQ on the beach while watching the sunset.

 

 

 

Book your Sail Camps Adventure 

Here are the Pioneers Sail Camps currently available for teens 13-17yrs. 

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5 Day Sail Camp UK

UK Pioneers Programme  

13 - 17 Years

5 day Sail Camp - Solent

07 August -11 August 2023
Limited spaces

Southampton to Southampton

£995.00
 

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5 Day Sail Camp UK

UK Pioneers Programme  

13 - 17 Years

5 day Sail Camp - Solent

14 August - 18 August 2023
 

Southampton to Southampton

£995.00

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7 Day Sail Camp UK

Pioneer Programme

13 - 17 Years 

7 Day Sail Camp - Solent

19 August - 25th August 2023

Southampton to Southampton

£1,295.00

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Be part of Flotilla Life...

You will live on a yacht with up to 9 other adventurers of the same age, as well as a professional Skipper and Mate. You will be working as a team to sail your boat towards your next adventure, and before you know it, you will all be friends. On most Sail Camps, your yacht will be sailing as part of a flotilla to give you the best of both worlds – the tightly knit friendship with your fellow crew mates AND the fun of activities and get-together with a larger group.

Science@Sea

Our 7 day Pioneer Summer Sail camp's include elements of Quaystage Training's Sceince@Sea programme.  On board you will spend some of your time learning about Marine Life and biodiversity, looking at the impact of micro plastics, assisting with conducting a health check of the Solent.  

Achieve something special...

 

While all of our Sail Camps are open to all levels of sailing experience, our Pioneer Sail Camps are the perfect choice for those with no or little previous experience.  

The sheltered waters of the Solent are the perfect environment to learn how to sail, and yet it offers a multitude of amazing places to explore.

Under the guidance of our professional crew you will learn and improve the skills you need to sail a yacht, explore the marine environment surrounding you and gain confidence as you are challenging yourself on a new adventure.

Moreover, our Pioneer Sail Camps can count towards the Residential section of your Gold DofE programme, and RYA Start Yachting.

Would you like to get even more out of your Sail Camp experience?

 

Our RYA completion weekends are an opportunity for our Sail Camp participants to complete RYA certificates they have started on one of our Sail Camps. This could be an RAY Day Skipper for our more experienced Sail Campers, or a Competetent Crew certificate for sailing novices who need a little more practise than a 7-day Sail Camp can offer to achieve this level of experience.

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RYA Completion Weekends for 2023 Sail Camps:

 

 

 

RYA Completion Weekends

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RYA Completion Weekend

13 - 18 Years 

11 August - 13 August 2023
Southampton to Southampton

£300.00
(in combination with a Sail Camp booking)

£450.00
(as an independent booking of RYA Start Yachting course)

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RYA Completion Weekend

13 - 18 Years 

25 August - 27 August 2023
Southampton to Southampton

£300.00
(in combination with a Sail Camp booking)

£450.00
(as an independent booking of RYA Start Yachting course)

Book Now
 

Join a Sail Camp with your whole family!

Are you looking for a unique opportunity this summer to spend some quality time with your family and make some memories together that you will never forget?
Join us on a 3 to 5-day adventure for parents and children this August!

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