ATHENS SAILING ACADEMY TEACHES YOU HOW TO SAIL IN GREECE
ASA SAILING COURSES IN THE GREEK ISLANDS
Yacht crew and skipper licenses available in One week live on board a yacht classes.
Athens Sailing Academy is an English sailing school Greece teaching sailing in Greece, and offering sailing school holidays. Athens Sailing Academy Greece is the oldest ASA sailing school in Europe. The school was founded in 2005 and we have been a sailing school in Greece since. We teach in the Saronic Gulf/Cyclades Islands because both offer excellent sailing conditions. The weather can vary from a placid force 3, more importantly to a much more exciting force 6. Sea and wave conditions are placid and not often rough. It’s always sunny and the water temperature in the mid-summer is very warm. All this makes the need for fleeces and wet weather gear redundant. The islands and ports that we visit are typically Greek and un-spoilt, where you will meet many interesting characters. You will find many deserted coves and bays where few yachts go.
SAILING SCHOOL LICENSES.
The Athens Sailing School offers novice and experienced sailors, the opportunity to advance their sailing skills. Our unique courses are all one week trips, that can be Private or Group style. Once you pass your course it will certify you for an Internationally accepted skipper license. With this license you can charter your own ‘Bareboat Yacht‘ from any of the major yacht charter companies. The ASA license is internationally recognized all over the World. From the USA to Europe also Asia as well as Australia.
For the more advanced sailors who want to experience long sailing trips and learn more sailing skills, such as watch keeping and night sailing, we offer our 10 day mile building trips . These cruises are designed for the more adventurous in mind.
PRIVATE TUITION.
The Athens sailing school Greece offers “PRIVATE TUITION” with one of our qualified instructors. A couple can take “PRIVATE” courses for a week. This gives you a more personnel teaching environment and the opportunity to progress at your own speed. Families can also enjoy private sailing classes, bring your children young and teens and enjoy sailing together while qualifying for your Skippers License. Sailors who have passed their Skippers license can also progress through the higher ASA classes because the sailing school offers ASA 105 and ASA 106 to Coastal Skipper level.
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SAILING COURSES
As a beginner this is your starting point to obtain your Skippers license. ASA 101+103 in a weeks live onboard class.
Once you have acquired your Yacht Crew certification and accumulated your 80hrs logged sailing time you can apply to take your Skippers License.
ATHENS SAILING SCHOOL offers many different ASA sailing courses, our 3 most popular courses,
Yacht Crew license , Bareboat Skipper license and our popular MILE BUILDING CRUISE.
YACHT CREW CERTIFICATION.
Our basic sailing courses train a novice from no knowledge to a sailor who can tie knots, steer a sailing yacht, understand basic navigation and be a responsible crew member on a sea passage.
MILE BUILDING CRUISE.
Our Mile building cruises, you will undertake qualifying passages for your ASA/RYA certificates. Distances of over 60nm nonstop, as well as night sails, will be the order of the day. You will learn about sailing in a watch system, cooking at sea, and the fun of sailing in open waters.
SKIPPERS BAREBOAT LICENSE.
Students who have already passed their Yacht Crew and accumulated their 80 hrs sailing requirement can now progress to the full Bare Boat Skipper. The course is conducted as a live-aboard cruise.
ABOUT THE SCHOOL
ATHENS SAILING ACADEMY AN ASA SAILING SCHOOL IN EUROPE.
The school was founded in 2005 as a way to pay back to the sailing community for all the years the head instructor enjoyed as a successful Captain in the marine industry.
The school teaches the ASA syllabus for recreational sailing, taking beginner and experienced sailors to a proficient level of sailing.