ASA Advanced Sailing Courses & Mile-Building Cruises
Build Confidence, Experience, and Sea Miles in the Greek Islands
Unless you’re a full-time sailor, accumulating the sea miles needed for your ASA logbook can be a long and costly process. Our ASA Advanced Sailing Courses and Mile-Building Cruises are designed to fast-track your progress — helping you gain valuable miles, hands-on experience, and confidence in handling larger yachts.
Sail under the sun, explore the Greek Islands, and log miles toward your next certification — all in one unforgettable experience.
Learn, Sail & Log Miles
During a typical leisure charter, you might cover short distances and spend most of your time relaxing at anchor.
Our mile-building programs take a different approach — combining adventure and instruction to help you qualify for ASA or RYA certifications through real sailing challenges.
You’ll experience:
⛵ Non-stop passages of 60+ nautical miles
🌙 Night sailing and watch-keeping rotations
🍳 Cooking and living at sea
🧭 Navigation and passage planning in open waters
Each trip focuses on teamwork, endurance, and seamanship — the key elements of advanced sailing proficiency.
Hands-On Experience as an Active Crew Member
There’s no fixed syllabus — you’ll be a working part of the crew, participating in every aspect of the voyage.
If you already hold an ASA or RYA Skipper’s Certificate, you’ll have the opportunity to take command of the yacht under instructor supervision, refining your leadership and decision-making skills at sea.
This is real-world sailing — dynamic, immersive, and rewarding.
Why Choose Greece for Your Advanced Sailing Course
☀️ Warm, reliable sailing conditions year-round
🏝️ Scenic islands and diverse anchorages
🍷 Authentic Greek culture, food, and hospitality
🌊 Clear blue waters perfect for both training and relaxation
Experience the freedom of offshore sailing while exploring the Saronic Gulf and Aegean Sea — a natural classroom for sailors aiming to go further.
Who This Course Is For
ASA students looking to log qualifying miles
Sailors preparing for ASA 105/106 or RYA Coastal/Offshore Skipper
Anyone ready to gain real experience beyond coastal day sails
No matter your level, you’ll return with more confidence, more miles, and more stories to tell.
Join Our Next Mile-Building Cruise
🗓️ Duration: 7 days
📍 Base: Poros Island, Greece
🎓 Certification: ASA qualifying passages
👩✈️ Experience Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Reserve your berth now and start building your sea miles under the Greek sun.
What to Expect Onboard – Offshore Sailing Courses
What to expect onboard Off-Shore
Life onboard during your course will reflect an active yacht while passage making. You will be paired off with another student and be a watch team. As such you will have daily duties and days off. ‘On’ watch teams will be responsible for the running of the yacht, both in setting up the yacht on deck as well as down below domestic chores. You will be required to cook and clean, as well as drop anchor and put away the yacht after a day’s sail.
A Typical Day at Sea
This is not a sailing holiday where you sit back and watch the instructor do the work. You are the crew, and the yacht is your classroom. From the moment you get up in the morning until we secure the boat in port, everyone has a job to do and everyone is expected to contribute.
The day begins early. Breakfast is scheduled for 0800, and the “mother watch” is responsible for getting breakfast on the table, keeping the galley organised, and taking care of the day’s domestic duties below deck. At the same time, the “deck watch” is already getting the yacht ready to sail—checking the deck and equipment, preparing the sails, reviewing the weather and passage plan, and working with the instructor to make sure everything required for the day’s sailing is ready.
The deck watch may also make a quick trip to the village bakery, help get the crew organised and out of their bunks, and make sure the yacht is prepared for departure. These responsibilities rotate, so everyone learns what is involved in running a yacht, not simply how to steer one.
Once underway, the yacht becomes the classroom. Lessons begin over breakfast and continue throughout the day as you sail. You will learn by doing: taking the helm, standing watches, navigating, trimming sails, reefing, anchoring, manoeuvring in confined waters, and making decisions as part of a working crew.
As conditions require, you will also be expected to develop more demanding skills—helming in stronger winds and seas, reefing correctly and efficiently, taking three-point fixes when conditions are difficult, monitoring the yacht and crew, and managing food and water while underway. Navigation is not simply something discussed over a chart; you will be expected to apply it to the yacht you are actually sailing.
The instructor is there to teach, supervise and keep the operation safe, but you are expected to become increasingly responsible for the yacht and for one another. By the end of the week, the aim is not simply that you have completed a syllabus, but that you understand what it means to function as a competent member of a sailing crew.
We will normally arrive at our destination around 5:00–6:00 pm. Once secured, there is a daily debrief to review the sailing, discuss what went well and what needs improvement, and prepare for the following day. Then the school day is over—you can relax, enjoy a drink, explore the port and experience the Greek islands before doing it all again the next morning.
