Mile Builder Trips

Three big mile builder trips in 2013 plus other trips with less sailing and a gentler pace including the D-Day beaches trip. To build miles and experience we also will do a spare place on a course or weekend from £100 just drop me an e-mail.

ID	Join	Likely Finish	Event	Price	Spaces
WS105	10 May 17:00	12 May 17:00	Cruising Trip	£-	0	Email Wild Spirit
			Steady weekend cruise with all meals on board. Full
WS132	2 Jun 18:12	7 Jun 16:12	D-Day	£495	0	Email Wild Spirit
			After a break due to a clash with racing dates the ever popular D-Day trip returns. We meet Sunday evening 2nd June and will sail across either through the night or on Monday. We will visit ports such as St Vaast, Arromanche and Port en Bessin. If the weather is right we will anchor in the remains of the Mulberry harbour (Port Winston) off Arromanche on the night of 5th and go ashore up Gold Beach. Landing on a D-day beach on the anniversary is something you will never forget. You can do Competent Crew on this trip.-
WS112	18 Jun 17:00	28 Jun 17:00	South Brittany Cruise	£595	1	Email Wild Spirit
			The first of our big cruises. A couple of longer legs, probably one overnight and several good meals out. We start in La Trinite–close to La Rcohelle airport or we will have a car going out.Finish in Lymington. Last place Offer now only £400 probable place in car out or cheap flights to la Rochelle.
WS113	3 Jul 17:00	8 Jul 17:00	RYA Course	£450	4	Email Wild Spirit
			Additional RYA course.Weds evening to Monday afternoon so only 3 days off work. save £100 of normal price–only £450
WS115	19 Jul 17:00	23 Jul 17:00	Long Weekend Cruise	££375	4	Email Wild Spirit
			Probably France but if the wind is right we might run down to Dartmouth and back by Weymouth. friday evening to Tuesday afternoon. Book by 1st June and save £75
WS120	19 Aug 17:00	30 Aug 17:00	Isles of Scilly Cruise	£595	4	Email Wild Spirit
			Our third big cruise Starts Plymouth and finishes Lymington. The Isles of Scilly are beautiful and the best way to see them is on a Yacht. How long we spend there is weather dependent. Start is Plymouth Monday evening and finish is Lymington. We may have an overnight and will also visit some west country ports such as Fowey. This one is £100 cheaper as there is a small probability that we may be delayed or even worse–it hasn’t happened in the last 8 years but it could.

We run with a maximum of 6 on board for most trips and we stop to see places and have a good meal out. This is different from a non-stop Delivery trip which some companies run when they need a yacht moving from A to B.
Wild Spirit is a MCA coded vessel with full safety spec and the skipper will normally be me (Yachtmaster Ocean Commercial with over 60,000NM logged+ RYA/ISAF Instructor) or Phil who is also a YM Commercial plus Instructor with 20,000 miles logged.

In 2010 we sailed round Britain and Ireland and even went out to St Kilda. In 2011 our destinations included the Isles of Scilly and the always popular D-Day beaches trip. In 2012 we cruised round Ireland for 6 weeks.These include Yachtmaster qualifying passages and are great for single people and couples. These cruises are an excellent opportunity for those wanting to build miles for RYA qualifications and many of our sailing courses pupils take at least one cruise with us. Weekends may see us in the Solent, going round the Island or to Weymouth or Poole. Long weekends may include a night crossing, or early morning start, for France or Alderney.  All our cruises include at least one good meal out, this and drinks ashore are not included in the cost. We also eat well on board, this plus not filling up every berth led Sailing Today to describe us as ‘Hassle free sailing at its best’. We take the opportunity to visit local points of interest, markets etc. Our cruises include the Channel Islands and the Normandy beaches–full. I know where to go and have selflessly researched restaurants, museums, markets etc. Wild Spirit is a fast cruiser which has completed Fastnets and sailed around Britain including St Kilda. She is more comfortable than many yachts with hot water, a full heating system and plenty of room for everyone to sit down below or in the cockpit. Whilst she is coded for 10 people we normally have 6 on board when cruising.

Her safety equipment fully meets legal requirements and includes Radar an Electronic Position Indicating Radio Beacon AIS and ‘sea brake’ system. I am a commercial Ocean Yachtmaster and Royal Yachting Association Instructor who has sailed over 60,000 miles including Royal Ocean Racing Club events in severe conditions.

updated 2/12/12