Before we had kids (so about 15 years ago), my wife and I used to spend at least a couple of weeks a year sailing with friends on bareboat charters. In total we have about 6 weeks of bareboat charter experience where the sailing was as much part of the holiday as the sunshine.
Now the kids are older we want to be able to take them with us on sailing holidays.
So we have both done DS theory and recently got back from a 5 day course for the DS practical.
So now we are looking at the next step:
1) Organise a bareboat flotilla so we have help (if we need it) with mooring/reserving berths etc.
2) Just get on with it and book a week somewhere easy - Ionian/BVI etc and take things easy.
We are pretty confident with navigation and the actual sailing bit, handling a strange boat in a busy stern-to harbour with no lazy-lines with a tricky cross wind is where nervousness would set in!
Any advice gratefully received as we are very much aware that DS is very much the first step.
Now the kids are older we want to be able to take them with us on sailing holidays.
So we have both done DS theory and recently got back from a 5 day course for the DS practical.
So now we are looking at the next step:
1) Organise a bareboat flotilla so we have help (if we need it) with mooring/reserving berths etc.
2) Just get on with it and book a week somewhere easy - Ionian/BVI etc and take things easy.
We are pretty confident with navigation and the actual sailing bit, handling a strange boat in a busy stern-to harbour with no lazy-lines with a tricky cross wind is where nervousness would set in!
Any advice gratefully received as we are very much aware that DS is very much the first step.
