Captain Chris has almost 30 years and many thousands of miles of sailing experience in craft ranging from single handed dinghies to 60 ft ocean racers and has the British Royal Yachting Association’s ‘Yachtmaster Instructor’ qualification. This is the highest qualification for teaching awarded by sailing’s British governing body.

Captain Chris’s wealth of experience and knowledge is at your fingertips when you charter on ‘Anticia’.   Depending entirely on you and how much you want to learn Chris can teach you some of the following aspects of sailing:

Sailing theory	How do sails work?
	Points of sail and the wind.
	Sail trim.
	The jargon explained.
Theory in to practice	Hoisting and setting sails.
	Steering a course under sail.
	Man overboard.
	Safety at sea.
Seamanship	Rope handling.
	Steering and manoeuvring under power.
	Anchoring.
Navigation	Tides.
	Latitude and longitude.
	Charts and plotting your position.
	Navigating witout electronics.
	GPS and navigating with electronics.
	Rules of the road.
	The weather and its importance to us.
Ship's systems	Diesel engine maintenance and care.
	Batteries and their management.
	Refrigeration.
	Fresh water systems.
Cruising	Passage planning.
	Provisioning.

How much you learn is entirely up to you, your group and what you want to do.