VO60 - Big Boat Training

Thursday, 14. May 2026  08:00 -- Sunday, 17. May 2026  17:00

Location : Izola / Slownia

Big Boat Training for cruising and regatta sailors interested in larger yachts.

Our training boats are 2 Volvo Ocean 60, one of them the ex Amer Sports Too, which was skippered at the Volvo Ocean Race 2001-2002 by Lisa McDonald.

Date:
May. 05. - 08. 2022

Coach:
Andreas Hanakamp (Volvo OCean Race Skipper 2008-2009)

Contents:

• Seamanship
• Big Boat Manoeuvre with large crew
• Operation of Coffe Grinders
• Operation of backstays
• Big Boat gennaker sailing and jibes
• Different gennaker drop manoeuvres,
• Safety briefing Big Boat
• Sail change of different sails (genoa and gennaker), code 0, trysail and storm jib
• Data processing on board

Port of departure:
Izola / Slovenia