Passage Planning and Pilotage with electronic charts, google earth, pilot books, and insider information!
Learn how to plan your passages and create your pilotage plans with inside information! Eddie English has been sailing Irish coastal waters for over 50 years and European waters for over 45 years and has a detailed knowledge of these areas. Share in this knowledge and make your boating safer and more enjoyable. Eddie provides an entertaining class in his own inimitable style giving you all the tricks of the trade.
These courses are to plan to sail at home and abroad. The syllabus includes crew and boat preparation, destination research including pilotage, chartwork and shoreside. Navigational planning- including chartwork, tide work, best routes and alternative destinations. Met. information before and during the trip, safety aspects, customs and legal requirements.
Presentation on Passage Planning
Each session will be run from 19:30 to 20:45.
Venue: Online
Bring: Notebook biro – any info you have on the area. A tablet if you have the relevant charts.
Booking: Places MUST be booked in advance – see links or- call SailCork on 021 4811237
Course Pre-requisites: None
Each evening we cover a different area:
2020
Hidden Cork Harbour
Scilly Isles
Tips on chartering abroad,- the Caribbean
Beyond the Mizen
Croatia
Caribbean – BVI's, Antigua, St. Vincents and the Grenadines (Available for group of 4 or more)
Galicia and North Western Spain (Available for group of 4 or more)
Brittany and North Western France (Available for group of 4 or more)
This series of courses will be repeated in the spring of 2018. If you want a special course to your chosen destination we can run a course for you and your crew – aboard your boat or at our chartroom at East Ferry Marina – call us on 021 4811237
Course Fee: Contact us please.
Passage Planning and Pilotage for Croatia including info on charter:
SailCork has been sailing the Adriatic waters for the last 10 years and have a special bond with Croatia. Prepare for your charter or sailing holiday in Croatia with Eddie English. Get the inside story and find the best anchorages, marinas and overnight destinations. Find out about each port – it's restaurants, bars and historic buildings. Learn about Croatia weather patterns and sea conditions. See the fantastic coastline from Dubrovnik to Zadar – it will make your trip to Croatia enjoyable and hassle free.
Passage Planning and Pilotage for the Cork coast:
Through dinghy sailing, powerboating, cruising and racing 
Eddie English has a very intimate knowledge of the coastline on the south west corner of Ireland. He has had a special affinity with Baltimore and the islands for over 50 years and knows every inch of the Cork coastline from Youghal to the Kenmare River. He will share his intimate knowledge of the area on this course. It is far more than just passage planning and pilotage – Eddie knows the best anchorages, piers, pubs, restaurants and who to talk to in each place. Learn more about the West and enjoy preparing to plan your trip!
Presentation: The Cork Coast
Passage Planning and Pilotage for the Kerry coast:
Eddie English has been teaching sailing and powerboating in various locations in Kerry for 25 years. He knows the coastline on the south west corner of Ireland very well. SailCork has been cruising the area from South Kerry to North Kerry for many years. Eddie will share his information on the area on this course. It is far more than just passage planning and pilotage – Eddie knows the best anchorages, piers, pubs, restaurants and who to talk to in each place. Learn more about Kerry and enjoy preparing to plan your trip!
Presentation: The Kerry Coast
Passage Planning and Pilotage for the Scilly Isles
It is true that Eddie has had a love affair with the Isles of Scilly
– he has been going there since the year he started SailCork back in 1974. This is the closest part of England to Ireland – just 130 miles from Cork Harbour. It is a world apart – golden beaches and rugged unspoilt scenery – yet very challenging in terms of pilotage. The Isles of Scilly can act as a gateway to Cornwall and Devon if you are on an extended cruise
Hidden Cork Harbour – a guide for small boats to the wonderful quieter corners of the biggest harbour in the Northern Hamisphere:
Every Cork sailor has been to Crosshaven, Cobh, Monkstown and East Ferry – and in recent years the trip to Cork City has become obligatory! Sailors enjoy the vast waters for freedom and the excellent beaches at White Bay and Ringabella.
But what about Ballinacurra, Rossleague, Rostellan, Whitegate, Lough Beg, Shelly Beach, Paddy's Blocks, Spike, Rochestown, Douglas, Blackrock, Glanmire, Fota, Glounthaune and the many hidden creeks and coves?
Eddie English has spent over 50 years exploring every inch of the Harbour and wants to share this information in a very special session on pilotage for the hidden corners of Cork Harbour.
If you own a RIB or motor boat, dinghy or small cruiser this class is a must for you – there are 25,000 acres of water to explore!!
Safety at Sea – preparing for your passage:
Before heading to sea a boat must be properly equipped. Equipment for everyday living, navigation, cooking, repair and of course emergency. The crew must know how to stow and use the equipment properly. The list of provisions must be carefully planned depending on the voyage and the availability of supplies en route. In the case of an emengency we must be able to communicate to the rescue services that we need help and we must know what to do when help arrives.
The navigation of any passage must be planned and the skipper must know how to brief his crew properly and inspire good teamwork for the voyage. Top tips on all areas and an organised approach to preperation will be the theme for this class.
Passage Planning and Pilotage for Brittany and North West France:
The Isles of Scilly are more than half way to Brittany and many use them as a staging point for a Breton cruise.
Plan for the challenge of crossing the Channel at Ouisant and the intricate navigation on the west coast of Brittany – the infamous Raz de Sein and the Chenal Du Four. Learn about the typical Breton towns of Cameret- Sur- Mer, Benodet, Concarneau, Lorient and La Trinite-Sur- Mer. Plan to visit the beautiful islands of Ile de Groix and Belle Ile and make the best of your Breton cruise.
Presentations: Passage Planning Brittany Cruising Brittany 1 Cruising Brittany 2
Passage Planning and Pilotage for Galicia – North Western Spain:
These fantastic cruising grounds have been popular with sailors from Ireland for many years. Eddie English first cruised these waters in the late 1970's and has a particular affection for Galicia. Learn how to plan to make best use of weather forecasts for the 500 mile crossing. Learn which port is best for your landfall. Learn about La Coruna and Muros and the famous "Cabos" between them. Plan for cruising in the "Rias" – Ria de Muros, Ria de Arosa, Ria de Pontevedra and Ria de Vigo. Find out about pilotage and port facilities in wonderful ports such as Portosin, Caraminal, Sanxenxo, Vigo and of course the yachtmans favourite Bayona.
Presentations: Passage Planning Galicia Cruising Galicia 1 Cruising Galicia 2
Chartering Passage Planning and Pilotage in the Caribbean: – Course will be run in autumn or on request
The Caribbean is the ultimate sailing destination. With warm trade winds, crystal clear water, sandy beaches, amazing hospitality and stunning scenery it is every sailors goal to sail these waters.
Eddie English and the SailCork team have been cruising the Caribbean on an annual basis and this course offers you all the inside information. Eddie has sailed in the Virgin Islands, the Leeward Islands and the Windward Islands. Find out about flying to the Caribbean, which islands to sail, what company to charter from as well as full passage planning and pilotage information. Enjoy planning a cruise in the BVI's and the stunning Grenadines.
For further information please call Jo English at SailCork on 021 4811237
We want to give you the best "masterclass" possible – we prepare everything carefully . Please note places must be booked with our office – please do NOT "turn up" without booking.
