If you’ve started your RYA journey but want to gain extra experience between courses, our Milebuilding Trips are perfect for you. Spend a focused week at sea, cover hundreds of nautical miles, and enjoy the thrill of navigating real passages beyond the usual training areas.
You’ll discover what it’s like to live on a yacht for an extended period while enhancing your seamanship skills, logging meaningful passages for your RYA logbook, and sailing through some of the most beautiful, lesser-visited places in Greece.
Depending on the route, you’ll typically log 250–350 nautical miles during a 7-day trip. Such a trip will give you the chance to not only put hundreds of miles under your belt but also improving your confidence and advancing your practical knowledge.
These Milebuilding Trips are ideal for sailors looking to gain experience, build confidence at sea, and add hundreds of miles to their RYA logbook. They also provide a valuable opportunity to strengthen existing RYA qualifications and progress toward higher-level courses.
This course is perfect for you if you:
Already hold RYA qualifications and want to develop them further
Have an upcoming trip and want to gain practical experience and confidence
Are enthusiastic about actively participating in sailing and learning on board
Want to log significant nautical miles toward your RYA record
On board, you’ll build confidence at sea while developing your sailing, navigation, and decision-making skills during real passages.
The crew is divided into watches, with everyone taking turns on duty. Advanced sailors will be appointed as watch leaders, but everyone in the team will get hands-on experience in steering, trimming sails, navigation, catering, and operating the yacht’s equipment.
Your own yacht cabin on board (shared only with your partner if applicable), complete with bedding, linens, towels, and pillows.
All your miles logged in your RYA Logbook, allowing you to track your progress and achievements.
Instructor on board throughout the trip to guide, advise, and support you, even though the trip is not an intensive course.
Your day begins with a good coffee and a briefing, where you check the weather and plan the day’s destination. Once everyone is ready, you set sail.
You’ll practice mooring at different types of quays, navigate through scenic bays, and get hands-on experience steering and trimming the sails. There’s plenty of time to enjoy the rhythm of the sea and take in the stunning views around you. Around lunchtime, you drop anchor in a quiet bay. Swim, snorkel, or relax on deck while enjoying the clear blue waters and the sun.
Later, you continue to the harbour for the day’s destination. Many harbours feature charming shops or fascinating historic sites to explore. As the day winds down, the crew heads ashore for a leisurely dinner at one of the cozy Greek tavernas.
| Dates: | Single Cabin | Shared Cabin |
|---|---|---|
| April 19th - 25th Samos - Aegina [late bird discount!] | €850 | €650 |
| May 3rd - 10th Samos - Aegina | €1200 | €1000 |
| May 10th - 17th Corinth Canal | €1400 | €1200 |
| June 21st - 27th Aegina - Aegina | €1350 | €1150 |
| August 9th - 16th Samos - Aegina | €1450 | €1250 |
| August 30th - September 5th Corinth Canal | €1500 | €1300 |
| September 20th - 26th Aegina - Aegina | €1350 | €1150 |
| October 4th - 11th Aegina - Samos | €1400 | €1200 |
| October 18th - 25th Samos - Aegina | €1300 | €1100 |
| October 25th - November 1st Samos - Aegina | €1300 | €1100 |
All prices for practical courses include all yachts expenses, breakfast and lunch.
All activities ashore and dinner are at your own expense. Your travel expenses to get to Aegina are not covered.
| Dates: | Single cabin | Shared cabin | full yacht charter |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 21st - 31st Aegina - Sicily | €1950 | €1750 | |
| April 1st - 10th Sicily - Aegina | €1950 | €1750 | |
| April 11th - 19th Aegina - Aegina (HolidayStyle) | €1250 | €1050 | Optional |
| May 2nd - 8th Samos - Aegina | €1250 | €1050 | Optional |
| May 9th - 22nd Cyclades roundtrip (Family flotilla style) | €2700 | €2500 | Optional |
| July 4th - 10th Aegina roundtrip | €1350 | €1150 | Optional |
| July 11th - 17th Athens roundtrip | €1350 | €1150 | Optional |
| August 8th - 14th Samos - Aegina | €1350 | €1150 | Optional |
| October 4th - 9th Aegina - Samos | €1250 | €1050 | Optional |
| October 10th - 16th Samos - Kos | €1250 | €1050 | Optional |
| October 17th - 23rd Samos - Aegina | €1250 | €1050 | Optional |
These trips visit the beautiful Argolic Gulf, close to our normal sailing area but a little too far to include in a week’s RYA tuition.
The Argolic is very beautiful with high mountains and pretty fishing villages. It’s also very unspoilt, making it a perfect choice for those who want to get ‘off the beaten track’.
You’ll cover about 250 miles on this trip and visit the picturesque city of Nafplion in the north as well as stunning Monemavasia in the south.
The Cyclades islands are one of the world’s most renowned cruising areas.
Sailing here in the right season allows you to avoid the worst of the Meltemi winds, which can be strong in mid-summer and sometimes keep yachts in port.
You’ll cover around 350 miles in all, including two night sails, and two Yachtmaster qualifying passages. As with all sailing, the route is weather dependent!
From time to time we offer other milebuilding trips in different areas of Greece and on different types of boat – including a catamaran.
Do not hesitate to contact us to be kept informed of the possibilities.
Read what some of our sailing students have to say, explore our course catalogue, and contact us for more information about each course and our availabilities to come and sail in Greece!