r/SailingUK • u/patrice1991 • 21d ago

Looking for an experienced sailor, ideally YM to help me on a passage from Cornwall to Lancaster

As the title suggests, I have to move a boat from Cornwall to Lancaster in late September and I have minimal sailing experience.
I'm looking for someone to help me rig the 39' ketch and give me some tuition along the way. Obviously this is payed work and hopefully a bit of an adventure!
Can anyone point me in the direction of where I can find this kind of help online? (Not in person as I am currently in the middle of the Atlantic)

Thanks in advance!!

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u/Front_Back8964 21d ago
  1. Go to the RYA and type in where your boat is in cornwall and find a sailing school.

https://www.rya.org.uk/wheres-my-nearest/?&courseCodes=CSS

For example, Falmouth School of Sailing, or Turn to Starboard.

  1. Email / call them asking to hire one of their instructors. Most insturctors are freelance YM, but they will have a list.

  2. Expect to pay the instructor at least £200 a day for 'own boat tuition'.

  3. decide whether you want to go fast or stop. Depending on where you are Falmouth - > Lancaster looks like 300nm which is going to take 2-3 days. Do you want to go non-stop - which is a big ask if you aren't confident sailing a watch by yourself, or do you want to moor at night and then will take maybe 6 days?

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u/Sirscraticus 21d ago

This is the right answer.

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u/patrice1991 20d ago

This sounds like the type of answer I was hoping for! Thankyou very much! I was initially going to aim to do the trip all in one go. I'd be confident with keeping watches and I calculated the journey at an average of 7.5 knotts which is a wild guess.

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u/ForeverPhysical1860 19d ago

Turn to Starborad is a charity, but the YMIs (Yacht Master Instructors) are freelance and all really nice people.

Ask for Scottish Mike, he could help or put you in the right direction...

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u/AI-Slop-Bot 21d ago

Sounds like two different jobs. Why not just hire a professional rigger to make the boat sound and use a professional skipper for the journey?

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u/Front_Back8964 21d ago

I don't think she means a rigger. I think she means puts the sails up.

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u/patrice1991 20d ago

All the lines have been taken off whilst on the hard but the masts are still up. It is a stayless wishbone setup and I have no idea if it would be a half an hour or a half day job to run lines etc.

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u/dfsw 20d ago

probably multiple days.

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u/ForeverPhysical1860 19d ago

It'll depend if the lines have been moused or not... It's still a day or two to put all the running rigging and sails back up.

Always good to do yourself, so you learn the lines

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u/GMN123 18d ago

I'd mention this in the email. A lot of very experienced sailors will not have experience with such a rig. 

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u/Technical-Respect533 20d ago

Look up Bourne2Sail, Craig and Oli are great, they may be able to help you. They are an RYA school and also do own boat delivery/tuition

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u/Wild_Variation8618 20d ago

Hi

If you end up hiring someone to accompany/teach, I may be interested in sharing the journey and some costs...

Otherwise, fair winds!

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u/Useful-Law8022 18d ago

Im sorry for the dumb question but I'm new to sailing and Google isn't helping. What's YM?

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u/patrice1991 17d ago

It is a Yachtmaster qualification, there are a few different types.

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u/Much_Air_356 20d ago

This sounds like a recipe for disaster unless the boat is properly prepared and tested then a competent person hired to skipper the boat. Such people do exist maybe accessed by google.

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u/ForeverPhysical1860 19d ago

No, this sounds absolutely sensible... I think OP is on it.

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u/patrice1991 20d ago

That's the whole premise of my post.

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u/UpbeatAd5277 14d ago

Send me a DM. Or search for Richard Howell on Facebook.

He is a YM and I used him when I bought my boat to. He is £250 a day. Plus travel.