I am Ed Gaynor and your sailing instructor for the next few days and look forward to meeting and welcoming you onboard. Please do visit the website, baleinesailing.co.uk, where there is more information about me and the boat.
You should aim to arrive 8pm on Sunday unless you have made other arrangeme
✓ A sleeping bag
✓ A personal torch (head torch with red light option preferably)
✓ A towel
Wet wipes - the nature of sailing in the Bristol channel is we will be anchored over night often. Showering will not be possible due to limited water onboard. Swimming is an option depending on how brave/ cold the water is.
✓ Any essential medication
✓ Please ensure you have plenty of warm clothing bearing in mind that it is
colder out on the water, and you may get wet.
✓ A pair of non-marking deck shoes or trainers (generally avoid black soles)
✓ Non-slip/non-marking waterproof boots (not agricultural type wellies) (optional)
✓ Sailing gloves (optional)
✓ Waterproof clothing (we are currently unable to provide these)
✓ Notebook, pen and pencil
✓ Sunscreen, sunhat and sunglasses / warm hat, gloves
✓ RYA Logbook (highly recommended).
✓ PASSPORT PHOTO for Day Skipper / Coastal Skipper candidates with
name and date of birth on reverse
Pack your gear in a soft bag or holdall, i.e. not a hard suitcase, as stowage on board is limited. We provide all safety equipment such as lifejackets and harnesses etc. (These are regularly serviced which yours might not be!)
We provide all food on board. Please let us know well in advance if you have any special dietary requirements.
The Ovni 435 Yacht Baleine has 3 private cabins and the saloon and can sleep 8 people, including the skipper
The set up on Baleine is:
Customers who have sailed on yachts before will be aware that conditions below deck are “snug" and you may be sharing a cabin for the duration. We try to avoid this if at all possible but there are Lee clothes fitted as required
I am Ed Gaynor and your sailing instructor/ skipper for the next few days and look forward to meeting and welcoming you onboard.
You should aim to arrive either 8pm on the day before the 5 day course starts or at the agreed time on the first day of the course (usually between 7-10am) unless you have made other arrangements with me. For the 2 day course please arrive 8-9am on the day the course starts. Drive down to Ilfracombe harbour (EX34 9EQ). This is to drop your luggage off and meet up with me so call me 5 mins before arrival (07976283787). You will then need to take your car to the longterm carpark or free street parking. If you are coming by train we will have made other arrangements. There will be no food provided for those arriving in the evening so please eat before arrival (plenty of fish and chip takeaways in Ilfracombe)
During the course if friends and family are unable to contact you via mobiles (there is not always coverage) they can contact the Ilfracombe harbour master on 0798997274 which is generally a 9-5 service. The boat is also fitted with AIS so our progress can be monitored over the internet on Marine traffic