I love teaching. I was a sailing instructor at the Centre Nautique des Glénans and then gave sailing lessons, aboard my two sailboats, in the different places I frequented during my travels. I was also a scuba diving instructor. For me, the sharing of knowledge and the transmission of knowledge are essential elements of the meeting.

Aware of the constraints and limits of the courses given in traditional sailing schools, and with the experience I have acquired in forty years of sailing, especially during my long-distance sailing in the Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean, the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea (more than fifty-five thousand miles sailed), On board my sailboat, I give tailor-made sailing lessons, adapted to the level and expectations of each person, in real sailing situations.

I only take a maximum of four students  on board at a time, in order to maximize the learning and practice time. The courses will be adapted to each person's knowledge and speed of progress. We will sail 4 to 6 hours a day. You will have time, when we arrive at the anchorage where we will spend the night, to enjoy the beautiful bays that we will visit, to go kayaking or paddle boarding and to go for a walk on land.

The sailing lessons given on board my sailboat are aimed at several types of people :

• Beginners  who don't have the desire (or who feel they are past their age) to cram five people into a six-metre sailboat and who want to progress quickly by receiving lessons in small groups on a tall ship,
• Apprentice sailors who already have basic sailing skills but who want to improve their knowledge and practice with intensive courses in real sailing situations,
• Sailboat  owners who do not have the necessary insurance to make full use of their boats and who wish to gain control, autonomy and safety, with a very experienced skipper,
• Travelers who want to buy a boat to explore the sea planet but who want to deepen their knowledge and experience life aboard a long-distance sailboat before embarking.

In sailing, we will practice:

• Bar
• Establishing, lowering and reducing the sails,
• Trim the sails,
• Follow a road,
• Tacking, gybeing,
• Put on the cape,
• Anchoring, leaving an anchorage,
• Use autopilot,
•  ...

 At the chart table, we will practice every day :

• Card Reading – Carrying and Picking a Point,
• Use of GPS and electronic charts,
• Analysis of weather files,
• ...

We will sail, departing from Saint Mandrier, around the magnificent islands of Porquerolles.