Level 2: Living at sea
6 days on the water including sea survival course
It’s time to build on the skills you learnt in Level 1, including drills like man overboard. Here’s where you’ll go from surviving to thriving.
Four on, four off
Now you can sail safely, you’ll be expected to pull your weight on board – which means getting to grips with the watch system, required for round-the-clock sailing.
Life at 40º
You’ll learn to cook, clean and sleep whatever the weather. It sounds intense, but you’ll quickly feel at home operating at extreme angles in even the roughest swells.
Trim, trim, trim
Your sails are your engines above deck – so here’s where you’ll learn to get the most from them in different wind conditions.
The individual approach
Throughout the course, you’ll continue to receive feedback to improve your skills and ensure you’re learning safely.
Race Training Levels
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Living at sea
Adapt to life at sea, learning watch routines and managing tasks on board.
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Spinnakers and Speed
Hone advanced race tactics and spinnaker handling to maximize speed.
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Remember, it's a race
Engage in a full race simulation, working as a crew to apply all training.
How much does it cost?
Build your raceRace Crew have the opportunity to spread their training and berth fees with equal monthly payments.
The next steps
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The Clipper Race is one of the biggest challenges of the natural world and an endurance test like no other.
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A Clipper 70 is no place for the faint-hearted. Every team member has a role on deck and is trained to form a self-sufficient unit, ready to handle any situation, no matter how severe.
Link arrowThe Application
It all starts right here…Train to become an Ocean Racer and experience the exhilaration of circumnavigating the globe on a 70-foot racing yacht.
FAQs
From training duration to fitness requirements, find the answers you need below.
The first day of Level 2 you will do the RYA Sea Survival course and then you will move onto your training yacht. During this second week of training, you have a chance to review everything you learned on Level 1 and concentrate on areas that you haven’t got to grips with yet. The main difference of this week is that you’ll stay out on the water, sailing the yacht overnight – so you’ll be in a watch system and getting a real feel of what life on board will be like. Even the daily routine of getting dressed, eating, going to the toilet becomes much more demanding when you are living life at an angle on a permanently moving platform!
Join the Race
40,000nm. 5 Oceans. 1 Circumnavigation. See you on the start line.