Saturday 29 February 2020

Blue Oyster Sailing Barcelona Palamos RYA Courses 2020

Blue Oyster Sailing RYA Courses Barcelona Palamos
Blue Oyster Sailing Power Boat 2 and RYA Sailing Courses are now delivered from Club Nautic Costa Brava Marina Palamos north of the City on Spain's stunning Costa Brava. Our Training area for RYA Sail includes Port Olimpic, Palamos, L'Escala, and north to the Spanish French Border. All courses are halfboard for weekly students, we use 45 and 46 plus 48 foot yachts for all of our courses. We also deliver all of our Power Boat Courses exclusively from Palamos. For 2020 we have a selection of yachts and power boats to charter just click this link for full details on our 2020 charter fleet.

Friday 25 January 2019

Blue Oyster Sailing Fast Track Yachtmaster Students Pass their Power and Sail Courses 2019

Congratulations to Joe 
Blue Oyster Sailing run a 17 week Fast Track Yachtmaster Course which covers Power and Sail. The last course concluded just before Christmas 2019 and we are very pleased that Joe, Bill and Rob all successfully passed. In the photo Skipper Dan (back) with Susie and Nona (now mile building in the Atlantic).

Our Fast Track Courses cover Day Skipper and Coastal Skipper plus our longer 14/15/17 week courses cover power and sail.

The minimum requirements outside of the skills required are 2500 sailed miles plus 5 sixty mile passages two at night and two as Skipper. To complete this training we sail from Barcelona to Gibraltar then tidal training from Gibraltar Morocco Spain and Portugal then return to Barcelona.

Join us when you wish our courses start every Monday all year board on a Sunday. Contact us here for further information.

Wednesday 4 January 2017

Blue Oyster Sailing RYA/MCA Fast Track YachtmasterPLUS 15 Weeks with MCA Stcw BST +34 629 881 923

Blue Oyster Students Jon, Ed, Jonathan, Patrick 2016/17 RYA/MCA YMO
Congratulations to the end of year Fast Track Yachtmaster Offshore Class Jon, Ed, Jonathan and Patrick all of whom successfully passed their RYA/MCA Master 200gt Fast Track Course with Blue Oyster Sailing.

Eddie's Father Toby sent a quick appraisal of his time here. "Dear Susie, Just a quick note to thank you for all you have done for Ed over the last months, he has become a confident young man under your guidance."

Well done to all and a big thank you to all the BOS RYA Instructors who made their success possible.

Saturday 27 August 2016

Blue Oyster Fast Track Yachtmaster Students Valentina and Andrew Pass Offshore Assessments.

Blue Oyster Fast Track Courses start every Monday all year. You can join our continuous training programs at our Barcelona or Gibraltar Bases. Congratulations to Andrew (second left) and Valentina Kulyeva (far right). Both passed their RYA Yachtmaster Offshore Courses following 15 weeks of training with BOS. The program includes all requirements including Power Boat and MCA Stcw 95. Good luck in the future and well done! To join us this year email us here for further information.

Tuesday 5 January 2016

Blue Oyster Fast Track Students pass their courses December 2015 Congratulations!

Congratulations to the above students who all successfully passed their RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Assessments with us this month. All are now able to work in the Industry with commercially endorsed qualifications. The 14 and 15 week courses include all the training required to successfully Skipper a Yacht Power or Sail (dependent on course option) up to 200 gross tons. Fabiano joined us from Brazil, Duncan from The UAE, Matt Harry and George from UK. A tremendous effort by all involved enjoy your Christmas break chaps. Our next course commences 4th January 2016 for Fast Track but we are sailing throughout Christmas and New Year with our usual RYA Course Training program. Contact us here for further information.

Wednesday 9 September 2015

RYA/MCA Fast Track Students Pass their RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Offshore Assessments with Blue Oyster.

Susie 

Thank you. I cannot express how grateful and appreciative I am for everything you've done for me. You've taught me a tremendous amount of things about sailing, management and life in general. I came expecting to become a sailor and quickly realised all the experiences I have endured have helped me to become a better person. And for that, I thank you!

You run an incredible sailing school! I think your advantage over other sailing schools is the quaility of instruction(all the instructors
truly care about the advancement of students) and the close -knit family feel. I know sometimes you think it would be great to have more boats and skippers but being taught by a few similar styled instructors provides many benefits, such as consistency. Over all I just wanted to let you know I currently think the world of your school and style of program you provide. I couldn't have imagined having a better 3 month sailing experience! Blue Oyster & Palamos will always be apart of me I will definitely be back. Thank you for everything! And if you're ever in Canada you have a place to stay. Have fun with sailing  and your daughter Harriet xx. Lauren

Wednesday 10 June 2015

Well done to all the Blue Oyster (BOS) Barcelona Sailing School students who successfully completed their respective courses from our Barcelona Bases on Spain's beautiful Costa Brava.

Returning student Will (right) has spent 4 weeks training with us now his goal to be able to Skipper a charter yacht this summer. All successfully achieved.

Amanda (left) a newly qualified commercial airline pilot is now off to work with Qatar Airways all the other smiles are from BOS Students who completed their training this week. Email us here for course information.

Sunday 12 April 2015

Blue Oyster Alliaura Privilege 585 Crew Vacancy Skipper and Hostess July Start for Barcelona and Caribbean

Blue Oyster Crew Vacancy. We have a vacancy onboard our Alliaura Privilege 585 Catamaran for the coming season. A Skipper and Hostess are required preferably a couple to manage the yacht and guests. This is a 5 star yacht and the successful applicants will be required to cater for guests on charter and for the owner and family. Sailing from Barcelona Costa Brava Spain and Italy this summer with a planned Caribbean passage in December for the 2016 season before returning to the Mediterranean. Full time long term positions are available on going training provided by BOS. For further information please view details here. To email your CV with current photo enter here.

RYA MCA Professional Deck Hand Course includes MCA Stcw 95 and RYA/MCA Power Boat Commercially Endorsed

Blue Oyster Maritime Training Deck HandPRO Courses run weekly from our Barcelona base and cover the requirements needed to work on most Yachts Motor or Sail Commercially. The course can include RYA Navigational Theory Courses, RYA Practical Course Certificates, MCA Stcw 95 Basic Safety Training and RYA Power Boat 2. These qualifications can be commercially endorsed by adding VHF SRC Radio, Professional Practices and Responsibilities Course, and a Personal Medical ENG 1 or ML5. Deck Courses start most Mondays throughout the year with MCA Stcw 95 at least once a month. Contact us here for further information regarding our Professional Career Training from Barcelona and Gibraltar.

Saturday 18 October 2014

RYA Day Skipper Courses Barcelona and Gibraltar Sailing All Year +34 629 881 923 Charters Courses MCA Stcw 95 Basic Safety Training

Susie, 

I know it has been a while since I took my Day Skipper course with BOS this summer, but I wanted to take some time to write to your company and say thank you very much.

It was an extremely rewarding course and Oliver was a fantastic instructor.  I feel that I learnt an enormous amount in the 6 days I was on the boat, both from Oliver and the other participants (Matthias & David).  Oliver was a tough boss, but it is just the way I like it.  No messing around - "please" and "thank you"  don't have a place on a boat when rounding Europa Point in F5-6 or tackling a high speed ferry at 3 AM in Gibraltar Bay or when you're helming an 18 tonne lump of GRP towards a $5 million dollar super-yacht.  It was like 'Boot Camp' with an incredible feeling of accomplishment when finished.  Oliver was also great fun while we were relaxing and he was a wealth of knowledge and information to help us in our future sailing careers.  

Well done to Oliver!  Thanks again! Alan Boatman RYA Day Skipper 2014.

Tuesday 14 October 2014

MCA Stcw 95 Basic Safety Training Five Day Courses Barcelona with BOS November and December

MCA Stcw 95 Basic Safety Training five day courses are available with BOS next course dates are 10 - 14th November and 1 - 5th December. Contact us for further information just email us here or call +34 629 881 923.

Wednesday 14 May 2014

Fast Track Yachtmaster Students Mike and Linden Pass their RYA Exams

Barcelona Sailing School Fast Track Yachtmaster Success ! Well done to Mike and Linden who passed their RYA Yachtmaster Offshore Exams with us this weekend. Following 15 weeks of arduous training including MCA Stcw 95 both students gave an excellent demonstration of their skills to RYA Yachtmaster Offshore Examiner David Gray. Mike also completed an Ocean Qualifying passage during his time with us which has been captured on a stunning video. If you would like to join our Fast Track Yachtmaster Program you can start from either Barcelona Gibraltar or Antibes on any Monday throughout the year - subject to availability. We also offer Power crossovers on our Motor Cruisers based in Port Olimpic and Gibraltar. Email us here for further information.

Tuesday 1 April 2014

RYA Theory and Practical Courses Barcelona and Gibraltar

Open all year for RYA Courses Practical and Theory plus Power Boat and MCA Stcw 95. View our main website here for further information. Call Spain +34 972 662 494 or Gibraltar +350 540 193 58.

Wednesday 26 February 2014

RYA Motor Cruising Mile Building Tidal Blue Oyster Gibraltar Fast Track Motor Cruiser

Fast Track Tidal Motor Cruising Mile Building is now available from our Queensway Quay Base in Gibraltar. Full details of the Yachts we use Nelson single and twin engine can be found here. Our Fast Track Motor Cruiser Cross Over Course is 4 weeks with the full RYA/MCA Motor Cruiser Course just 8 weeks. Next Fast Track Course starts in April. Email here for course advice and information.

Wednesday 8 January 2014

RYA/MCA Yachtmaster and Yacht Crew Training Barcelona and Gibraltar

Professional RYA/MCA Sail Training and Motor Cruising Courses start every Monday from our Gibraltar and Barcelona RYA Recognised Training Centers. Contact us on +34 972 662 494

Saturday 14 December 2013

New Year Sailing from Palamos Barcelona on board one of our Yachts Bare Boat or Skippered

Barcelona RYA Sailing Courses and Holidays - December 30th 2014 Palamos Spain. We have a selection of Yachts sailing skippered or bareboat. RYA Courses from our L'Escala or Port Olimpic bases also available. Enjoy a break in the sun and New Year in Spain. Email here for further information.

Friday 15 November 2013

March 15th Blue Oyster RYA Yachtmaster Ocean Passages and Milebuilding from Tenerife to Gibraltar and Barcelona

RYA Ocean Passage and Mile Builder March 15th 2014. Our Jeaunneau Sun Odyssey 45 is returning from Tenerife she will be completing RYA Yachtmaster Ocean Passages and Milebuilding on her return to Barcelona. The 3 week passage will stop in Gibraltar to change crew if required and enjoy a short break. If you would like more information about this passage which can be divided into legs if required please email us here or call +34 972 662 494. Berths are obviously limited the yacht has 4 cabins and 2 saloon berths that will be allocated on a first come first served bases.

Tuesday 27 August 2013

Blue Oyster Sailing School Review RYA Competent Crew Course

Hi Suzie,
Just want to say a big thank you for an amazing week sailing competent crew last week. It was a shame I didn't get to meet yourself but understand you have a lot on at the moment. I had a great week and learnt so much from Sabina and Paul, so a big thank you to them as well. Sabina told me to give you my address. Could you also please include any details on the Fastrack Yachtmaster you have as well as I would ideally like to get onto this course as soon as possible. Once again thank you very much. Kind Regards Mike Adams

Friday 16 August 2013

Happy Birthday Harriet Born Peak Season August 15th 2012 - Thank you to all Staff and Students for your Support!

Happy Birthday to Harriet now a 12 month old budding RYA Instructor born peak season 7 weeks premature August 15th 2012. Thank you to my students and staff who supported us this year. Harriet or H as she is becoming known around the marina will be out on the water soon! Best wishes Susie

Wednesday 14 August 2013

MCA STCW 95 + RYA Power Boat Level 2 + RYA Competent Crew Course 12 Days Continuous Training

Professional RYA/MCA Crew Training Courses include MCA 5 Day Stcw 95 Course plus RYA Power Boat 2 and RYA Competent Crew Course. Dates available for all three modules (which can be taken individually) are Stcw 95 30 September to 4th October. RYA Power Boat Level 2 5th and 6th October then RYA Competent Crew Course 7th to 11th October. Twelve days Professional Crew continuous training additional start dates are 7th October and 21st October for continuous 12 day courses. Contact us here for further information or call +34 972 662 494.

Own Boat Tuition on Challenger Grand Soleil 50 wherever you sail we have a RYA Instructor

Own Boat Tuition on Challenger Grand Soleil 50 wherever you sail we have a RYA Instructor
RYA Sail Training St Tropez, Cannes, Nice, Monaco, San Remo