Active cruise from Ajaccio on a Esprit Tradition sailing boat

Your cruise

Have the opportunity to enjoy an active cruise from Ajaccio, aboard a superb traditional sailboat dating from 1982!
During this week at sea, cast off in the company of Patrice, your professional skipper, and discover the charm of the Corsican coast and its magnificent creeks. On the agenda, relaxation, sun and swimming! You will be able to pilot the sailboat and improve your sailing maneuvers, fine-tune your settings, read a map, take stock and prepare for your navigations with your skipper, Patrice.

Your possible stops during this cruise

please note that the itinerary will depend on the weather conditions, your wishes and those of your skipper. Moreover, sanitary constraints will be taken into account during your stay.

Leave the mainland for an active cruise from Ajaccio on a Esprit Tradition sailboat,
Patrice, your skipper, will meet you at 11:00 am at the port of Ajaccio, where you will be warmly welcomed and prepared for the provisioning. (Tip: prepare the shopping list well in advance and a supermarket will manage your order and delivery to the port. We will be happy to give you advice), reminder of life and safety on board and then you will hoist the sails!

This active cruise does not have for only objective to lead you from site to site, quite to the contrary, Patrice has for vocation to bring you to realize yourself your dream cruise, out of the beaten tracks!
Thus, according to your desires and the weather conditions discover :
- The Sanguinaires Islands, an exceptional natural site, classified as a Natura 2000 site and more recently as a great site of France. The archipelago includes 4 small rocky islands of volcanic origin.
- The Gulf of Lava, also classified Natura 2000, this site offers a beach of almost one kilometer long for those looking for a relaxing week and if you want to sail, the Gulf of Lava will be an ideal place to strengthen your nautical culture.
- The Gulf of Girolata, located in the northern limit of the Scandola Reserve and registered since 1983 on the UNESCO world heritage list. This isolated gulf, accessible only from the sea or by footpaths, offers a remarkable bay. A stop not to be missed from the Vagabond 47!
- The Scandola reserve, a high place of marine biodiversity. Live an extraordinary experience rich in emotions on board the sailboat, discovering breathtaking landscapes! Patrice, your skipper, will guide you and make you aware of the preservation and protection of this marvel.


On the way back to the port of Ajaccio at the end of the week, it will be possible for you to stop at new places that are just as extraordinary or to stop again in the bays that you have enjoyed. Disembarkation in Ajaccio on Friday evening after a week full of memories. Last evening on board with Patrice, with the possibility to disembark the next morning before 9:00 am after your last breakfast.

During this active cruise, take the opportunity to pilot the sailboat for initiation or improvement of sailing maneuvers. On the program of this active cruise, which does not lead to a diploma:
- Perfecting the various sailing maneuvers, port and safety.
- Refinement of your settings.
- Preparation of the navigations and management of the watches.
- Map reading.
Topics that will be covered: HLM safety; trimming; navigating on the chart; marking and night navigation; weather.
And much more depending on your questions and desires. The goal is to acquire a level of autonomy in order to manage a boat as a skipper.

For information: The departure can be made from another port on request (in particular from the port of Bonifacio).