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  • Accommodation aboard the yacht
  • Supervision by a professional skipper
  • Fuel
  • Motorised dinghy
  • Licensing fees
  • Deposit
  • Transport to and from the destination
  • Hostling service (cook)
  • Meals & Drinks
  • Cleaning service
  • Bedding
  • Harbour fees
  • Facultatives restaurants or activities

minimum age: 15-16 years (depending on sailing experience, please contact us for details).
Shared: guaranteed departure from 2 people.
Compulsory FFV "Passeport Voile" pass to be paid on second leg: €14/person (valid for 1 year).
For food and non-alcoholic beverages, allow €20/day/person.
As bedding is not included, please bring your own sleeping bag.
Overnight stay on board the day before is possible for €30/person. Ask your skipper about this administrative formality.

  • Available on :
  • Full boat
  • Cabin cruise
 

Your cruise

Set sail from Les Minimes Port - La Rochelle

Embark with one of this company's 5 professional skippers in La Rochelle and set sail for 5 islands in Charente and Southern Brittany!
Discover the islands of Charente and Southern Brittany: Ré, Oléron, Houat , Hoëdic, Belle Ile or Ile d'Yeu on a sailing cruise with an experienced professional skipper! To find out more about these islands, click here.

Your possible stops during this cruise

Sailboat cruise program from La Rochelle:

Departing from La Rochelle, you'll have plenty of opportunities to stop off and anchor on the beautiful islands of Ré, Oléron, Houat, Hoëdic, Belle-Île or Ile d'Yeu, all of which are well sheltered from offshore swells, allowing you to sail in all weathers.

To reward your efforts at maneuvering, discover local specialties and treat yourself to an oyster or seafood tasting.
In the evenings, you can head into the city centers for lively, dynamic evenings.

 

Your expected skippers

 

The boats

 
practical information
Life on the spot
Accommodation

If cabins are occupied, the skipper sleeps in the middle

Meal

Passengers manage cooking

Venues and appointment times
  • Places of embarkation:Les Minimes Port - La Rochelle
  • Boarding time:10h00 / 10am
  • Time of landing:17h00 / 5pm
How to get there ?

From Paris, we recommend car, car-sharing or train. Allow 4h15 by car, 3h15 by train (remember to buy your tickets as early as possible!)

 
Reviews of our travelers
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Jane-Marie Posted on 25 August 2025
(5/5)
The cruise

Nice cruise and good atmosphere with Julia, a skipper in retraining who was very attentive. Comfortable and well-equipped boat for 4. For our crew, the route of the cruise was a collective decision, but contrary to the title of the advertisement, there was little chance of going up to the Breton islands unless we did a lot of night sailing and no doubt motoring. However, between the Ile de Ré, the Ile d'Yeu and the Ile d'Oléron, there's plenty to do over 5 days. In short, a good course with plenty of practical and theoretical learning, which corresponded to my expectations and pleased my 17-year-old daughter, who is new to cruising

The skipper

Régis, the company manager, is very friendly (we met him at anchor, and he's full of incredible anecdotes) Julia, our passionate skipper Unfortunately, I didn't contact Elise for practical advice (free parking in front of the pontoon, less late directions) etc.... don't hesitate!

Best memories

A dynamic cruise: night arrival at 2 a.m. and departure at 4 a.m. on another day (but it was the crew's choice to sail at night) A magical interlude for my 17-year-old daughter: dolphins accompanying our boat

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Laura Posted on 05 September 2023
(5/5)
The cruise

Great first cruise experience! Great sailing program to Ile d'Yeu. We learned a lot and learned fast. Great atmosphere on the boat, magnificent sunsets (sometimes accompanied by dolphins!)

The skipper

Many thanks to Stéphane for his teaching skills and good humour!

K
Khalissa Posted on 19 August 2023
(4/5)
The cruise

We sailed the boat for a week, and it's pretty well maintained. We didn't have the best weather conditions for the week (little wind). The skipper had very good theoretical and practical knowledge which he shared with pleasure. We would have liked the skipper to participate as much as the trainees in the daily tasks and for him to impose his choice of destinations less. I'd have liked to have gone to anchor a bit wilder, and not just in ports / pontoons... The skipper is invited by the trainees (meals), a choice made by the company that I don't fully endorse.

The skipper

Nothing more to report

Best memories

Omelette evening where we put all the leftovers and had a lot of fun :-)

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Severine Posted on 07 May 2018
(5/5)
The cruise

VERY GOOD EXPERIENCE ON THE SAILBOAT AND DELIGHTED WITH THIS CRUISE WE HAD A GOOD WEEK WITHOUT RAIN!!COMPLETE CHANGE OF SCENERY. WE HAD TO GO TO THE SANDS OF OLONNE BUT SINCE IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR ME ON THE SECOND DAY SEASICK WHICH DIDN'T STOP ME FROM CONTINUING THE ADVENTURE. SO WITH THE ADVICE OF THE SKIPPER AND OTHERS WE STAYED AROUND THE ROCHELLE SAINT DENIS D OLERON FORT BOYARD ILE D AIX ETC...... I THANK THEM WHICH MADE ME WANT TO CONTINUE THIS FIRST EXPERIENCE AFTERWARDS. VERY GOOD ATMOSPHERE, RESPECT FOR EVERYONE AND SHARING OF TASKS. ON THE OTHER HAND FOR THE RACES IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WISE TO PUT MENUS ACCORDING TO THE RACES DONE!!!

The skipper

The skipper is for me a very good pedagogue and communicator, calm and serene when we have to make the different gestures on the boat when we start this is reassuring and we are also serene and always there if we have a question, which may seem silly or schematize us by a drawing in order to better understand the different threshold data ,tidal calculation of marees etc ;thank you .

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Marc Posted on 19 March 2018
(5/5)
The cruise

Superb crew, wonderful stopovers and life on board without any problems under Elise's competence and beautiful smile

The skipper

Elise has only one defect: her capstan knots don't hold and she too often loses her fenders strangely attached to a bucket

Best memories

A first day leaning under the chains 😩😩 Et a small restaurant in Oléron very nice

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