A Coruña — Lisbon (Cascais)

From A Coruña our way is further South along the Atlantic coasts of Spain and Portugal. This leg is actually oceanic.  Nowadays it is hard to impress someone with a sailing trip in Mediterranean; but how many have been in Open Ocean?  Sometimes huge oceanic waves can hide the tallest masts, but usually these are just swell – long gently sloping "hills", which rise the ship almost imperceptibly for the crew.

This leg isequally interesting for those who already have sailing experience and those who aretrying the blue waters for the first time. We will describe in details and demonstrate how our ship works , teach the main operational principles of asailing vessel, and explain how to read sea charts and use navigational devices. Life on board of the "Shtandart" never turns into boring routine. You discover the fun of scrubbing the deck together, sunbathing, steering, cooking lunches and dinners, and waking each other up for the night watches. And special for those who eager for learningwe organise a unique course of astronavigation – figuring out the ship’s position using celestial bodies, so prepare to put your hands on sextant, turn off all modern devices for a while and just open your eyes for the light of the stars, which will give us our location.