The Best Sailing Vacations for Complete Beginners
Looking for a yachting adventure but don’t know your stern from your bow? These high-end skippered trips require no sailing experience and will take you to some of the world’s most incredible destinations – from French Polynesia to the Caribbean.
If you’ve ever thought about learning to sail, these TRIPS by Culture Trip small-group adventures will introduce you to life on board a yacht, as well as the chance to swim with eagle rays, trek through tropical jungles and sip sunset cocktails on a deserted island. Here’s our pick of the best sailing holidays for total novices – all bookable with Culture Trip.
Cruise between coral reefs and beach bars in the British Virgin Islands
No sailing expertise is required on this eight-day catamaran jaunt around the British Virgin Islands. Ask the crew for tips on sailing basics as you cruise around the islands, stopping to snorkel at the Sandy Cay coral reef and the sea caves of Normal Island. In between island hopping, relax on palm-fringed sands, tan on deck and visit the beach bar where the painkiller cocktail was invented in the 70s.
Tour the Grenadines islands while learning your port from your starboard
Get a taste of life at sea on this excursion around the laid-back Grenadines islands in the Caribbean. In between sunny sessions on deck, you’ll go stand-up paddleboarding off empty beaches, swim with sea turtles or hike through the tropical forests of Mayreau – the smallest inhabited island in the Grenadines. Finish by crossing a bamboo bridge to swim under Saint Vincent’s Dark View waterfalls and detoxing in the geothermal springs and mud baths of Saint Lucia.
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