RYA training, coaching and milebuilding
2026
Lanzarote Azores Madeira Lanzarote
Azores 2025 and 2026!!
This summer’s Atlantic adventure to the Azores was a true success.
The non-stop 800-mile passage provided the perfect qualifying voyage for aspiring Ocean Yachtmasters (astro navigation included). Cruising among the islands was simply unforgettable: dramatic landscapes, breathtaking nature, welcoming people, and a laid-back island culture that felt like a different world.
The return passage, with a short stop in Madeira, offered some of the best ocean sailing of the season.
So we’ll be back in 2026.
With only limited places available this year, I unfortunately had to turn down many enthusiastic sailors. If you’d like to be notified before the new dates are published, sign up by filling in the form on the bottom of this page.. You’ll receive the detailed 2026 plan by early December.
Why Join the Next Azores Adventure?
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Qualify for the Yachtmaster Ocean exam
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Discover the breath taking Azores and its nature
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Disconnect from land life and immerse yourself fully in the natural beauty of the open ocean
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Experience both short coastal passages (daytime only) and multi-day ocean sailing
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Take charge as skipper to build confidence, improve navigation, and refine your seamanship
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Run the yacht as a team within a professional watch system
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Advance your sail handling skills, including sail trim, Code Zero, and asymmetric spinnaker work
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Create memories of a lifetime on an unforgettable offshore voyage
The 2026 program:
(subject to change)
EARLY JUNE:
Lanzarote - Azores (Ponta Delagada) non-stop​ (850 nm)
MID JUNE - MID AUGUST
Around the Azores weeks (Ponta Delgada start and finish)
LATE AUGUST
Azores - Lanzarote via Madeira (1200 nm)
Definite program published and bookable December 2025.
The 2025 itinerary
WEEK 2: SANTA MARIA TO LANZAROTE
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Following a day rest in Santa Maria the next destination will be Funchal, the capital of Madeira. As we are sailing out of the Azores-high the wind will increase and become prodimantily Northerly, allowing us to cover the 475 nm in less than 3 days. Funchal is one of my favourite stopovers. It's charming, buzzing and laid back. We have a full day off; I will rent a car allowing us to explore the island and hike a 4 hour mountain trail. With the northerly wind increasing in speed the final leg, 320 nm to the capital of Lanzarote, Arrecife, can be a spectular fast one; downwind ocean sailing at its best. When time allows we will add a stop at the least known but prettiest of all Canarian islands: Isla Graciosa, north of Lanzarote before heading "home" to Arrecife, having covered another 795 nm.
WEEK 1: PONTA DELGADA TO SANTA MARIA
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​The first leg, 7 days of exploring the Azores, starts in Ponta Delgada, the capital of the island São Miguel. After a 90 nm nightsail we will arrive in Angra do Heroismo, the historic capital of Terceira. A 50 nm passage will get us to the small marina of Velas on Sao Jorge. From there we will sail to Horta on Faial, home of the legendary sailors bar "Peter's Cafe Sport". After sailing around the majestic volcano of Pico will arrive in Lajes on the south shore of the Island, home of the once flourishing whaling industry. A full 175 nm, 24 hour passage to the most Easterly island Santa Maria will conclude the first week, having covered approximately 360 nm.
​THE 2025 PROGRAM Azores-Madeira-Lanzarote
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Start in Ponta Delgada, São Miguel Azores on Saturday July 27, click here for the day to day program,
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Finish in Arrecife, Lanzarote on Saturday August 9,
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Sailing experience and basic physical fitness required,
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Boat will be our fast and comfortable Salona 45 "Miles Ahead", click here for full info,
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You will have to participate in the watch system and all duties (cooking a.o) on board,
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Boat language is English (I also speak Dutch and German),
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You need to enjoy living and working in a diverse group of like minded people.
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