February BaseCamp
As our normal SailBase Island is having some refurbishment work done this winter, therefore we have moved our SailBase down the coast a little towards Marseille in the town of Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer. As it has a lot of what Embiez has to offer, re sailing conditions and life in this Provence town is lived at a slow pace....
Base Camp
The BaseCamp concept has proven very successful over the years. One month of hard training with access to some of the worlds best coaches and sailors!
So what does it involve?
BaseCamp involves sailors staying for a month on the island and taking part in all clinics and training camps during that period. The beauty of BaseCamp is that sailors get to experience and practice in every type of sailing conditions as the weather varies throughout the month. Also, athletes can get into the routine of a true Laser professional involving sailing and fitness schedules.
Often sailors make the biggest improvements and jumps in performance during BaseCamp sessions as athletes get to work with a coach for a prolonged time and therefore perfect specific techniques. Also sailors commonly make huge gains in their fitness or address body weight issues as they have a considerable and consistent time frame to achieve such goals.
Another major bonus of the BaseCamp program is that sailors become members of the SailCoach ‘family’. Friendships are formed with training partners and coaches as the SailCoach team live and eat together allowing for a great mixture of cultures. These friendships and cultural interactions can be important for the development of individuals both in their sailing and in life experience.
Furthermore, English is the first language of Team SailCoach with all coaching and island life conduced through English. This gives BaseCamp sailors the chance to develop the language and often they return home with a much improved vocabulary.
Base Camp
The BaseCamp concept has proven very successful over the years. One month of hard training with access to some of the worlds best coaches and sailors!
To Book a place
To book a place and get the price for this BaseCamp please e-mail us with this link:-
What the sailors say:
Anders Nyholm, DEN, Olympian, Youth Worlds medallist
“These BaseCamp's are ideal for regular training throughout the winter. Throw in the odd clinic for some intense analysis an you have a near perfect winter programme”
Gareth Blankenberg, RSA, Olympian, ISAF Youth Worlds champion
“BaseCamp gave me the opportunity to meet other training partners and coaches that weren’t available back home. The friends I met on the island are lifelong and we’re still in touch today.”
What You Can Expect
- access to good training partners
- informal discussion after training sessions
- debrief Video Analysis of your sailing
- shuttle to and from a top class very well equipped gym
Ten unlikely benefits of BaseCamp...! :
- You’ll learn to cook
- You’ll sail downwind in 30 knots and stay alive
- You’ll actually enjoy island tranquillity and feeding goats
- You will forget TV ever existed
- You will learn to say ‘cheers’ in minimum 5 languages
- Talking about Mistral will become your most important pastime
- Traffic jams become a distant memory
- Hiking is your new favourite way to sit
- You have dreams about surfing downwind
- Your Laser becomes your new lover
