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We offer a number of different offshore Mile Building trips for those who want to take their sailing to the next level or build miles towards qualifications. Mile builders are the best way to develop your skills in the most cost-effective way. Our European Mile Builders take you away from the coast of the UK and offer blue water sailing experiences. Those who join our trips tell us they leave feeling more confident to skipper longer more adventurous passages.
We have a number of different legs to cater to a range of availabilities, our goal is to ensure everyone on board has an enjoyable time and leaves being a little more skilled.
We ensure there is always a professional instructor onboard to answer questions and give guidance.
Please bear in mind that our schedule is subject to change if bad weather forces us to delay departures, pull in to wait out a storm, we have to make any last-minute changes due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic or for any unforeseen circumstances.
*** We regret to inform you that unforeseen circumstances have led to the cancellation of legs 3 and 4. Unfortunately, the charter arrangements for these specific legs have fallen through, and we deeply apologise for any inconvenience this may cause you. Please consider the other legs listed below, as well as the European Mile Builder 2023 on board Escapado.
Leg 1 – Hamble, UK to A Corona (600 NM)
Leg 2 – A Coruña, Spain to Gibraltar (600 NM)
Leg 3 – *REGRETTABLY CANCELLED* Gibraltar to Malta (900 NM)
Leg 4 – *REGRETTABLY CANCELLED* Malta to Gibraltar (900 NM)
Leg 5 – Gibraltar to Las Palmas
The first leg of the Mile Builders is from Hamble, on the South Coast of England to A Coruña on the North East tip of spain. A journey of approximately 600 nm. This is a Yachtmaster Ocean qualifying passage.
The second leg leaves A Coruña and takes the boat along the Portuguese coast to Gibraltar
*** We regret to inform you that unforeseen circumstances have led to the cancellation of legs 3 and 4. Unfortunately, the charter arrangements for these specific legs have fallen through, and we deeply apologise for any inconvenience this may cause you. Please consider the other legs listed above and below, as well as the European Mile Builder 2023 on board Escapado.
One of our longer sails, this is an excellent way to gain miles in a short period of time
*** We regret to inform you that unforeseen circumstances have led to the cancellation of legs 3 and 4. Unfortunately, the charter arrangements for these specific legs have fallen through, and we deeply apologise for any inconvenience this may cause you. Please consider the other legs listed above and below, as well as the European Mile Builder 2023 on board Escapado.
This is a challenging leg that takes you along the North African Coast, you’ll most likely experience all kinds of sailing conditions from being becalmed to strong winds and big seas.
Our most popular leg, this normally downwind sail gives you champagne sailing conditions and a perfect way to get to the ARC start line.
*The dates of this leg have been changed from the 7th-13th Nov to the 31st Oct-6th Nov*
Please contact us if you have any questions or see the European Mile Builder 2023 Leg 7
