kurs na żeglarza dla cudzoziemców

There is a possibility to take an exam after completing the course and obtain polish sailing license (Inland Skipper Certificate). The exam is organized by the Polish Yachting Association (PYA).

At our Academy of Sailing course a certified, personal instructor, a yacht and equipemnt will be at your disposal. The curriculum of the courses includes practical instruction of boat handling and manouvering and lots of practical exercises. Training is conducted both on a small sports dinghy and on a typical cruising yacht to prepare our students to handle different types of boats. Practical aspects are the main part of the course but we provide our students with the thorough theoretical background, tests and handouts as well.Practical training includes: safety procedures, knots and rope handling, basic manouvres (tacking, gybing), 'man over board' procedure, berthing manouvres, both under sail and under power. Theory includes: emergency procedures, sailing provisions (rules of the road), pilotage and basics of the aerodynamics and meteorology. Our curriculum is prepared in compliance with official PYA guidelines

• Location - The Academy of Sailing base at the Lake Zegrze, WKS Zegrze Marina, Zegrze
• Time - individually agreed with your instructor (preferably weekends but single days as well), every day of training starts not until 8.30 a.m. and ends no later than 8.00 p.m. or at the dusk, one day includes 8 hours of training and 1 hour lunch break
• Duration - differs from 6 to 10 days depending on how many students attend the course
• Yachts - Omega-class dinghies and Fortuna-class cruising yachts - see our yachts

For any further information or to make all necessary arrangements concerning our courses, please contact us by phone or e-mail. We will meet you at the marina on appointed day.

Contact details:phone: +48 796 732 133 e-mail: krzysztof.obidzinski@gmail.com

We strongly advice you to take with you:

• a waterproof set of clothes (trousers, high collar jacket with a hood, non-slip shoes)
• non-slip shoes (don't take sandals or flip-flops)
• some warm clothes
• a cap, sunglasses, sunscreen
• a bottle of water and a snack
• waterproof bag to carry your documents, mobile phone etc.

We advice you to have an additional set of clothes left at the marina - just in case you get wet.

How to get to our base from Warsaw:

1. Route 61: leave Warsaw via Modlińska St. heading northwest - at the roundabout take 1st exit onto beltway of Jabłonna -  go through first roundabout - at the second roundabout (after about 2,5 km) take 1st exit onto Zegrzyńska St.- continue straight through Legionowo about 11 km - go through roundabout - continue straight - turn right just after the bridge at Zegrze - drive about 900 m and turn right when you pass the playground - go down the hill to the gate of WKS Zegrze Marina.
2. Route 631 (if you drive across the Siekierkowski Bridge) - take Marsa St. - turn left at Żołnierska St. (route 631) - head toward Nieporęt (about 24 km) - drive across the bridge on the canal - at the roundabout take 2nd exit and continue about 3 km at the lakeshore - at the next roundabout turn right onto route 61 - drive straight through Zegrze and across the bridge - continue as described in point 1.
3. Routes 633 - 631: take Modlińska St. (route 61) - turn right at Połczyńska St. (route 633) about 300 m after the BP gas station - continue straight to Nieporęt - at the roundabout outside of Nieporęt take 3rd exit onto route 631 at the lakeshore - proceed as described in point 2
4. Routes 8/E67 - 631: leave Warsaw via Solidarności Alley and Radzymińska St. (route 8/E67) - drive through Marki as far as you pass the church on your right - turn right and take route 631 to Nieporęt (across the viaduct) - proceed as described in point 2.