Nautivo Sailing School · since 1994

Learn the wind. Keep it for life.

Dinghy courses for ten-year-olds, skipper courses for grown-ups and everything in between. Small groups, patient instructors and a bay that forgives beginners.

Find your courseCourse dates
Sailing lesson in a dinghy with an orange sail
Level 1 · Deckhand
Optimist dinghies sailing in formation
Two-person dinghies sailing at golden hour
Level 3 · Skipper
12400
Sailors trained
1:4
Instructor to students
32
Dinghies & keelboats
98%
Pass rate
Course ladder

Four steps from deckhand to skipper.

Every level ends with a logbook stamp and a sail you will remember. Start where you are, not where you think you should be.

Signal flag C: Yes (affirmative)Level 1

Deckhand

2 days12 h on the waterAges 10+

  • Knots, ropes & safety
  • Rigging a dinghy
  • Tacking and gybing
  • Capsize recovery
Course fee€390
Dates
Signal flag H: Pilot on boardLevel 2

Helm

5 days30 h on the waterAges 12+

  • Sailing all points
  • Man-overboard drill
  • Coming alongside
  • Reading the wind
Course fee€690
Dates
Signal flag S: Engines going asternLevel 3

Skipper

5 days40 h on the waterAges 16+

  • Keelboat handling
  • Pilotage & tides
  • Mooring under sail
  • Night passage
Course fee€1,190
Dates
Signal flag K: I wish to communicate with youLevel 4

Coastal Skipper

7 days60 h on the waterAdults

  • Passage planning
  • Heavy-weather tactics
  • Crew management
  • Assessment voyage
Course fee€1,790
Dates
Junior sailors in dinghies with a coach boat
Safety boat on the water for every session
Why here

A bay built for beginners.

Sheltered water, steady afternoon breezes and a sandy beach for your first capsize. Then, when you are ready, the open sea is right outside the mole.

  1. 01Signal flag I: Altering course to port

    Small groups

    Never more than four students per instructor, two on keelboat courses.

  2. 02Signal flag G: I require a pilot

    Real boats

    Modern dinghies, three training keelboats and a 12 m yacht for offshore work.

  3. 03Signal flag W: I require medical assistance

    Safety first

    Two rescue RIBs, VHF on every boat and a first-aider on the pontoon.

Course dates

Upcoming courses.

Book online in two minutes. Places are held for 48 hours while you arrange the details.

Private lessons
CourseDatesBasePlacesFeeBook
Level 1 · DeckhandSat 18 – Sun 19 OctDinghy park 3 places left€390 Book
Level 2 · HelmMon 20 – Fri 24 OctDinghy park 1 place left€690 Book
Level 3 · SkipperMon 27 – Fri 31 OctPontoon B 4 places left€1,190 Book
Level 1 · Deckhand (juniors)Sat 1 – Sun 2 NovDinghy park 6 places left€390 Book
Level 4 · Coastal SkipperSat 8 – Fri 14 NovPontoon C Full · waitlist€1,790 Join waitlist
Level 2 · HelmMon 17 – Fri 21 NovDinghy park 5 places left€690 Book
Lesson one

Speak flag.

Every student learns the signal flags in week one. Here are fifteen of them. Our logo spells N-A-U-T-I-V-O in the same code.

  • Signal flag A: Diver below, keep clear
    ADiver below, keep clear
  • Signal flag B: Carrying dangerous cargo
    BCarrying dangerous cargo
  • Signal flag C: Yes (affirmative)
    CYes (affirmative)
  • Signal flag D: Keep clear, manoeuvring with difficulty
    DKeep clear, manoeuvring with difficulty
  • Signal flag E: Altering course to starboard
    EAltering course to starboard
  • Signal flag H: Pilot on board
    HPilot on board
  • Signal flag I: Altering course to port
    IAltering course to port
  • Signal flag K: I wish to communicate with you
    KI wish to communicate with you
  • Signal flag N: No (negative)
    NNo (negative)
  • Signal flag O: Person overboard
    OPerson overboard
  • Signal flag P: All aboard, about to sail
    PAll aboard, about to sail
  • Signal flag T: Keep clear of me
    TKeep clear of me
  • Signal flag U: You are running into danger
    UYou are running into danger
  • Signal flag V: I require assistance
    VI require assistance
  • Signal flag W: I require medical assistance
    WI require medical assistance
Instructors

The people in the safety boat.

Jonas Brekke

Jonas Brekke

Chief instructor · 22 seasons

Maëlle Dubois

Maëlle Dubois

Dinghy & juniors lead

Karim Haddad

Karim Haddad

Keelboat & navigation

Elena Rossi

Elena Rossi

Offshore skipper trainer

Today at the school

Are we sailing today?

The go / no-go call is made at 08:00 by the chief instructor. Here is what the water looks like.

Dinghy park · inner bay

School conditions

Good to goIdeal for dinghies and day boats. Sea breeze builds after 14:00.
11knots

SW · gusts 16 kn · Force 3

Tide · Tue 14

Now 10:40 · 1.6 m falling
00h06h12h18h
  • High03:244.1 m
  • Low09:361.2 m
  • High15:484.3 m
  • Low22:001.0 m
Sky
Clear, light haze
Air / sea
24° / 21°C
Waves
0.6 m · 5 s
Visibility
18 km
Sunrise
06:52
Sunset
20:31

Demo data. Connect to your weather and tide provider. Always check the official forecast before sailing.

Logbook

From our students.

Our daughter did Level 1 at eleven and skippered the family to Porquerolles at sixteen. Best money we have ever spent.
Claire Fontan
Claire FontanSailing school parent
★★★★★
Booked a RIB at breakfast, anchored in a turquoise cove by eleven. Clear briefing, spotless boat, zero fuss.
Tomás Ibarra
Tomás IbarraDay rental, Calanque 8
★★★★★
Professional, calm and honest about the weather. They moved our crossing by a day and it was the right call.
Graham Holt
Graham HoltSéraphine · Balearics
★★★★★
43°33′ N · 07°01′ E

First sail this weekend?

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Yacht in a harbour at dusk