Team Building and Teamwork

HURST POINT TEAM BUILDING and TEAMWORK

Tel 01590 623765 mob 07932 140878
or email info@hurstpointyachts.co.uk

Our aim is to breathe new life into your team building activities and teamwork days out and bring a sparkle to your employees eyes

Welcome Sailing as a team building activity has a distinct advantage. The whole process involves the crew working together closely from the off. First of all the crew will be briefed to handle the mooring warps correctly and leave the marina berth safely, hopefully without leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. Then there will be some essential instructions on which side of the river to navigate and how to recognise the markers indicating the deep water channel (no good following that Topper sailing dinghy in front). Once the sails are raised at the mouth of the river, everyone can be allocated a specific task. These include taking turns on the helm, navigating, keeping watch in the bow on a port tack and learning how to control each of the sheets which are used to trim the sails.

Team building activities during the day may include bringing the yacht to anchor in one of the bays or creeks where we pause for breath from time to time for a cup of coffee. Or sailing on to a mooring buoy, difficult!

Man overboard recovery is another fantastic way to see the team react when the pressure is on. Teamwork is now essential. While one crew member sends the alarm on the digital vhf radio and inputs the MOB position to the electronic chart plotter, another keeps pointing in the direction of the casulty as the yacht turns. A third throws over the life bouys and scatters the water with floatable items such as fenders to aid visability. The rest of the crew spring to the sail controls as the yacht manoevres. This will also bring out the natural leaders in the group. But it is the bonds which are formed between the crew which are the most beneficial.

Despite the above, these sailing team building exercises are very relaxing and always good fun. If more than a single yacht is required, we organise a race or two which tends to encourage a little competition between the crews. Or perhaps we will propose team building games such as navigation exercises involving finding buoys identified only by their latitude and longitude positions.

2007 was a good year for the team building side with blue chip companies as well as medium and small size companies all entrusting their big day out with us. Apart from matched sailing yachts, we can also offer for day charter at one of your key events a 75ft custom built motor yacht able to cater at dinner for up to 40 guests. Here she is:

We are teamwork planners and as such, management for your day afloat can be left to us. Corporate yacht charter is a top team building idea. It serves as an ice breaker as the crew are constrained by the yacht and are required to work together from the off. For the ultimate team building experience why not enter the COWES WEEK regatta, the worlds largest, in early August?

Another event you may like to consider is the Round the Island Race

Team Building sailing days are operated from fashionable Lymington in the New Forest National Park down in Hampshire / Dorset. Our location allows us to cruise up the Beaulieu River into the heart of the forest or dart across to Yarmouth or Newtown Creek on the Island. Cowes is less than 2 hours sailing away.

Because we are at the far western end of the Solent, the beautiful blue flag beaches of Studland bay and the Jurassic coast to the west and Poole harbour are in range for a days charter as is Portsmouth to the east. Please call for a no obligation discussion of your requirements. As team building organisers, we will describe how we can structure the schedule to meet the team building event objective whilst ensuring that everyone has an enjoyable time. Your day out on the water will not break the bank. In fact we often arrange team building activities for financial organisations. We do not charge inflated prices just because you are a company. We charge you the same as everyone else, just £500* for a modern 40ft wheel steering yacht each capable of taking 8 crew including skipper. We can however turn on the style with the rest and can provide high quality catering, promotional clothing, photography, hull advertising and everything else you require to breathe new life into your corporate team building allowing you to strengthen relations within your staff groups thereby bringing that sparkle to their eyes.

MOST RECENT CORPORATE CUSTOMERS in August and September 2007:
British American Tobacco
Continental Tyres
Grey and Sons Builders

JOURNAL Thursday 31st May 2007 brought a late booking half day team building sailing experience. The company were down in the New Forest for a few days staying in one of the local hotels, many of which are in outstanding forest settings. The teams objective was to thrash out a new sales strategy and break down any communication barriers. [A sailing trip on the Solent is an ideal way of doing this as each team member has a control to take care of to ensure the overall performance of the yacht. With two yachts or more racing around the cans, there is the opportunity for some fun competition]. In the nearby marina a quick briefing saw the crew cast off and exit the berth without hitting anything even though the wind was up a bit. A beat out to the Needles in a force 6 was interrupted by a practice man overboard recovery attempt (with a fender rather than a team member!). Eventually the wind died away as forcast and we shook out the main and head sail reefs for the last leg to Alum Bay with its breath taking scenery. Here we dropped sails and motored in. The team lowered the anchor without damaging the bow and were therefore treated to coffee and cakes. Through a miracle of planning, the tide was now on the rise and carried us back to the Lymington river where one of the now confident helms men/women avoided a fleet of X yachts cutting across our path. Final team exercise was to berth at the refueller in the marina which presented no problems and all were away to the taxis right on schedule.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Siteline Ltd 9th August 2006 All clear, we can relax now!

Siteline Ltd 9th August 2006 Yacht 2 to the start line

Siteline Ltd 9th August 2006 Dualling the matched yachts off Lymington

Siteline Ltd 9th August 2006 Team 1 gets their nose in front

Siteline Ltd 9th August 2006 Hang on 7 knots under sail

Siteline Ltd 9th August 2006 Pipped at the line

An earlier day out with the two yachts

Or a nice peaceful cruise if you wish

*The basic price for your corporate event includes team building activities/tuition as you require together with sailing suit hire and beverages thoughout the day. Also use of all the recreational equipment on board while at anchor such as fishing rods, hammock, CD player etc

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