Sailing at dusk off Marseille
École de Voile · Vieux-Port, Marseille

Learn the wind.
Earn the water.

Fifty-two years of teaching people to read a gust before it arrives. Read the live board, plot a passage on the chart — and watch a boat sail it.

Wind now14 KN
Gusting19 KN
DirectionNW
Sea stateSlight
StatusGO SAILING
Scroll — the bay is waiting
Live from the mast · updated every gust

The conditions board

Sixteen years ago we bolted an anemometer to the clubhouse roof. It has not stopped talking since.

NSWE NW
Apparent wind · GO
Wind
14 KN
Gusting
19 KN
Sea state
Slight
Water
19° C
Tide · MarseilleNext HW 17:42
5-day outlookBeaufort
N
Carte Nº 7 · Rade de Marseille

Plot your own passage

Click the water to drop waypoints, then press Sail it and watch her go.

Carte Nº 7 · Rade de Marseille · Soundings in metres
Passage plan0 WPT
Click the chart — start from a harbour ⚓
Distance
0.0 NM
Under sail ≈
Drop two waypoints and the club will suggest a boat.
RYA-aligned · French & English

The school

Level I · Weekend

Matelot

2 days · dinghies · no experience needed
  • Points of sail & steering
  • Tacks, gybes, capsize drill
  • Knots that actually hold
₹18,000
Most popular
Level II · 5 days

Skipper Côtier

Coastal skipper · cruisers · 2 night sails
  • Pilotage & passage planning
  • Weather windows, reefing calls
  • Man-overboard, for real
  • Berthing without drama
₹52,000
Level III · Season

Yachtmaster

12 weekends · offshore · exam prep
  • Offshore passages to Corsica
  • Heavy-weather seamanship
  • Night pilotage & exam
₹1,20,000
18 boats · maintained by the shed crew

The fleet

Level ILark 420
Training dinghy

Lark 420

LOA4.2 M
CREW2
ROLELEVEL I
Level II–IIISirocco 32
Cruising sloop

Sirocco 32

LOA9.8 M
BERTHS6
ROLELEVEL II–III
CharterTramontane 44
Charter flagship

Tramontane 44

LOA13.4 M
BERTHS8
ROLECHARTER · ₹38K/DAY
Crew leaning off a heeling sloop
We cannot promise you the wind. We can only promise that when it finally comes — you will know exactly what to do with it.
The club creed · painted above the bar since 1972
The mistral
The house wind · 40+ knots, three-day habit

When the mistral blows, we teach knots ashore.

Our club is named for the wind that closes the bay. Respecting it is lesson zero: we sail to the forecast, never to the calendar.

F2–F4 · 4–16 KNALL LEVELS SAIL
F5–F6 · 17–27 KNLEVEL II+ · REEFED
F7+ · 28 KN AND UPBAR OPENS EARLY
From the club log-book

What the crew wrote

Entries copied, unedited, from the ledger by the bar.

Log · 14 May · Force 4
★★★★★
“Arrived unable to tie a bowline. Left able to bring her alongside in a cross-wind, one-handed, holding coffee.”
Élodie R.Skipper Côtier · 2025
Log · 02 Jun · Force 6
★★★★★
“They cancelled the sail for the mistral and taught us weather instead. That call is exactly why I trust them with my kids.”
Marcus T.Family course · 2025
Log · 28 Jun · Force 3
★★★★★
“Chartered the Tramontane to Corsica after my Yachtmaster. Skipper let me make every mistake in shelter first. Best money I've spent.”
Priya N.Yachtmaster · 2024
Race 7 of 9 · Saturday

Coupe du Mistral · results

Pos · Boat · SkipperPoints
1Salted Fig · A. Okonkwo FRA-4127Sirocco 326 pts
2Second Coffee · E. Marchetti FRA-3981Sirocco 329 pts
3Mistral Gagnant · P. Whitlow FRA-4090Lark 42011 pts
4Wet Sandwich · S. Devi FRA-4155Lark 42015 pts
5Late Tack · M. Herzfeld FRA-4008Sirocco 3218 pts
Season standings · after race 7
2ndSECOND COFFEE
1stSALTED FIG
3rdM. GAGNANT
Next race: Sat 19 Jul · 14:00 — first gun off the Frioul mark. Spectators welcome on the sea wall.

The wind is free.
Lessons aren't. Almost.

First taster sail ₹2,500 — refunded if you enrol. Lifejackets, oilskins and strong opinions provided.