We split up a large group into smaller teams of six sailors per yacht. Our US Coast Guard Licensed Skipper/ Team Building leader guides and instructs all participants in the rudiments of sailing and they practice in a fun, teambuilding sailing race. The participants can use their new skills in the challenge of competition and working together as a cooperating team. All yachts involved use the team work needed to sail and win the race. The sail in not strenuous for any of the participants.

Dear Marc Kraft & Pacific Yachting and Sailing Team,

Thanks for setting up a great day of sailing on Wednesday, September 12, 2007. Your team captains Joe, Bhodi, Erin were helpful trainers, enthusiastic and easy to get along with. The sailing challenge you offered fit right in with our academy theme of risk and challenge. The challenge for some of us was learning how to sail and then putting it into practice as we raced the Yachts. And, for others it was finding the join in something they had already experienced and leading others. So, thank you it was great having this experience as a part of our journey this summer.

Best Wishes,
Santa Clara University, Senior Leadership Academy 07-08

The results of Team Challenge can build confidence, leadership, trust, and teamwork. (Team Challenge can accommodate 108 people: 18 yachts take 6 each) For detailed information, please read below.

Our fleet is based in Santa Cruz. It takes our Captains 4 hours to deliver the boat (s) to Monterey and 4 hours for the return trip. That is the reason for the higher cost for the Team Challenge out of Monterey.

The cost per boat includes the Yacht & USCG Captain Team Building leader.

Dear Marc,

Now that our event at the Inn at Spanish Bay is complete, I wanted to officially thank you and your organization for being a wonderful partner to us during our time at Pebble Beach.

Off the Beaten Path measures it's success as a company in large part by the relationships that we maintain with the service and activity providers that we rely upon when delivering exceptional travel experiences to our clients. As a function of this, it has always been of paramount importance to seek out the best providers and engage in relationships that maintain a watchful eye on the long term- fostering the trust and friendly relations that are so often leveraged when managing other peoples' travel experiences. It feels just wonderful to have created this kind of relationship with your organization.

So, thank-you for providing your excellent Team Challenge Sailing regatta for our group.

Sunny Cook

Off the Beaten Path, Distinctive Outdoor Journeys

Click here for more pictures of the Team Challenge Regatta Feel free to contact us to discuss more of the details to arrange the "Team Challenge" sailing activity for your company (831) 423-SAIL (800) 374-2626 sail@cruzio.com

The results of Team Challenge can build confidence, leadership, trust, and teamwork. (Team Challenge can accommodate 108 people: 18 yachts take 6 each) For detailed information, please read below.

Our fleet is based in Santa Cruz. It takes our Captains 4 hours to deliver the boat (s) to Monterey and 4 hours for the return trip. That is the reason for the higher cost for the Team Challenge out of Monterey.

The cost per boat includes the Yacht & USCG Captain Team Building leader.

sail@cruzio.com

We are open for Classes, Skippered Charters, Team Building, Etc. - 9:00 a.m. to Sunset -7 days a week.

 Week-day office hours- 9:00 a.m. to 5:00p.m.Week-end office hours- 9:00 a.m. to 1:00p.m.

Week-end hours- Classes, Skippered Charters, Team Building, Etc. - 9:00 a.m. to Sunset

About 23 years ago we developed with the "Team Challenge" sailing program which parallels concepts in similar corporate development programs such as the "Ropes Course."

We take large groups of people that work for the same company and bring them together in a different environment: a sailboat. We proceed to have them participate in a group sailing race that is fun but can get competitive and challenging, similar to their outside work environment. One of the goals we are trying to accomplish is to sail the yacht as a team, working with your colleagues on building a network together.

DIVERSITY AND INDEPENDENCE

In most companies today there are many diverse, ethnic individuals or different levels of management. Our "Team Challenge" brings everyone together on our sailboats as an equal in their team.

The United States is beginning to follow other countries' success by following their group problem solving and teamwork skills. For a long time in the U.S. everyone seemed to be striving for their own personal success, working independently. However, when you combine that group strategy, the success results will be obvious. This is another point we hope our Team Challenge companies walk away with in our program.

TEAMWORK EQUALS SUCCESS AND BETTER RESULTS

Sailing requires a cooperative team, like a successful business, with crew members working together to develop a productive, efficient, and an interactive result. Whether offered as a reward to successful veterans or an incentive for increased productivity among aspiring staff, or as a catalyst for "breaking the ice" for newly formed teams, our "Team Challenge" offers an enjoyable, effective, and safe means towards your goals.

THE EVENT

We proceed to split a large group up into small groups of six. Conceivably we can accommodate 108 people with 18 yachts and skippers. Our Skippers are USCG Licensed and have qualities of unsurpassed communication skills, patience, and the ability to diplomatically instruct the sailing group to sail the yacht as a true working team.

Each skipper will take their group onboard the sailing yacht and cover safety gear and basic boat parts and simple functions before departure to the bay. Once out sailing he will rotate each person in a sailing role and let the crew actually sail the boat on their own .

At a designated time, one of the boats will blow a horn to signal a 5 minute warning before the start of the Team building race. All 18 boats cross the starting line with enthusiasm and vigor. We understand that with some of the people have never been on a boat in their lives, and that's fine. What's great about this program is that it's a natural that six people have to work together to make the boat move. Each person is a contributing factor to the equation of doing their best to make the boat win. Participants can learn more about their other working mates. Who takes over in a stressful situation? Are those that have the sailing knowledge willing to teach the others so that the entire boat can sail more effectively, or do they need to show off their skills and try to singlehand the entire boat themselves?

EVERYONE WINS WITH TEAMWORK

Team Challenge is a unique, adventurous, sailing program for groups of people that work together. It is an excellent verification of the power that lies in cooperation, communication, confidence, and leadership for the effective and efficient execution of a sailing challenge.

With the Pacific Yachting Team Challenge training program, small teams of six sailors per boat can experience aspects of self-confidence, leadership, trust, and teamwork. Sailors will expose the potential to excel in a truly cooperative effort and share in a unique comradery that they may not normally undergo in their usual work environment.