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    Transatlantic Leg 1: Caribbean to Azores, 30 March - 26 April 2025 (28 days) Transatlantic Leg 2: Azores to Lisbon, 26 April - 06 May 2025 (11 days) Transatlantic Leg 3: Lisbon to Gibraltar, 06 May - 15 May 2025 (10 days)

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Sharing a passion for the sea

Mission Philosophy About Team
Our mission is to enable people to sail as a unique way to explore the world and connect with nature.

There is nothing in the world that packs as many life lessons in a single activity as sailing. It teaches teamwork, navigation, meteorology, engineering and many others. Because of this, we believe everyone should have the opportunity to learn to sail.

Broaden your horizons

Broaden your horizons

Sailing is an excellent opportunity to meet new extraordinary people. Interesting personalities from the sailing community and you are bound to meet wonderful sailors no matter where you go. Learning new sailing skills and sharing your experiences with other travellers will open your mind.

Feel the freedom

Feel the freedom

Once you are in front of the sea, you get to see things from a totally different perspective. Getting rid of stress, noise, and surrendering to nature will bring joy to your body and soul in a way you have not experienced before. When you are sailing, you have a sense of freedom that does not exist on land, as you can always go on and see what lies on the other side of the unknown horizon, starting to feel a deep and strong connection to nature and the world itself.

Connect with nature

Connect with nature

On the water you will get both mental and physical workout. The sea provides lots of emotional and psychological benefits while the pace of life changes, teaching you to embrace its true beauty of it. The feeling of pride and achievement that comes after learning how to sail is unique. You will find yourself outdoors, exposed to the sunshine and the sound of waves, in a beautiful environment while breathing healthy air.

Only the best offshore sailing and seamanship experience

Only the best offshore sailing and seamanship experience

  • Sailing trips with a good dose of adventure and training
  • Awesome routes off the beaten track
  • Certified skippers with substantial experience in skippering sailing yachts
  • Involving crew in all aspects of sailing
  • Enjoying time on the water but thinking about safety first
We are a sailing interest group that offers adventurous sailing trips.

Come and join an adventure like no other. You are welcome whether you want to try something new, build miles and skills toward further qualifications or simply enjoy time on the water. If rapid skills improvement is your goal, our trips are exactly what you need.

Sharing passion for the sea

Sharing passion for the sea

We love to share our passion and knowledge of sailing. So, if you want to learn good seamanship you will be able to get a huge amount of both during the trips. If you are an experienced sailor, we'd love to hear your opinions and learn from each other.

Our sailing interests are around Offshore Cruising & Racing. We usually organize several sailing trips every year in different regions.

Sailing, Training, Exploring

Sailing, Training, Exploring

Sailing requires physical work, teamwork, communication and resilience, both on deck and down below. You will feel the forces of nature and put seamanship training to the test. It is an adventure activity for individuals of all ages.

The experience of being at sea helps people learn about themselves, discover hidden strengths and talents, and understand the value of teamwork. There is no other feeling like crashing through the waves, on a vessel where you are an essential part of the crew.

Marcin Wojtyczka

Skipper and Founder

Life and Sea

Life and Sea

Founder of Bluewater Miles. Passionate about sailing. Marcin is originally from Poland and now resides on Germany's Baltic coast, near the border with Denmark Working in IT but whenever possible organizes sailing trips and sails as a skipper.

He always loved water sports, travelling and exploring, and found that sailing can give him all of that.

He developed a wide-ranging knowledge of cruising and racing sailing yachts, in a variety of sizes up to 45m. He gained a lot of sailing experience cruising in the Baltic, North Sea, Med and Atlantic Ocean, and doing yacht deliveries.

From Lakes to Seas

From Lakes to Seas

He started sailing at the age of 6 with family on Polish lakes and later in the wild Baltic Sea. Since then, he has sailed most of the European waters from the extreme points of Norway to the African coast.

He was trained in the Polish Yacht Association, Royal Yachting Association (RYA) and Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) scheme in the UK.


More than 20,000 Nautical Miles (mostly as a skipper and in tidal waters).

More than 20,000 Nautical Miles (mostly as a skipper and in tidal waters).

Skippering sailing yachts (anything up to 24m / 80 feet).

Skippering sailing yachts (anything up to 24m / 80 feet).

Main sailing areas: Atlantic Ocean, Baltic Sea, North Sea, Norwegian Sea, Mediterranean, Caribbean, Azores.

Main sailing areas: Atlantic Ocean, Baltic Sea, North Sea, Norwegian Sea, Mediterranean, Caribbean, Azores.

RYA Yachtmaster Ocean (Sail), Commercial and STCW endorsements

Southampton, UK

RYA Yachtmaster Cruising Instructor (Sail)

Southampton, UK

RYA Yachtmaster Offshore (Sail)

Cowes, UK

PYA Yachtmaster Unlimited (Sail)

Polish Yacht Association, Gdansk

PYA Yachtmaster Unlimited (Motor)

Polish Yacht Association, Gdansk

MCA GMDSS GOC (General Operators Certificate)

UKSA, Cowes

Proficiency in Medical First Aid On Board Ship

National Maritime Training Centre, UK

STCW: Proficiency in personal survival techniques, Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting, Elementary First Aid, Personal Safety and Social responsibilities, Proficiency in security awareness

Southampton, UK

MCA HELM-O (Human Element Leadership and Management at the Operational Level)

Glasgow Maritime Academy, UK

RYA Yachtmaster Ocean shorebased

Hamble, UK

RYA Yachtmaster Offshore shorebased

Southampton, UK

RYA Radar

Southampton, UK

RYA Diesel

Southampton, UK

RYA First Aid

London, UK

RYA Powerboat Level 2

Southampton, UK

RYA PWC Proficiency

Southampton, UK

RYA Professional Practices & Responsibilities (PPR)

RYA Sea Survival

Hamble, UK

Ocean Racing Training on Class 40

Lisbon, Portugal

RYA Short Range Certificate (VHF)

Warsaw, Poland

University of Warsaw: Post-graduate, Marine Meteorology

Warsaw, Poland

Warsaw University of Technology: Post-graduate, IT Resource Management: architectures, processes, standards, quality

Warsaw, Poland

The Silesian University of Technology: Computer Science (specialization Bioinformatics), BSc

Gliwice, Poland

The Silesian University of Technology: Mechanical Engineering, MSc

Gliwice, Poland

Technical High School: Electro-Hydraulic and Electro-Pneumatic Systems

Mikolow, Poland

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