 The gap year for grown-ups now rivals the student year out in popularity. A Flying Fish course is a great way to recharge your batteries - and forward-thinking employers recognise the value of giving their staff time a break from a hectic career.
For an extended break from work, travelling and discovering the world, a course with Flying Fish is a good launchpad. The experience of learning alongside trainee professionals is challenging and fun in equal measures. And if you choose a course that leads to a vocational qualification you will soon be travelling and earning money from your chosen sport.
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London General Practitioner, Fiona McAndrew, decided to take a year out with Flying Fish because she wanted to ‘improve her sailing, avoid having to work for a while and generally have more fun!
She joined her Yachtmaster group in the UK,' to master basic sailing skills, navigation and safety before heading out to Australia to train as a skipper, log some offshore passages and improve her boat handling in Sydney Harbour.'
‘ 'the sun was shining, everyone was in a good mood ...'
'This was just a fantastic experience and it was such good fun. Compared with getting up in the dark in London and thinking, errgh' here's another day – getting up in Sydney? The sun was shining, everyone was in a good mood. The instructors were great, they're really good teachers and I had a brilliant time.’
Fiona returned to the UK in July to pass her Yachtmaster exam and go straight on to compete in Cowes Week. She sums it all up. ‘My year off was one of the best things I have ever done and I am now completely addicted to sailing. I met the most fantastic people and did some unforgettable things.’
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29 year Dean McCann had been based in London, working for corporate IT for four years and found the city lifestyle was beginning to wear thin. A career break with Flying Fish was the obvious course of action!
"I wanted a new challenge, to learn and achieve something from my career break instead of just travelling around and 'seeing' new places.
A keen recreational skier, Dean decided to 'go pro' and enrolled on the Fish Ski Instructor course, heading off for Vancouver and the mountains of Whistler & Blackcomb.
"It was great - the people and the skiing. I had the chance to try some pretty steep stuff, improve my skiing ability and scare the hell out of myself in the meantime!"
Dean now balances his time between living in Holland, working back in IT funding Blue Snow Adventures where he spends the winter time. "With more and more of my time being spent on Blue Snow, it looks like it will not be too long before I give up the desk job (again!")
 'my career break has helped me to re-focus'
"I firmly believe that my career break has not only helped me to re-focus and change direction, but has also increased my employability in the current job market."
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Be warned! Many career-breakers start a year of training and travel with Flying Fish only to discover that a year-out turns into a whole new way of life . . .
Use the drop down box above and select your sport to start researching your career break with Flying Fish.
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