Merry Marine Training and Development - The Ultimate Team Building Environment

Why Sailing?

Organisations have a vast array of choices to help their people develop their skills. From highly structured People Development Programmes to ad-hoc training courses.

Whichever method you choose, it is important that a training environment is created which will allow participants to observe and understand behaviours and learn and develop the skills necessary to get the best out of themselves and the teams they are working with.

In most cases, formal development programmes will greatly benefit from the inclusion of some form of physical activity where team members can work closely on exercises that will demonstrate the behaviours and skills.


	Sailing provides a unique, challenging and most effective environment to achieve these aims.

	Whilst the activities involved in sailing are very dissimilar to the business environment, the means by which they are achieved well, are exactly the same.

	Clear objectives and goals Shared Vision Role clarity Confident and inspirational leadership Efficient management Strong teamworking with common purpose and reward Clear communications measurement of success

And you don't need to go to the extremes of ocean racing to get the most out of your people.
MERRY MARINE will provide just the right environment for your needs.

See the Results - in double quick time!

On board, a group of people will be working in close proximity on tasks where the results of their actions will be seen very quickly. This is very different to the real business environment where a new team may be working at a distance from each other and the results of their work may take months to come to fruition.

Are you sure that the team is well suited to each other after a week - a month - a year?
Have you identified potential issues before they become a problem and do you know what to do to address them?.
On a yacht, you will be able to assess such things in a few hours.

An integral part of your own Development Programme

A sailing event is particularly effective when used in conjunction with a formal method of personality profiling as part of a structured people development programme.
We can work with your own development consultants and trainers to tailor our courses to your own specific needs.

Alternatively, through our association with a number of leading business psychologists and specialist training organisations, we can ensure that world class people and management development techniques are incorporated into your experience.

Teams will be able to work with output from your preferred profiling method (we have experience of working with many leading types) and identify and work on behaviours as part of that method.

You'll be surprised how quickly and clearly the theories can be seen in practice, backing up the classroom learning in a practical, real-time environment.

We ensure that our skippers work closely with the development professionals to ensure that you and your teams get the most out of the learning experience.