TEAM-BUILDING ON THE WATER FOR YOUR MANAGEMENT TEAM
Harness the power of sailing to foster exceptional leadership development. Intensive. Hands-on. Tailored specifically to your company.
Plan. Communicate. Execute.
Monitor. Take action. Motivate.
Live in harmony with nature. Change our mindset.
Working together. Achieving goals.
Sailing.
What We Offer
Team Building on the Water
Build trust and foster collaboration among your executives with customized team-building activities on sailing yachts. The challenges faced on board mirror the dynamics and pressures of the business world and are specifically designed to strengthen your team’s cohesion.
Strengthening Leadership Skills
Our sailing trips provide an ideal setting for practicing leadership styles and decision-making processes in real-world situations. Your executives will learn to make clear and focused decisions, even in challenging situations.
Customized Workshops and Coaching Sessions
Each cruise is individually tailored to your company’s needs. Whether it’s strategy workshops, leadership coaching, or intensive team-building activities—we offer customized solutions for sustainable leadership development.
Feel free to contact us to learn more about our programs:
Why Team Sailing?
Sailing
- There are many different roles and responsibilities on board.
- Every position and role is important.
- Only a coordinated team effort can keep the ship on its planned course and bring it safely to its destination.
- Each crew member must reliably carry out their assigned task.
- Only then can the team’s success be guaranteed.
Life on Board
- The crew is responsible for organizing daily life on board.
- From the galley (provisions and cooking) to “Klar Deck” and “Rein Schiff.”
- Space is limited on a sailing yacht, which makes spending time together all the more special:
- Mutual consideration, empathy, and adherence to the rules established by the team are important prerequisites for
shared success.
Team Sailing
- Sailing offers the ideal conditions for intensive team building,
and it’s fun, too.
It challenges the team, helps members get to know each other, and
at the same time provides the perfect flow experience. - The fresh breeze blows past your face, and you can let your mind wander.
- The team sailing takes place on a well-equipped, modern sailing yacht under the guidance of an experienced skipper and media manager.
What makes team sailing unique:
Practical Coaching:
Instead of theoretical seminars, your executives will experience real-world scenarios on sailing yachts. Decisions must be made under time pressure, and leadership and teamwork are crucial to success.
A Unique Setting:
On the water, leadership qualities and team dynamics become more apparent than in traditional seminar settings. Your executives will learn to tackle new challenges and find solutions together.
Long-term success:
Our sailing coaching sessions aren’t just aimed at short-term results. The skills learned are firmly integrated into everyday professional life.
Contact us for a no-obligation consultation
Expertise
Holger Hinsch
RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Ocean
RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Offshore
As an experienced manager and business consultant, I help companies achieve their goals and ensure their success.
Now I’m combining my passion for sailing with my expertise to offer team-building events.
These experiences strengthen team cohesion, communication, and trust, and create unforgettable moments.
Let’s set sail together and lead your team to new horizons.
- RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Ocean (The highest qualification awarded by the Royal Yachting Association (RYA) and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). The Yachtmaster Ocean certifies skippers to command yachts on unrestricted, worldwide voyages, including ocean crossings.)
- RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Offshore (The most important international certification for the professional operation of yachts on offshore voyages up to 150 nautical miles from the coast)
- Coastal Sailing License (official German certificate for operating motorized sailing yachts in coastal waters)
- Recreational Boating License for Open Water (the official and legally required certificate in Germany for operating motorized sailing yachts and motorboats on the open water)
- VHF Short-Range Certificate
- Medical Aid at Sea Certificate (in accordance with the World Sailing/ISAF Offshore Special Regulations)
- Certificate of Proficiency in First Aid at Sea
- RYA Diesel Engine Certificate
- SKN Pyrotechnic Signal Devices (Certificate issued in Germany for the use, handling, and storage of pyrotechnic distress signals in accordance with the SOLAS regulations)
- Inland Recreational Boat Operator’s License: Sailing + Motor (official and legally required certificate in Germany for operating sailing and motor yachts on inland waters)
- Started sailing in the 1980s: dinghy and beach catamaran sailing
Languages spoken on board:
German & English
(e.g., Atlantic Ocean, English Channel, Irish Sea, Bay of Biscay, North Sea)
Several trips over 600 nautical miles (e.g., crossing the Bay of Biscay, from the European mainland to the Azores or Madeira)
Holger Hinsch is the head of hinsch.consulting. He has a broad range of experience in the media and publishing business, in the strategic business field development, in the area of digital transformation and in the implementation and establishment of holistic business models.
Experienced executive with extensive expertise in the media and digital industries.
- Over 30 years in the media and entertainment industry
- 18+ years as General Manager/Publishing Director at various companies
- Leading divisions, teams and projects in corporate groups and small, agile organisational units
- Extensive experience in planning and conducting workshops
- Certified SCRUM Product Owner
- Certified Product and Content Manager Digital
- Certified AI Manager