Learn to Sail

Sailing is a wonderfully diverse sport that can be enjoyed by anyone of any level of physical ability and by all ages. It can be exciting and adrenaline fuelled racing or it can be a relaxing and placid activity or indeed anywhere in between these two extremes.

Whether you’re the next Ben Ainsley or you just want to cruise in a family dinghy on holiday you will need good training to ensure that you are safe and get the best out of your equipment.

All of our instructors are volunteers and all are trained to demanding RYA standards to ensure that you are trained in a friendly, safe and enjoyable way.

Our courses have been developed over many years and our pass rate is second to none. Our “not for profit” approach means that if we need to spend extra time with a candidate then that’s exactly what we do – something that commercial profit driven centres can’t!

Our Training Courses

The RYA National Sailing Scheme is designed for adults (over 16 years) and we offer the following courses:

  •          Level 1 – Start Sailing

  •          Level 2 – Basic Skills

  •          Seamanship Skills

We also offer the following courses to our younger members:

  •          RYA Youth Sailing Scheme Stages 1 & 2

  •          RYA Youth Sailing Scheme Stages 3 & 4

  •          RYA Seamanship Skills

  •          RYA Start Racing

  •          Race Development including RYA Club Racing

  •          RYA Sailing with spinnakers

For Youth/Junior sailors, a Stage 1 & 2 course for beginners in run at the start of the season, usually over the Easter Holidays, with other courses, depending on demand, run as part of the Thursday Junior Sailing Club. For more information please go to ourJuniors Page

Four Adult Level 1 & 2 courses are usually run each year and these are open to both members and non-members. Each course runs over 2 Thursday evenings and 2 weekends,