RYA Start Yachting Course

Sailing lessons on the Solent

• Sailing lessons for beginners
• Only £175 including a free one day course worth £90+
• Weekends
• Saturday morning start

Learn to sail a yacht with no prior experience. A two day sailing course on the Solent to gently introduce novice sailors to the joys of sailing a cruising yacht.

The RYA Start Yachting course is designed to impart a basic knowledge of yachting, subjects covered include: The yacht, ropework, rules of the road, man overboard recovery, clothing and equipment, emergency equipment and precautions, meteorology.

When you have completed the RYA Start Yachting course you can go on to complete the RYA Competent Crew course over two more weekends. RYA Competent Crew is the precursor to the RYA Day Skipper course. Successful completion of Day Skipper puts you in a position to charter sailing yachts 'bare boat' (without a skipper) in the world's greatest cruising grounds.

Useful Links

• Royal Institute of Navigation
• International Association of Institutes of Navigation
• International Maritime Organization
• International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities