Sailing is in the blood of Brian & Pippa, the founders and co-owners of Miramar Sailing. Both love to sail, and both love to teach others to sail.
They established their RYA Recognised Training Centre in 2010, offering formal, certified sail training in accordance with the RYA Sail Cruising and Yachtmaster Scheme. By necessity, the structure of RYA training courses is well defined and established as it should be.
Formal qualifications are not for everyone however! Some would be, and existing, sailors simply wish to learn the skills of sailing, safety and seamanship, in a relaxed way, at their own pace, and often in their own environment.
At Miramar Sailing we recognise this and offer many options with our own brand of Fun Sail Training as an alternative to our RYA Training. The most significant difference being the removal of the requirement to live on board the training yacht for the duration of a course.
To summarise, at Miramar Sailing we offer:
- RYA Recognised Sail Training Centre – delivering the RYA Sail Cruising and Yachtmaster Scheme
- A Fun Training Programme – delivered in a series of daily modules giving options for those areas of training that require polishing
- Sailing Skills Clinics – for those who have achieved RYA qualifications that need a little refreshment due to lack of practice.
- Racing Skills Clinics – for those sailors with a competitive streak and the will to win!
- Own Yacht Tuition – this can be either RYA Certified or informal on your yacht
- Mile & Experience Building – all important for those pursuing the RYA Yachtmaster Coastal ,Offshore or Ocean Certificates of Competence to achieve the required criteria for examination.
and finally, and somewhat inevitably thanks to Pippa!
- Girls Only Courses – for those who may be subject to a dominant male when sailing, and consequently lacking the confidence to develop their own skills and abilities. Or, simply, just want to get away with the girls from time to time!
Do we have the right credentials to offer all this? We most certainly do!
- Both Brian and Pippa are commercially endorsed RYA/MCA Ocean Yachtmasters.
- Brian is a RYA Cruising Instructor and Principal of the Miramar Sailing School.
- Pippa is a RYA Yachtmaster Instructor and Chief Instructor of the Miramar Sailing School.
- Our team of qualified Instructors is extensive, and all will deliver the same high standards of training.
The skills and knowledge required to achieve these levels of qualification have been learned over many years of global sailing experience.
Brian, Pippa and their team are dedicated to passing these skills on to anyone who wishes to learn. Is this you?
