Bisham Abbey Sailing & Navigation School is an award winning quality RYA training within easy reach of London and the Home Counties. Based by the beautiful River Thames at Marlow, we are an independent business established in 1991 within Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre specialising in small group Royal Yachting Association training.
We can offer practical motor, barge and narrowboat handling courses on our 22ft Mitchell, 17m Dutch Barge, 36ft narrow-boat or RYA Powerboat Level 1 and 2 on our RIBs. Alternatively our instructors can come to you for own boat tuition at your venue. RYA Inland Waters Helmsman?s Course, International Certificate of Competence and CEVNI Tests for Europe are available as well as the MCA Boatmaster Licence.
Intensive and semi-intensive RYA shore-based navigation courses on offer include: Basic Navigation & Safety, Dayskipper, Yachtmaster and Yachtmaster Ocean. We also run the one day courses for VHF SRC Radio, First Aid, Diesel Engine Maintenance, Radar, Sea Survival /Water Safety, MCA BML Fire Safety. RYA Dinghy Sailing tuition in the summer months is available for adults and children. Boat Safety Scheme inspections can be arranged throughout the year. Gift vouchers can be purchased to any value you wish and can be redeemed against any of our courses. Accommodation is available on site for adults and accompanied children.
Hamble School of Yachting is the leading independent RYA sea school in the UK, specialising in RYA Sailing, Motor and Powerboat courses. With over 25 years of experience we have a track record for providing high quality tuition to thousands of students. We offer the whole range of RYA courses from Start Yachting to Yachtmaster Ocean. We also run a modular fast track sailing course taking you from beginner to qualified skipper. Alongside these courses we offer a wide range of our own specialist courses such as Yacht Maintenance, Sail Trim and Boat Handling as well as courses for professionals to MCA/STCW standards.
The entire Hamble team is committed to providing the best tuition available in a safe, informative and above all fun environment. Whether a complete novice starting out or a more experienced sailor looking to increase skills we guarantee that you will thoroughly enjoy your time with us. We take enormous pride in the quality of our instructors and skippers who are all patient, friendly and determined to make your experience as enjoyable and rewarding as possible.
Located within easy reach of London and only 10 minutes from the motorway network, you can soon be sailing down the beautiful River Hamble and straight out into the central Solent providing easy access to Cowes and the varied harbours and creeks of the Solent. Our practical courses are all inclusive with no hidden extras and you will be provided with everything you need including lots of fantastic food, sleeping bags with liners and pillows and quality wet weather gear. Shorebased courses are held in our modern purpose built teaching centre.
Whatever your reason for choosing the school you are assured of a very warm welcome from everyone here.
We use Westerly Yachts, not the less sea-kindly modern lightwieghts favoured by many other schools. Both are fully coded to MCA/RYA standards for operation in the Plymouth area and across the Channel. One vessel is a ketch, the other a sloop. Both Gypsy Moth IV & Lively Lady, the first two single-handed round the world yachts of Sir Francis Chichester and Sir Alec Rose are ketches. A ketch can give a flexibility of sail set not found on a sloop.
We offer RYA Training - both Practical and Theory Courses.
We also offer seven day fully catered gourmet sailing cruises, with the added availability of RYA Practical Training Course if required. These will cruise either the West Country, or the coast of Brittany and the Channel Isles. Contact us for further details.
Bespoke courses - we will tailor dates, itinerary and timings to suit you.
Mike Reeder, a Master Mariner and RYA Instructor, has successfully trained more than 400 Owners, Captains, Mates and Crew for their YACHTMASTERS certificates. His dedicated team of instructors arranges courses for the complete beginner through to YACHTMASTER (OCEAN) and the commercial endorsements. The instruction is both practical and/or theory, and the following are also arranged:-
OWN BOAT INSTUCTION
This is the most popular, and most sensible. If not possible, the school has MCA - coded motor cruisers available.
INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCE (ICC)
This is a very popular course. We train for the Craft up to 24 meters in length. the certificate is required when visiting the coastal waterways of Europe. For the inland waters, the Code European des Voies de la Navigation Interieure (CEVNI) is also needed.
POWERBOAT (RIB) INSTRUCTION
For the level 1, level 2, Intermediate, and advanced certificates.
DIESEL ENGINE INSTRUCTION
A 1-day course.
VHF/SRC INSTRUCTION
On how to operate VHF fitted with Digital Selective Calling. A 1-day course which can be arranged in many different places, and /or in association with the Lymington Town Sailing Club.
CHARTER.
We have several motor cruisers available for charter including a 52' Fairline Targa, which we operate in association with Freedom Charters.
DELIVERY
Why not have the satisfaction and experience of delivering your own boat, over a short or long distance, with the expert help of an Instructor?
WHATEVER YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR NEEDS, PHONE MIKE REEDER ON 01590 - 674560
Shorebased theory in central Sussex, sailing on the Solent.
Mustang Sailing offer the full range of RYA navigation theory and one-day specialist courses at Ringmer nr Lewes in central Sussex, and all the RYA practical sail courses in the Solent, sailing from Universal Marina on the Hamble.
Mustang offer high quality courses to small groups of students. We restrict course numbers and engage only those instructors capable of delivering courses in an engaging and cordial manner.
We?re not running a high volume ?production line?, we train individuals, people who know what they want ? quality training, a comfortable atmosphere and a nice setting.
Classrooms in the countryside mean peace and quiet, big boats, nice instructors and only four students to a practical course mean more time hands-on and more learnt.
Our training centre at Ringmer nr Lewes is ideally placed for students in Sussex, Kent and London. Good road and rail links make us easy to get to.
International students flying into the London Airports get here quickly via the rail link to Lewes, only a ten minute taxi ride away from our training centre. Local accommodation is close by and available to suit all tastes and budgets.
Own boat tuition, whether a full RYA course, boat handling or electronics training we can put a great instructor onboard to teach you on your boat, using your kit, from your berth at your convenience.
One to one courses, even at short notice can often be arranged.
An owner-driven business we give unbiased advice freely and can be surprisingly flexible on course dates. Call Tricia to check us out on 08456 809 069 or click the link to our website.
Pembrokeshire Cruising offers a wide range of sailing tuition from a unique location combining a large sheltered estuary, spectacular coastline and picturesque harbours all situated within the wild dramatic beauty of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.
Following the RYA syllabus, the courses are designed to give you confidence and competence in sailing and skippering a cruising yacht. Pembrokeshire Cruising has been teaching sailors of all levels of ability since 1994 and is one of the leading sailing schools in Wales
The courses are run by instructors who have an enthusiastic dedication to sailing combined with emphasis on having fun. They are also adept at cooking. What better after a hard day than to relax for an hour or so while your instructor prepares a delicious, freshly cooked meal, followed by a trip to one of Pembrokeshire's many hostelries to toast the end to a perfect day.
ADVENTURE CRUISES
Our adventure cruises offer budding skippers the opportunity to complete longer passages, with the assistance of an instructor and also allow novices the experience of cruising to some of the most beautiful destinations in the UK. We now offer weekend adventures around Pembrokeshire - the perfect get away! Pembrokeshire offers an un-crowded spectacular coastline, together with a varied and testing tidal environment.
CHARTER
First class yachts, all maintained to the highest standard are offered for skippered and bareboat charter to sail the beautiful Pembrokeshire Coastal National Park visit its spectacular Islands, or adventure further afield to the Scillies and Southern Ireland. Our fleet of Jeanneau yachts offer comfortable living with performance cruising. We also offer our 27ft Hunter Horizon, bilge keeler, for local exploration.
SailnetUK are award winning specialists in group sailing events. All activities are tasters to the RYA syllabi, and overseen by qualified and experienced RYA instructors. Our blue chip client list speaks for itself, and many individuals return to us to further their sail training, after their corporate or fun taster.
Families and individuals are also very welcome.
Our sailing centre is in the heart of Brightons amazing marina, next to the famously vibrant city of 'Brighton & Hove' about an hour from London & even closer to Gatwick Airport.
WHAT DO WE DO?
RYA Cruising Scheme
RYA National Sailing Scheme
RYA Powerboat Scheme
RYA Theory Courses
Flotilla Holiday Training
Luxury Skippered Charter
WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE?
Fleet racing tasters for up to 30 people on matching Sigma 8?s
Executive match racing tasters for up to 20 people on new, Dufour 455s
Self catering accommodation in the heart of the marina
Superb marina facilities including casino, cinema, bars, restaurants, hotel and indoor golf!
Sunsail offers a wide choice of sailing holidays with nearly 800 yachts in 28 locations worldwide. Alongside their charter holidays they also offer 5 Beach Clubs in the Mediterranean and the Caribbean offering fantastic family holidays both active and relaxed, Flotilla holidays for group sailing experiences and shared adventures, Sailing Schools to learn something new and test your skills, Team Building and Corporate Events and Yacht Ownership. Sunsail was founded in 1974 and is owned by TUI Travel, PLC.
Our motto is sailing made simple, and as far as the theory of navigation and seamanship is concerned that is our aim. Whether you prefer power or sail our courses provide an easy step by step way to learn. With a Tiller course you can also be assured that all material is current. RYA coursework is updated annually, and we continuously revise our courses to incorporate these and other changes. Our administration and support packages are unparalleled ? we?ll help you plan your study, allocate you a tutor and give you access to our online student resources free of charge. This means you can download and work directly on your course material, check for course updates, look up answers to problems you?ve encountered, and review the status of your coursework and the grades you?ve achieved.
Convenient though all this is, it shouldn?t and doesn?t replace human contact: we have a helpline available to all students by phone or email. What?s more, you?re welcome to visit us and have exercises and exams marked on demand at no extra charge; and we?re happy to discuss and arrange personal tuition. Some may call us old fashioned for still labelling our products as correspondence courses but that is what we do. We correspond with our students many of whom we regard as our pen pals around the World.
Our courses cover all the RYA theory from Basic Navigation and Safety to Yachtmaster Ocean with a handy multi course package combining the Day Skipper and Yachtmaster Offshore courses giving a saving of 10% on the combined cost. Savings can also be made by studying in groups of two or more with each additional student saving about 15% on the cost of the basic course.
Finally we also teach First Aid and VHF/SRC at our base in Guildford, Surrey but can travel to clubs or groups by arrangement.
A One Day Specialist Weather Training Course For all Sailors, including all those Taking RYA Day Skipper to Yachtmaster exams.
Modern high class venue.
An Ideal way to boost your knowledge
Simon Jinks, Chief Cruising Instructor RYA.
Recommended by Tom Cunliffe.
Taught by fully qualified, professional, Met.Office trained meteorologists from WeatherQuest at the University of East Anglia, who provide forecasts for The Times and BBC TV East Anglia.
OBJECTIVES
To make a significant contribution to personal safety at sea.
To assist sailors in making the best use of weather and weather windows.
To study micro-scale weather as it affects small craft and passage planning.
To extend knowledge at all levels.
To update knowledge of sources of information.
To emphasise in particular the prediction of wind.
To emphasise the practical application of knowledge.
SELF-SUFFICIENCY
New technology masks the importance of personal skills in prediction. Forecasts sometimes differ, predicted progress of weather systems vary and selecting from the wealth of information is difficult. Technology can go wrong (usually at crucial times!) and no public forecasts predict all events at the mesoscale - the area in which most of us do our sailing.
LEARNING MATERIAL
The course includes: a fully illustrated learning pack with note-taking boxes adjacent to each subject laminated identification cards of weather features for on deck predictions a pre-course pack covering fundamental principles, illustrations and recommended reading.
COURSE DATES:
Sunday 11th. April, 2010
For further information visit: www.weather2sail.com
Email: groundtrack@weather-to sail.com
For more about the trainers see: www.weatherquest.co.uk
Or feel free to phone: 0207 274 5516 or Mble: 07917098599
