Sailing

Getting Started

Sailing and windsurfing are two great sports for getting you active and energetic, and outside in the fresh air. They're quick and easy to learn- with the right tuition you'll have great fun, you'll be speeding along in no time- and you'll probably get wet!
Click here to get started.

Once you've learnt the basics, you can actively explore your local stretch of water, join a sailing club full of like-minded people, or learn to race.

No matter what your age or experience, there is a course for you. It won't cost you a fortune, and there's an RYA training centre near you where you can get started. Find an RYA Training Centre on the RYA website - click here.

Already hooked on sailings?

Then it's probably time to join a local club, where you can enjoy the social side of the sport too, making friends and improving your skills on the water with other enthusiastic sailors.

There are hundreds of RYA affiliated sailing and windsurfing clubs around the country, and whether you live in a city, on the coast or in the countryside, there will be one that's local to you. Find a local club on the RYA website - click here.

Share your knowledge and skills- become an instructor or coach

Teaching sailing or windsurfing can be a rewarding and challenging career or hobby. The RYA instructor training schemes are progressive- you can develop your skills and qualifications at your own pace by taking endorsement courses, working towards senior Instructor level and, in the case of sailing, ultimately becoming a Coach/Assessor.
To find out more click here. 

Try Volunteering!

A great way of getting involved with sailing and windsurfing is to volunteer at your local club. Volunteering can:

•         Allow you to learn more about the sports
•         Enable you to help others
•         Share your skills
•         Make new friends
•         Take a new direction in life

Contact the Regional Development Officer for your region - click here.

The RYA is the UK's national association for all forms of recreational and competitive boating, representing sailing, motorcruising, sportsboats, windsurfing, inland boating, powerboat racing and personal watercraft. It coordinated competition and/ or development.

For further details/information visit our website on www.rya.org.uk.

Contacts

You can call RYA House on +44 (0) 2380 604 100.

Alternatively our full address is: RYA House, Ensign Way, Hamble, Hants, SO31 4YA. 

Click here for full contacts page on our RYA website.

NGB Courses and Awards

To find out more details about the RYA courses please click here.