Sailing school

Solent Sail is an RYA recognised sea school running courses at all levels from beginner to Yachtmaster.
Our base in Portsmouth Harbour is a perfect starting location, with fast access to the Solent and a wealth of training opportunities

All courses are on our 40′ CATAMARAN. Perfect for doing an RYA qualification with a little more style and comfort.
Ideal for people wanting to get ready for a catamaran charter in the Med or Caribbean.

Our use of catamarans reflects the fact that people are buying and chartering multihull yachts and need practical training in using them. It also makes for a much more stable teaching platform and more space below for the students. However courses are still limited to just 5 students, so bigger boat does not mean less time on the helm. Start Yachting courses take place over a weekend (Friday evening to Sunday afternoon). Competent Crew, Day Skipper and Yachtmaster (exam prep) courses take place over at least 5 days (either Sunday evening to Friday afternoon, two weekends including one extra day or three weekends). Coastal skipper courses also take 5 days, but will always be in one block.

If you don’t have one already, you will need an RYA logbook for the course.
These are available in the local chandlers or on-line here.

Scheduled courses are shown below.

If you have a group of 4 or 5 individuals that want an RYA course, we can arrange that for dates to suit you. The cost is based on a 5-day charter as per our information page.

And if you just want a one-day or weekend, catamaran familiarisation course, it can also be arranged to suit your needs. Costs for this are the same as the one-day charters on our information page.