Ever daydreamed about being part of a closely knit team, smoothly guiding a yacht to it’s destination on the open waters? Pulling in at exotic ports and seeing new countries? Maybe even getting paid handsomely for your efforts? Well, it’s probably a lot more attainable than you think. Sailing crews are in demand, and you […]
It sounds strange at first. Learn how to sail via a course on your PC? We can certainly understand any skepticism. Obviously, you can’t learn every aspect of sailing just by sitting in front of your monitor. To really develop skill on the waves, there’s no two ways about it – you simply need to […]
The Royal Yachting Association is the foremost organisation in Britain for all things boating related. They connect sailors with boats, crews with captains and buyers with sellers – but one of their most important functions is the courses they offer, which cover a variety of different boating skills. RYA courses allow both beginners and advanced […]
The British Olympic team coach Jim Saltonstall once described yacht racing as the most complex and challenging sport in the world. And at the higher levels, he’s probably right – to rise to the top, elite yacht racers need to combine plenty of manual agility and raw sailing skill with high levels of preparation, intelligence […]
We don’t like to dwell on the possibilities of a disaster at sea, and thankfully most of us will never experience one. The quality of sailing training in the UK is very high, as are the sailing standards and equipment – so major accidents are rare. However, every year there are a number of incidents […]
Whether you’re just entering the world of sailing or you’re a long-standing veteran of the waves, you will have no doubt come across information on the various sailing clubs that are dotted around the country. If you’ve never been a member, you might not yet have a full understanding of what exactly a sailing club […]
A dinghy is a small boat with a sail and rudder. It’s the smallest class of sailing vessels, and also the simplest. Learning to sail a dinghy is often the first step for beginners on the way to sailing bigger and more complex boats. As arguably the easiest of all the sailboats to master, Dinghy […]
If you’re an experienced sailor with a fair few nautical miles under your belt, you’re probably confident in the water, and you know your preferred vessel well. It might seem like you’ve got all the required skills already. So why consider an advanced sailing course? There are actually a number of good reasons to take […]
Whichever way you look at it, there are always thousands of what seem to be very good reasons NOT to take up boating or even dip a toe in the sport. There’s something of a psychological barrier that keeps millions from ever leaving dry land or even giving a second thought to doing so. They […]
The world of boating is one of the most exciting and potentially rewarding you’ll come across on the face of the Earth and must cross the minds of most at some point or another. However, the number of people that actually make any efforts to dip their toes in the activity out of every thousand […]