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What sail tuition is available?

AYE run all of the RYA sailing courses comprising both practical and theory-based sail instruction. For yacht owners, we are happy to provide tuition on your own boat, which can be a rewarding experience.

We also organise skippered yacht charters, corporate events, passages to various destinations and international boat deliveries.

RYA Courses

All the RYA Sail Cruising Courses are run at AYE. For more information on the ladder of progression to RYA Yachtmaster, see the RYA Qualifications page.

Practical

• Start Yachting course - an introduction to sailing
  Course length: two days
  
  
• Competent Crew course
  Course length: three week-ends or five days
  
  
• Day Skipper Practical course
  Course length: three week-ends or five days over two weekends (one three day and one two day)
  
  
• Preparation for the Coastal Skipper and/or Yachtmaster Offshore assessment
  Course length: five or seven days
  
  
• Passage for the Yachtmaster Ocean assessment
  Course length: seven days or 600 miles (normally five days)
  
  
• Family sailing for those who would like to be taught with their children

NB. For those who have never sailed before, yachting is rather like camping on water and there is physical activity involved.

Theory

• Basic Navigation and Safety Course
  Course length: 2 days
  
  
• Day Skipper shorebased theory of navigation, seamanship and weather course
  
  
• Coastal Skipper and Yachtmaster Offshore Shorebased Navigation, Seamanship and Weather Course
  
  
• Yachtmaster Ocean Shorebased Course in Astro Navigation
  
  
• Short Range Certificate Course to qualify students to use VHF/DSC radios

What to do next

See the Sail Help Calendar
Contact AYE to discuss availability and dates
Make a booking online

Passages

Passages are made to Eire, Southern Brittany or Northern Spain as required. If you have a group of friends who would like to make such a passage, discounted rates are available. You can either cruise, skipper or be taught; the choice is yours. This is an excellent chance to practise navigation and pilotage.

During the passages a skipper will be nominated for each leg, and be responsible for not only skippering the yacht but also all pilotage and navigation. Those keen on learning how to use the latest radar and chart plotters can practise on the yacht.

If you would like to hop across the Channel for the sailing and navigation experience, weekend forays will be made to Cherbourg and/or Alderney. These trips will only be for experienced sailors. There will even be space on the return trip for a bottle of wine or two, solely, of course, for your own consumption!

What to do next

See the Sail Help Calendar
Contact AYE to discuss availability and dates
Make a booking online

Skippered Charters

AYE offers skippered charters for those who would like to sail, but lack the skills to run the boat themselves. Passages will be planned in conjunction with the skipper. Families with older children are especially welcome. If families wish to be introduced to sailing, a boat will be selected to give the maximum comfort to the family, combined with being a suitable platform for teaching.

What to do next

Contact AYE to discuss availability and dates

The Good Old Corporate

A somewhat overused phrase, the corporate hospitality event has a place in all sailing establishments. Arrow offers the opportunity for groups to sail in the Solent for a day, or a weekend. You can have this either with simple food and drinks or it can be catered by a specialist company, we have a wide range of menus. For a really exciting day we can organise a number of similar sized boats in competition. This can be a reward for your staff, a fun day with competitions or a chance to reinforce your relationship with major clients. We will arrange whatever you want. Arrow has ten berths and is equipped and coded to take this number. Ever thought of having a comfortable boat for wives to be taken out to watch events? We can arrange this too, with crew to do all the work, but if the wives, girlfriends or partners want to join in they will be encouraged to do so.

What to do next

Contact AYE to discuss availability and dates

Own Boat Tuition

If you own a boat, all the RYA Sail Cruising competences can be taught on her. Phone or email if you would like some help over the commissioning of a new or second hand boat you have bought, or are about to buy. Sticky will be happy to advise and give you the necessary training. Sticky believes that all couples sailing together should have as near as dammit the same levels of competence. It is no use a husband being able to do all the sail handling and boat manoeuvring if the partner cannot cope in an emergency. What happens if the stronger of the two falls overboard? Sticky will be able to advise and help.

What to do next

Contact AYE to discuss availability and dates

Deliveries

Want a boat delivered? Phone or email and ask for details. Your boat will be thoroughly checked out and professionally delivered to wherever you want.