Weymouth
Sailing
Club

Weymouth Sailing Club is a RYA Recognised Training Centre (RTC) for club members only, for all RYA Shore-based Navigation Courses, RYA First Aid Courses and RYA Practical Dinghy Courses, from Youth to Adult Level 1-4, Seamanship, Spinnaker, Performance and Race Coaching. All courses are offered at a significant discount to commercially available courses, so to avoid undercutting other commercial RYA training providers, we are authorised to teach club members only.

The shore-based navigation theory courses (normally Day Skipper) are run in weekly 2 hour sessions from November to April. The maximum course numbers are 12, but if there is significant demand, 2 course can be run on different days.

The RYA First Aid courses are run on an as required basis for a minimum of 8 students and a maximum or 12. These are normally run on Saturdays or Sundays.

RYA Dinghy Courses are run as required from April to September, normally 2 days over a weekend. The courses are taught in the clubs own Wayfarer, Feva or Pico dinghies.

The club also offers discounted RYA Power Boat level 2 and Safety Boat course, plus RYA VHF courses through our Preferred Training Provider, Weymouth Sailing School. These are run on an as required basis. The VHF course are a one day course normally run at weekends; the Power Boat courses are 2 days and can be run at any time.

All Club cadets, YOBS (Youths on Boats) are illegible for all club run RYA Courses.

Initial inquiries about RYA courses should be made to the club's RYA Training Centre Principal, Euan McNair on emcnair@hotmail.co.uk or 07767 305073.

Course are only available to members of Weymouth Sailing Club - but if you're not a member it's easy to join and membership fees are very reasonable. Please click here for details of how to join.