It is not possible to talk with people about Southampton and not have someone ask if you have managed to go sailing. Our sailing courses cater for all abilities from complete beginners to seasoned Seafarers, offering you a variety of boats, skills to learn and challenges to master. The 'Sailing Pathway' will show you the options available to you as you start to learn to sail.
The University of Southampton, as part of Southampton Sport, runs a Royal Yachting Association (RYA) Recognised Training Centre (RTC) which offers and runs all of our RYA training courses and all certificates issued for courses run will be issued from the "University of Southampton" RTC. All sailing courses will meet at the University Watersports centre and will either run from our recognised training base at Southampton Sailing Club, or from our Watersports Centre on the River Itchen.
I learnt a lot in just 2 days. The Instructor gave attention to each individual student and ensured we were taught everything required.
This 2 day course is ideal for those that are sailing for the very first time. On the course you will learn how to control the boat and sail under the supervision of RYA qualified instructors. During this course, candidates will:
Maximum Student: Instructor Ratio: normally 3:1 on our crewed Dinghies, but sometimes 6:1 using our single hander dinghies
Upon completion of the course attendees should be able to sail in light winds under supervision
Please send an email if you have any quires about course availability
Date | Time |
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16th &17th July 2022 | 09:00-17:00 |
30th & 31st July 2022 | 08:00-16:00 |
13th & 14th August 2022 | 09:00-17:00 |
27th & 28th August 2022 | 08:00-16:00 |
10th & 11th September 2022 | 08:00-16:00 |
24th & 25th September 2022 | 07:00-15:00 |
8th & 9th October 2022 | 07:00-15:00 |
29th & 30th October 2022 | 08:00-16:00 |
12th & 13th November 2022 | 08:00-16:00 |
26th & 27th November 2022 | 08:00-16:00 |
Costs:
Membership Type | Price Of Course |
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Southampton Sport Member | £99.00 |
Uni of Southampton or Solent Uni Student* | £127.50 |
Mayflower Member, Sports Pass or Non-Member | £160.00 |
*In order to claim the student discount you will need to provide proof of your student status. Please email proof that you are currently enrolled on a course in the current academic year at the University of Southampton or Solent University to watersports@southampton.ac.uk
To book call 023 8059 2119 or book and pay online
This 2 day course will be building upon what you have learnt in Level 1 and also building further content in:
Maximum Student: Instructor Ratio: normally 3:1 on our crewed Dinghies, but sometimes 6:1 using our single hander dinghies
Upon completion of the course, you should be able to sail without supervision and make decisions in favourable weather conditions. You will also now be qualified to join in with our Recreational sailing sessions.
Please send an email if you have any quires about course availability
Date | Time |
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16th & 17th July 2022 | 09:00-17:00 |
13th & 14th August 2022 | 09:00-17:00 |
10th & 11th September 2022 | 08:00-16:00 |
8th & 9th October 2022 | 07:00-15:00 |
12th & 13th November 2022 | 08:00-16:00 |
10th & 11th December 2022 | 08:00-16:00 |
Costs:
Membership Type | Price Of Course |
---|---|
Southampton Sport Member | £99.00 |
Uni of Southampton or Solent Uni Student* | £127.50 |
Mayflower Member, Sports Pass and Non-Member | £160.00 |
*In order to claim the student discount you will need to provide proof of your student status. Please email proof that you are currently enrolled on a course in the current academic year at the University of Southampton or Solent University to watersports@southampton.ac.uk
To book call 023 8059 2119 or book and pay online.
Time to step up your game as you consolidate all you have learnt from Levels 1 and 2 and experience a range of taster sessions from the higher level courses, giving you a more secure footing for further sailing development. These higher level 2-day courses are Seamanship Skills, Day Sailing, Sailing with Spinnakers and Performance Sailing; see Advanced Sailing for more details of each of these courses.
Maximum Student: Instructor Ratio: 3:1 on our crewed Dinghies, but 6:1 using our single hander dinghies
Upon completion of this course you should be more confident in sailing skills and techniques, and ready to progress onto the Advanced Modules
Please send an email if you have any quires about course availability
Date | Time |
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30th & 31st July 2022 | 08:00-16:00 |
27th & 28th August 2022 | 08:00-16:00 |
24th & 25th September 2022 | 07:00-15:00 |
29th & 30th October 2022 | 08:00-16:00 |
26th and 27th November 2022 | 08:00-16:00 |
Costs:
Membership Type | Price Of Course |
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Full Southampton Sport Member | £99.00 |
Uni of Southampton or Solent Uni Student* | £127.50 |
Mayflower, Sports Pass and Non-Member | £160.00 |
*In order to claim the student discount you will need to provide proof of your student status. Please email proof that you are currently enrolled on a course in the current academic year at the University of Southampton or Solent University to watersports@southampton.ac.uk
To book call 023 8059 2119 or book and pay online.
You have gained your level 2 Basic Skills certificate (or higher) and you want to get out there and practice your tacking and gybing and try to remember how to sail around that triangular course. Come and join us for an Open Sailing session down at Southampton Sailing club to gain some more time 'at the helm'.
Open sailing sessions are free for Southampton Sport Members who hold an RYA level 2 Sailing Certificate (or higher). These sessions are supervised by qualified staff but no instruction is provided. Those who appear to not have control of their vessels will be asked to leave the water.
Please note, a minimum of 3 persons is required for a session to run.
Costs:
Membership Type | Price of course |
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Southampton Sport Member | Free |
Uni of Southampton or Solent Uni Student* | £12.50 |
Mayflower Member, Sports Pass and Non-Member | £20.00 |
*In order to claim the student discount you will need to provide proof of your student status. Please email proof that you are currently enrolled on a course in the current academic year at the University of Southampton or Solent University to southamptonsport@soton.ac.uk
To book call 023 8059 2119 or in person at the Jubilee Sports Centre Bookings for recreational sailing sessions close at 12:00 on the day of the evening sessions.
For further details and opportunities, please contact southamptonsport@soton.ac.uk
All included in the cost of the course
We retain the right to cancel a date and transfer your booking or offer you a refund if the weather is unsuitable to run the course on the basis of health and safety. As part of this decision we will be looking at wind, temperature and sea state. Where possible we will give you 24 hours’ notice when a clear and accurate weather forecast comes through.
On the rare occurrence of staff sickness we will endeavour to cover the staff shortage and continue to run the course. This would also be grounds for a refund or date transfer.
For most of our watersports courses we have a minimum ratio of 1:3. Where possible we will always endeavour to run a course but if we are below ratio we may have to transfer you onto a future booking.
The bookee cancelling the booking
Over 7 days before the course: We are happy to offer a full refund or transfer your booking to another date upon request.
Over 48 hours before the course: We will give a full refund upon the presentation of a current doctor’s note.
Less than 48 hours before the course: We are not able to offer a refund
Please note that the time period stated refers to start of the day, not the start of the course. All refunds are limited to course fees only. If you book local accommodation, you may choose to take out cancellation/holiday insurance.