Sailing Courses in Your Office

Setting up a Sailing Course at your office is easy!

We can run a RYA Day Skipper, Coastal Skipper,Yachtmaster or Yachtmaster Ocean theory course at your office. 

Courses usually take place over 7 or 8 evenings (1 evening a week) and a weekend.

Why might you choose First Class Sailing to hold a sailing course at your office? 

Imagine leaving your desk, walking down the corridor and being at the class.  No having to spend time traveling elsewhere.  You can even return to you desk at the end of each class!  How convenient would that be? 

• There is no cost to your company
• Your place is half price or free (depending on numbers)
• We handle all the administration:
  • Answer questions
  • Take payments
  • Tell people where they are going
  • It is hassle free for you!
• Friendly efficient office support from 8am to 7pm Monday to Friday offering an almost immediate response to any question.
• Your fellow employees, family and friends benefit from a very attractively discounted rate course fee
• We include all the course materials (except plotters/dividers).  Click here for a picture of what you get.
  • Standard RYA pack with practice charts and questions (Link to picture) 
  • A special First Class Sailing edition of The RYA Navigation Handbook by Tim Bartlett – contains everything you need to know and a source of reference for years to come.
  • A memory stick of course slides in case you miss a class, would like to see what is coming up in the next lesson or wish to refresh your memory. 
  • A special First Class Sailing edition Cockpit Companion – a great aide memoire designed to take with you when you go on the water.
  • A piece of rope to practice your knot tying skills
  • Enthusiastic and dedicated First Class Sailing instructors who will go the extra mile
  • Wonderful customer service support team from the First Class Sailing office
  • RYA Day Skipper Shorebased Certificate at the end
  • Unlimited ongoing support and advice on matters nautical 

We are currently running courses at many of the most prestigious organizations in London and in the South of England. Don't worry if your office is not in London as we have instructors based all over the country.

How to get a sailing course at your office?

If you would like us to hold a course at your workplace:

1. Give us a call on 0203 006 3717 or email the team at info@firstclasssailing.com
2. We will discuss dates with you and fix on ones that suit you best
3. You advertise the course. We help you by sending you a flyer to display
4. We field all the questions and take the bookings directly meaning your time is free to do other things
5. We tell everyone all the details
6. Everyone turns up
7. You do the course for half price or free (depending on numbers)

As an option we can also hold a course over two and a half weekends at your office.

Some information about the different Sailing Courses

The RYA Day Skipper theory course is for those that have done little or no actual navigation. You may be a complete beginner to sailing or you may have sailed miles and miles but not actually got that involved in the navigation. Your instructor will teach you all the navigation theory (including use of GPS and electronic charts), meteorology, collision regulations and safety procedures needed to skipper a yacht. The course takes place over 7 weeks (1 evening a week) and a weekend.

Ideally the sailing theory course should be followed by a five-day practical course aboard one of our yachts. On completion of the Day Skipper practical course you will be qualified to charter and skipper a yacht. It may be that you need to do a five-day Competent Crew practical course before the Day Skipper practical course depending on your previous experience.

The Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster Offshore theory course is more advanced and assumes you have done a Day Skipper course or have theory knowledge to this level.

The Yachtmaster Ocean theory course teaches you how to use a sextant and assumes you have done a Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster Offshore course or have theory knowledge to this level.

Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster Offshore theory and Yachtmaster Ocean theory courses take place over eight weeks (one evening a week) and one weekend.

Call us on 0203 006 3717 for more information on a course at your office or email info@firstclasssailing.com.