Sailing News

  Sail away from the UK, out of the Solent, down the busy English Channel and then South across the Bay of Biscay to warmer climes and your destination: Gran Canaria in the Canaries! For anyone wishing to do some serious offshore sailing, build miles, or just escape to the high seas this will be… Read more

A short but action packed holiday, or spreading your RYA Competent Crew or Day Skipper course over two weekends, either way the bank holidays are perfect as you don’t need to use up any valuable days off work! And with the Easter break having two bank holidays, you can do a whole course and only… Read more

Are you aged eight to thirteen and love the idea of learning to sail? Have ever dreamed of life on board a yacht but don’t know your binnacle from your yardarm? Then the Portsmouth Sailing Project is your chance to take up sailing. The Project is funded by the 1851 Trust, Travis Perkins and the… Read more

If there’s nothing you enjoy more than getting some wind in your sails in a location where there’s a stunning backdrop, you’ll simply love the world’s top ten sailing destinations we’ve put together for you. Sailing holidays offer peace and tranquillity and can be achieved once you’ve landed your very own sailing qualifications. Where will… Read more

Sailing has long been a shared hobby for me and my husband, Paul. There’s nothing like the experience of leaving dry land and getting away from it all. Having retired from our jobs and moved from Nottingham to Cowes on the Isle of Wight, we decided we wanted to spend our retirement doing something exciting.… Read more

Preparing the yachts It had been a long-held ambition of mine to cross the Atlantic Ocean. I’d had several opportunities over the years, but sadly none of them came to fruition. Technically it’s a race, but the vast majority of competitors are there to simply have fun and achieve the feat of crossing the Atlantic.… Read more

Elena and Jan are two former First Class Sailing students who have used their newly acquired sailing knowledge to enjoy wonderful sailing holidays in the Mediterranean. Here Jan shares some thoughts about their experience… Our taste for the open seas developed after sailing with Elena’s brother. The two of us really enjoyed the experience and… Read more

A roast bacon joint, roast and boiled potatoes, green beans and carrots plus lovely gravy polished off with steamed pudding, custard and a glass of Macon. When we joined Kingfisher we were shown a copy of the menu we thought mmmmmmph. Must be pre packed meals, then we noticed recipes for each meal attached to… Read more

Back in the beginning of February when it was wet, cold, windy and a bit more cold I was fortunate enough to jump aboard one of our Weekend Channel Hops. Setting off from Gosport we headed Southwards under the shimmering lights of the Spinnaker Tower. We were a skeleton crew of just 3 with a… Read more