Sailing Facilities

Our Training Yacht Piranha

Our training yacht 'Piranha' is a Bavaria 36 Cruiser. She has up-to-date equipment on deck, with headsail furling, mainsail stack system with lazy jacks, self-tailing winches.

The navigator's work-station has all the other necessary navigational equipment including chart plotter, GPS satellite navigation, radar and AIS. The use and operation of these systems is part of the course.

There are 8 berths but we only carry a maximum complement of 6 persons on each course.

Our Cruising Area

Our home town port is Fambridge on the river Crouch in Essex. Here we have the sheltered waters necessary for the safe familiarisation of our boat and its equipment. Sailing out of the Crouch leads us to the northern part of the Thames estuary and from here we visit not only the ports of Essex, Suffolk, Kent and the South Coast but we also cruise to Gibraltar, Holland, Belgium, France, Spain and the Channel Islands. We make our courses exciting and interesting, afloat and ashore.

Our Courses have been priced to give real value for money; compare us to other sailing schools. We don't cram you in like sardines and our pass rate last season was 100 percent. We also offer discounts for group bookings and students (please telephone for details). Breakfast & lunch is Included in our practical sailing courses where applicable.

There are no hidden extras. We can supply waterproofs and lifejackets. You will need bring, warm clothes, gloves and hats, also deck shoes or trainers plus sea boots if you have them and we prefer that you bring your own sleeping bag although there is no extra charge to use ours.

Potential skippers might want to bring their own plotting instruments, binoculars and hand bearing compasses but are welcome to use ours. A small torch is always handy and please feel free to bring your camera, and of course a change of clothes to go ashore.

If you are in any doubt about the right course to suit you then please give us a call.