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Welcome to Start Point Sailing Sail Cruising School & Sail West Yacht Charter 

RYA SHOREBASED AND PRACTICAL COURSES SAIL CRUISING and SRC VHF RADIO COURSES AVAILABLE ALL YEAR ROUND FROM PLYMOUTH

BAREBOAT YACHT CHARTER PLYMOUTH – NEW TO THE FLEET – JEANNEAU SUNFAST 37 – FROM £600 3 DAY WEEKEND

We offer the full range of RYA Shorebased and Practical Courses from our Plymouth based Sailing School.  RYA Courses include RYA Start Yachting, RYA Competent Crew, RYA Day Skipper practical and theory intensive, combined, fast-track and RYA Coastal Skipper and VHF Marine Radio course from Sutton Harbour, Plymouth as well as the International Certificate of Competence (ICC) required for European Chartering.   

 

The stunning and varied training area of Plymouth Sound, The River Tamar, Yealm, Salcombe, Fowey, Dartmouth and Falmouth, The Channel Islands and France allow us to develop quality sail training courses that include a variety of sail training scenarios for you to enjoy within a fun, safe and challenging environment under the guidance of your friendly, qualified and experienced instructor. 

 

Check out our Plymouth based Yachts: The Sun Fast 37 is lovely to sail easily achieving 5kn+ in F2-3.  Superb for both family and groups.  New to our fleet, try her out at our introductory bareboat charter rates. 

The Westerly GK29 is a designed to be a fast family cruiser.  Tiller steered, sloop rig with slab reefing and a sail pack/lazyjacks fitted she is easy to handle, proving a favourite with many of our RYA sail training course clients returning for bareboat charter.

 

 

BOAT HANDING RYA ACTIVE MARINA DAY 28th April 2012: START POINT SAILING In CONJUCTION WITH SUTTON HARBOUR MARINALESSON: Wendy Langdon (right) with her students

THIRTY berth holders at Sutton Harbour Marina have brushed up on their boating skills following the official launch of a new programme.

The skills session was part of a series of events run by the Royal Yachting Association in partnership with marinas.

THE FULL STORY  Plymouth Herald

 

Start Point Sailing’s practical course “all in prices” gives you quality RYA training, friendly and experienced instructors, and a fantastic Devon and Cornish tidal training area.  Shore-based course prices include your course pack, hire of our Portland plotter and dividers and beverages.   

 

 

NEW ON-LINE RYA INTERACTIVE COURSES

CEVNI on line Test, Essential Navigation and Safety, Pre-SRC VHF Radio course test.  The New Professional Practices and Responsibilities Course is NOW LIVE!

 

Start Point Sailing is one of a few schools registered to provide the new Professional Practices and Responsibilities Course – the course is a compulsory requirement for first time RYA Commercial Endorsement holders and for those revalidating their certificates.  

 

To enrol on the PPR course:  Create an account with Start Point Sailing on the RYA Interactive site.  There is no need to contact us to confirm whether you can take the course through us, we currently have capacity to assist a further 147 on-line students.  Get a taste for the course by watching the video on the RYA Interactive site.  To purchase the course, you will be taken straight into the payment gateway the first time you click the link on the PPR course. You will be asked to pay £31 + VAT.   Once payment is cleared then you can complete your course and print out your certificate.  Instructor assistance via email or telephone is available should you have any queries.

 

If you are struggling to find a suitable computer or are an individual or company with a number of skippers who would like to take the on line course with an instructor on site then please give us a call.

 


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PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

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SPACES AVAILABLE

RYA START YACHTING     

2 days

Fm £150

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RYA COMPETENT CREW

5 days or w/e

Fm £395

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RYA DAY SKIPPER COMBINED INTENSIVE
Shorebased and Practical

9 days

Fm £595

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RYA DAY SKIPPER PRACTICAL

5 days or w/e

Fm £395

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RYA COASTAL SKIPPER PRACTICAL with course completion certificate

7 days

Fm £595

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Yachtmaster Preparation 5 day and DoT Exam

7 days

£750

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EXPERIENCE YACHTING DAYS

1 day

Fm£50

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BOAT HANDLING AND ICC TRAINING

1 or 2 days

£95 day

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RYA DAY SKIPPER and ICC SHOREBASED

5 day or w/e

£330

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RYA COASTAL /YACHTMASTER SHOREBASED

5 day or w/e

£400

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SRC VHF DSC RADIO AND GMDSS

1 day

£90

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ESSENTIAL NAVIGATION AND SAFETY S/B
CEVNI, VHF RADIO pre course tests

Go to E Learning.

£85

Go to E Learning.

 

TESTIMONIALS   “Staff and skippers are friendly, professional and RYA qualified, catering for the individual needs of experienced sailors and novice sailors alike.”

     Credit/debit card payments accepted via our on line shop. PAY BY CARD
4 easy on-line instalment payments option available

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BAREBOAT, Corporate, Skippered CHARTER and RYA Courses available on our Westerly GK29, Jeanneau Sunfast 37

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