Welcome to Start Point Sailing School and Sail West Yacht Charter.

A friendly and professional service for experienced sailors, novice sailors and landlubbers.

Come down and discover the beautiful South West coast of England and beyond with us.

Whether chartering or on a course, pick up your yacht from a pontoon moorings on the shores of the magnificent Rivers Dart or Taymar and take part in one of our RYA courses, skippered or bareboat charter.

Our Dartmouth and Plymouth based RYA practical bases has been carefully chosen for their superb locations, being situated on the edge of an area of outstanding natural beauty and opening up the whole of the South West UK coast, the Channel Islands and France for you to explore.

We offer a full range of RYA courses including the new 9 day shorebased/practical combined Day Skipper course, ladies only courses, boat handling and confidence building weekends, intensive shorebased courses, including Day Skipper, VHF GMDSS SRC, First Aid. Why not combine your skippered charter or family holiday with a practical or shorebased RYA course with Start Point Sailing. Select a button for more course detail.

Sail-west (Bareboat and Skippered Yacht Charter)

Sail-West offers bareboat and skippered yacht charter from the UK and Greece, and family and friends sailing days starting from Plymouth. Whether the Yachts are used for sea school or charter we pride ourselves on vessels that are fully DoT coded and well maintained, being subject to a stringent maintenance schedule which ensures our clients always have safe, operational craft.

Course and skippered charter and family day prices include waterproof hire, food on board and marina costs. We offer loyalty and group booking discounts.

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