East coast RYA schools?

[Mudhook]

I am hoping to get my RYA Coastal Skipper practical qualification next year. Does anyone have advice or even personal recommendation on a top-quality sailing school on the East Coast between say Ipswich and the Thames? I did my Day Skipper with John Goode’s Southern Sailing oufit at Southampton - which I would recommend without reservation - but I’d like to get some sailing experience on the East Anglian coast and the Thames estuary. My usual haunt is North Wales; when you live in land-locked central England you are already used to travelling to sail!

 

[vyv_cox]

Any special reason for going East when you customarily go West? Why not do it inNorth Wales? I can recommend Island Sailing, ads in PBO and YM.

 

[cngarrod]

There are a couple i know of near Ipswich...

East Anglian Sea School, based at Levington
Pin Mill Sailing School, based at Pin Mill

If these are any good to you... let me know and i will dig out the numbers!

Cheers,

Craig.

 

[davidwf]

Try Britannia Sailing School based at Shotley Marina see

www.britanniasailingschool.co.uk

I have done theory with them and know several people who have done practical all report that they had a great time and learnt a lot.

 

[oddball]

Re: East coast RYA schools RECOMENDATION

Hello, I can highly recomend EASS (East Anglian Sea School) I have done my Day Skipper and Coastal Skipper with them on their Princess 385. They are based at Suffolk Yacht Harbour 01473 659992 ask to talk to Peter Smith 10/10. If you are interested I to am considering doing my Yacht Master next year so if you want to 1/2 the cost get in touch as you can hire the EASS boat for a day.. Thanks MARTIN...

 

[Guest]

Yes, East Anglian Sea School is the largest and oldest-established sea school on the East Coast. They have also recently replaced their fleet with new boats. Peter Smith is a man's man (my Coastal Skipper Practical consisted of an early Spring night trip over to Belgium in F 6-8, two of the crew going down with incipient hypothermia during the crossing) but the standard of the teaching is uniformly high so far as I have heard.

 

[Mudhook]

Re: East coast RYA schools RECOMENDATION

Thanks to all the good folk who responded to this. Personal recommendation is a wonderful thing. Martin - I'll be in touch.