How much dose it cost to learn to sail????

[trouville]

Can anyone suggest a a sailing coure, residental on board or camping, to learn to sail and get a piece of offical paper at the end, as with a paddy course.

And how much do such cost??
Best would be a school in France Italy Gibralta or even the UK--though i hear a shared bed there costs £70 PN including burnt toast greasy bacon and cold tea!

If anyones in Elba now perhaps you could find the phone number(portable and changes each season) of the school in Cavo, the supermarket should have it.

 

[pjohnson]

Two companies in Gibraltar I know of and real nice people, Straits sailing and allabroad, don't know how much but I am certain they have websites.

 

[jonic]

Alfer Sailing in Gibraltar. See www.Alferseaschool.com

Great guys.

Did all my courses in Gib.

 

[Sybarite]

As you are already in France you should look into the Glénan courses.

John

 

[Stemar]

The correct answer is of course:

The rest of your life and most of your money (All of your money if you're daft enough to buy a boat. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

SWMBO encouraged me to take a course 4 years ago. Very expensive mistake /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[webcraft]

You do not say why you want / need a piece of paper. However . . .

The Competent Crew course is the RYA course for complete beginners - it gives you a piece of paper, but it is of little practical use.

Better to find a friend with a boat and crew for him until you have the basics, then do a Day Skipper course - this course completion certificate may persuade someone to charter you a boat, either bareboat or flotilla.

RYA courses are widely recognised, and the Day Skipper can essentially give you an instant ICC for European purposes. If you want to go for a course in France or Italy then I would do a course which leads to an ICC, but if you go the RYA route then choose the UK or Gib because you will get a tidal qualification, whereas if you go to a school in Elba or the Balearics you will not.

Another possibility is the Canaries - cheap flights and warm tidal water!

Courses in the UK are from about £320 for five days, which considering it includes food, accommodation, tuition and use of the (expensive) boat is not too bad.

For a useful summary of RYA courses and links to RYA approved training establishments in the UK and abroad have a look HERE or on the RYA website

Hope this helps,

Nick

 

[Zeus]

I can teach you to sail, but cannot give you an oficial certificate, but you would learn how to sail OK, have alook at my web please and see what you think
Zeus /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[trouville]

Its for my son, he s sailed since he was born! and at school.
Elba is a school from Milan they have a "camping" huts and cook and eat outside, have great boats and very inexpensive! And best of all really great fun,at least everyone ive seen seems to love it!And he knows everyone there,as we often are there in spring.
I favore Gib for becouse i like Gib!! the reason i havent got info from the Glenians is they are rather off hand on the phone dont answer email becouse they have to many students!! cant be bad then???Oh and we live the other end of France!
He wants a proper piece of paper to show when sailing later- on unlike his father that refuses to pay someone that may not have as much experence, Id like him to do a course learn moder navigation!and have fun.
,later he intends to have my boatit seems? and im going to buy a folkboat for me,that way ill have a place to stay!!

Thanks so far!
I cant see any link to your web site???If you give one ill have a look!

 

[Sailfree]

There was a thread a while back that said that the RYA can only grant internationally recognised qualifications (International Certificate of Competence) to UK nationals. I think anyone can receive the RYA course certificates but for recognition need to look to their own countries normal qualification standards. Its to avoid back door easy qualification routes!!

 

[Koeketiene]

Not true - to UK residents maybe, but you don't have to hold a Brit passport to take an RYA YM exam.

 

[trouville]

i cant imagin you have to be British that would be raceist? or against EEC Tony Blair rules or all three. Anyway we have lived in the UK for more than 800 years,just the last 20 in Europe/USA