We are a Royal Yachting Association Training Establishment and offer many high quality courses. Our voluntary instructors are all enthusiastic about training, especially training adults.


Details of current courses are shown in our Event Calendar under ' Training'. (Its worth checking even if there's nothing mentioned here!)

Courses Afloat
Beginner's Dinghy Courses (RYA Level 1 and 2) - next course April/May 2011
General information and application form are in our download area.

Powerboat Level 2 (National Powerboat Certificate) Course - please register your interest - we are planning to run some courses during the period October 2010 to March 2011

Safety Boat Course - please register your interest

Further detail on most of the courses is available on the RYA web site

Please contact the Training Principal for more information on any of our courses, or to register interest for a course which has no firm date published.


Courses Ashore
First Aid (required for Dinghy Instructors) Next course TBA, cost £40 members £50 non members. Download the application form

VHF Radio Operator (GMDSS SRC Certificate) Next course TBA, cost £35 members £45 non members (plus £25 for certificate). You need to bring a passport-sized photo with you. Download the application form

Shorebased Dayskipper and Yachtmaster Courses being run at GSC.
Day Skipper - starting September/October 2011
Yachtmaster - starting September/October 2011
Each course runs over a mixture of evenings and weekends (equivalent to 26 evenings).
Cost around £160, plus £31.00 for course materials.
Download the application form

Shorebased Dayskipper and Yachtmaster Courses are an excellent introduction to navigation and cruiser sailing.

We also work with the National Sea Training College at North West Kent College (Gravesend Campus) for both shorebased and practical courses - between us we can provide virtually any RYA course, plus some others.

For further information please contact: Training Principal