RYA 'Day Skipper' sailing courses help prepare you for your own sailing adventures. This time you are in charge! Each Day Skipper sailing course candidate will be tasked with being responsible for the boat, the crew, the navigation, the manoeuvres etc (having the support of a patient instructor keeping an eye on things!) for sessions during the week. At the end of a successful course you may also be eligible for an International Certificate of Competence (ICC), see below. You should come to the Day Skipper sailing course with some practical sailing experience; the RYA recommends at least five days at sea.

Aigua created a COMBO course for a nine-day concentrated course providing Day Skipper theory-practical-theory to complete the full Day Skipper syllabus. You can choose to take the COMBO or just the sailing.

This intensive sail training course is for the more ambitious sail cruising skipper wishing to undertake coastal passages by day and night. During the week you will skipper a passage in a variety of situations. The course also focuses on safety, passage planning, and pilotage by day and night, boat handling and emergency situations. You should participate in this level of course if you have a suggested minimum experience of 15 days at sea, some skippering experience and around 300 sea miles including some night sailing.

Please see the Yachtmaster practical sail training dates as Coastal candidates train with Offshore candidates

RYA 'Competent Crew' sailing course is a real ‘hands-on’ practical five day sailing course where your life for a week will be onboard. You are the crew and the yacht will sail because of you! One of our patient and friendly RYA instructors will encourage you in all aspects of life onboard, from safety to sailing, helming to parking and from man overboard drills to dropping anchor. You will learn the ropes, explore the island, enjoy the wind in your hair and finish the week exhilarated, exhausted and booking your next trip!

Fancy giving it a go? RYA 'Start Yachting' is a two-day introductory course where you can test your sea legs. You don't have to sleep onboard so you can retire to your villa or hotel at the end of each day. You will enjoy a Mediterranean style lunch onboard whilst on anchor in a delightful cove, and then spend the afternoons sailing in the Bay of Palma. You’ll do a little bit of everything, from rope work to helming and from hoisting sails to changing tack; it’s a great taster of what could potentially become the love of your life!