Southampton Water Activities Centre

Join us at SWAC for a week of fun and exciting improvers sailing course for children. We recommend this course in after completing each...

Seamanship Skills is arguably the most important of the five advanced modules in the RYA Youth Sailing Scheme. Over the week children...

RYA Stage Four is the last course before the Youth Sailing Scheme catches up with the Adult National Sailing Scheme. The course is...

The Stage Three is the next step on the RYA Youth Sailing Scheme and is the equivalent of Adult Level 2. The course focuses on...

What is it? Our Active Sail courses are designed around the RYA Youth Sailing Scheme. Our Beginner covers stages one and two over a fun...

August bank holiday special! It's time to put your practice to the test! Have you sailed at SWAC for years or completed the core youth...

Bring your children to SWAC for 2 days of sailing skill progression within the Youth Sailing scheme. SWAC is known for our emphasis on...

This is a two day Advanced course, which is the best Advanced Module to take first. It teaches you how to solve problems and be more...

 Start Racing is one of the five advanced modules in the RYA Youth Sailing Scheme. Children learn the fundamentals of dinghy racing...

The Pre Entry Assessment is a day of Sailing and completing a range of manoeuvres when requested. You must be able to sail in a...

This session is perfect for those that have never sailed before, but would like to give it a go! This is a 3 hour session with one of our...

Join us at Southampton Water Activities Centre and improve your boat handling skills whilst working towards the RYA Basic Skills Level 2...

The Royal Yachting Association (RYA) Start Sailing Course is a fun introduction to dinghy sailing that gives you the knowledge and skills...

What is it? This is a skills session looking to enhance your ability in certain sailing techniques. These sessions are designed as...

Active Sail improver 1 day courses are designed around the RYA Youth Sailing Scheme. If you don't have the time to do the full week,...

CAT (catamaran) and Asymmetric is designed to follow on from Sailing with Spinnakers and introduces sailors to the fastest boats on the...

The Stage Three is the next step on the RYA Youth Sailing Scheme and is the equivalent of Adult Level 2. The course focuses on...

Join us at SWAC for a week of fun and exciting improvers sailing course for children. We recommend this course in after completing each...

What is it? Our Active Sail courses are designed around the RYA Youth Sailing Scheme. Our Beginner covers stages one and two over a fun...

What is Sailability? Designed to remove the barriers to sailing that face many people with additional needs, Sailability provides...

During this 5 day course, the candidates are trained to deliver the RYA Youth and National Sailing Schemes up to Seamanship Skills and...

Buy our NEW Monthly Membership here - saving you money per session and allowing your children more time on the water this Year! Why...

RYA Performance Sailing is an advanced module that develops your sailing in performance boats. The course focuses on tuning and trimming...

RYA Stage Four is the last course before the Youth Sailing Scheme catches up with the Adult National Sailing Scheme. The course is...

An Assistant Instructor course requires around 20 hours teaching, covering basic teaching principles, centre procedures and specific...

Complete your Royal Yachting Association Powerboat Level 2 course on Southampton Water and the Solent with the team at Southampton Water...

An exciting RYA qualification to work towards. Students will enjoy mastering the basics of handling a small powerboat on local waters. ...

What is it? If you have completed your Powerboat level 2 and are looking to build some experience in semi-planing vessels or gain a...

A course that teaches you the skills and knowledge required to deliver the Royal Yachting Association (RYA) Powerboat Scheme up to Level...

This is a 1 day compulsory assessment of your powerboating skills and knowledge that ensures your suitability for the Instructor course. ...

The Short Range Certificate (SRC) is a legal requirement for anyone using VHF and VHF Digital Selective Calling (DSC) equipment on any...

It is important that all RYA instructors, coaches and trainers, and anyone working with children or vulnerable adults at an RYA...

This course, comprising the training modules, pre-exam knowledge check and the RYA VHF Handbook, allows you to work through the training...

The PPR course is for skippers and crew using RYA qualifications to allow them to work commercially. As such, it is written mainly from...

Water fun days are an exciting selection of our favourite activities; stand up paddleboarding, raft building and mega SUPing! Because we...

First aid training to help sailors and water sport instructors save lives. The course is tailored to scenarios experienced on small craft...

Active Windsurf courses are designed around the RYA Youth Windsurf Scheme; beginner covers stages one and two over a fun, hands-on week....

Our recreational sailing sessions run on a Thursday Evening 17:00-20:00 and Sunday Afternoons 13:30-16:30 both single and double handed...

Join us at Southampton Water Activities Centre for our supervised sailing sessions - rent our sailing dinghies and just bring yourselves!...