W.A in West Loch Roag, Isle of Lewisphoto by Margaret Davison

OUR SAILING AREAS

Westbound Adventures Sailing School Scotland - RYA Courses

RYA practical sailing courses are the best way to learn to sail or to improve your sailing knowledge and abilities while gaining qualifications and building sea miles. Westbound Adventures is an RYA approved training centre based on the West Coast of Scotland. We offer all RYA practical courses from competent crew through day skipper and coastal skipper to Yachtmaster exam preparation.

RYA Training on the beautiful uncrowded waters of the West of Scotland could cost you less than the same sail training on the crowded south coast. Courses are from only £380,and you can find very cheap return flights from London . . . check it out! Courses are run in different areas of Scotland at different times of the year - see HERE for more details.

Our Summer RYA courses based in the Outer Hebrides provide longer yacht-master qualifying passages and tuition beyond the RYA syllabus for the experien-ced yachtsman or woman, while for the novice they offer a sailing adventure and the RYA Competent Crew syllabus. For all on board they offer an unforgettable experience sailing the beautiful, dramatic waters of Western Scotland in good com-pany on a modern well-equipped yacht.

Own boat tuition is also available.

Man has been on Earth for an eyeblink. The Caledonian Archipelago has been forged on the anvil of time. An uncalculated chaos of glacial movement has left us with our dramatic Western seaboard, from the sawtoothed Cuillin to the Kintyre Peninsula. Sail up the great sea lochs of Linnhe and Leven and begin to comprehend the hand of time which shaped this country. Witness nature's awesome power as the Atlantic rips through the Gulf of Corryvreckan. See the sun dance on the sacred Isle of Iona. Cross the Minch to the Outer Hebrides and yet another cruising paradise opens up.

Time is always running out. If we are fortunate we inherit this Earth for some 70 years. Much of this is taken up with learning, working and making ends meet. Our most memorable and lasting experiences are when we take to the great outdoors in the company of like-minded people. Learn to challenge the elements in safety; learn the art of navigation and a new world of land and sea opens before you. Come with us for a Westbound Adventure, while there is still time.