RYA Yachting Courses and tuition in Gibraltar and Southern Spain

Welcome to Straits Sailing

Welcome to Straits Sailing Gibraltar’s friendliest and most professional RYA recognised sailing school.

We feel that your time with us should be a very special experience. It could be that you are looking for a change in career, lifestyle, or even simply looking for a new recreational activity for yourself or family.

You have decided to learn a new skill and take a RYA sail training course. It is our aim to make your sailing course as pleasant, stress free and memorable an experience as possible. It is our job to not only impart the skills that will enable you to take sailing as far as you want to go, but to also develop your confidence within a friendly and professional training environment. You may feel somewhat daunted when asked to berth a yacht for the first time in Morocco or Spain, but our instructors will be there to help, and it is their job to make you feel comfortable and relaxed about practising and enjoying your sailing experience in a safe environment. Learning to sail is about trying, adjusting your technique, and trying again whilst having a good time.

We want to give you the most varied sailing we can, and we have a selection of yachts of different sizes, each with their own characteristics and reefing systems with a wide range of electronic equipment. Fortunately, here at Straits Sailing, we are also able to take advantage of a variety of sailing conditions in tidal waters. The weather is extremely varied and even though the temperatures could be in the thirties, we can still find a good wind to test your sailing skills. We sail from Gibraltar to Spain and Morocco all year round, and during the winter months you could consider getting away from it all and taking a Caribbean charter or RYA course with us further a field.

If it is adventure that you are looking for, you can join us for the trans-Atlantic crossing, which is guaranteed to be one of the most exhilarating and, paradoxically, relaxing experiences of your life.

We believe that learning to sail should be a pleasant experience and fun for all participants. Our instructors feel that by developing a relaxed and friendly environment on board, the learning process is prioritised and this provides the basis to our success at all levels of training. Importantly, we also want to enjoy our time with you, and as such we will always make time for a swim, a laugh and enjoyable evening meals.

Whether on a sailing course in Spain, Morocco and Gibraltar or on a charter in the Caribbean, all of our instructors are not only patient and friendly, but they are also very experienced. We have been sailing in the Straits for almost 20 years and believe we are the authority on sailing in the Straits of Gibraltar. Indeed, we write the Straits Sailing Handbook, which is the pilot book the other schools like to use.

When you arrive in Gibraltar we will be there to welcome you. Most of our clients arrive the day before the course commences and this is an excellent time to get settled in and meet the other students and instructors. Our office is in Marina Bay and we are more than happy for you to visit the office to check emails, use the phone, store luggage or to just pop round for a coffee and a chat.

It is our commitment to you, that you will benefit from not only the most appropriate training, but also an exciting, adventurous and enjoyable holiday.