All day Thursday and Saturday mornings are our routine sailing days.  Members will start to arrive at 09:00 to rig and launch boats for the start of sailing at 10:00.  At our reception we have a big board with a grid showing the boats and times that sailing slots are available.  The team at reception will help you out in booking a slot in a boat appropriate to your skills and experience.  Members who are qualified may sail solo while instructors (to progress through the RYA Training Syllabus) and 'qualified sailing buddies' are available as required.

On Saturdays a booking system for 1 hour sailing slots is used, and again members may go out solo or with an instructor (to progess through an RYA Training Syllabus) or a 'qualified sailing buddy'.

Whenever we sail we will always have at least 1 of our 2 safety boats launched and ready to assist should assistance be required.

Listed below are the Fleet SIs for each fleet of boats:

Challenger:  TBD

Hansa 303, 2.3 and Liberty: Les Collier

Longboats: Jonathan Schofield

Venture: John Deane

Kinsman: Craig Dunderdale

Training for adults and youths

Rutland Sailability is an RYA Affiliated Club and also an RYA Training Centre.  Training is lead by our Chief Instructor (CI) and follows the structure laid down in the RYA National Sailing Scheme and the RYA Sailability Scheme which takes a student from a complete novice through to an accomplished and capable sailor.  The CI is assisted in providing this training by a number of RS members who are also RYA qualified instructors.

Training for youngsters with disabilities

RYA Sailability runs its own schemes for training sailors with disabilities, of any age, but particularly for youngsters.  The Sailability & Powerability Scheme does not replace the National Sailing Scheme instead it's a stepping stone that complements and increase accessibility.  This scheme includes a free syllabus, logbook and certificates to show progress.

In addition, the RYA have developed a series of YouTube videos on sailing, aimed specifically at youngsters - check it out here Sail Smarts  Actually, the videos are pretty good for 'oldsters' as well!

As well as the RYA sailing courses, RS also run a number of 'in-house' training courses for all members to assist in the smooth and safe running of RS.  These courses include: Hoist Training, Disability Awareness, Safer People Handling, Buggy and Tractor Driving.  Details of these courses and other information on training, rigging guides, policy and operating procedures are all available in the RS Document Library (Members Only).  Members who do not currently have access to the Library should use the Contact Us button to obtain access details.

To support the practical skills of our racing sailors we arrange theory sessions on tactics, rules and boat tuning. Our sailors have also taken part in international events in many parts of the world including France, Japan and Holland.

Racing is conducted in a very friendly and relaxed manner with all members encouraged to participate.  One of the best ways to improve your own sailing skills is to compete with others, watch what the race leaders do and then copy and learn! We have, among our members, class and club racing coaches. We normally offer racing on Thursday afternoons, which includes on the water coaching. 

For the more experienced, Rutland Sailing Club welcomes our members to participate in Thursday evening racing, April to September and on Sundays throughout the year. Our members have been Rutland Sailing Club Dinghy Champions many times.

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Beyond the club we endeavour to support our competitive sailors in taking part in class race meetings for both the Challenger Trimaran  and the Hansa boats.

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