Our summer courses proved to be very popular last August, so why not book your children on to one of the two weeks we have available? What could be better than learning a new skill with lots of similarly aged children. Our minimum age for the course is just 10 years (Year 6).
Making a booking does not require a payment until 3 weeks before the course, though you may pay earlier.
More summer course details here
The season will soon begin, and already there are enquiries and bookings arriving.
We had some really memorable weekends of sailing and powerboat courses last season, with the centre buzzing and many people wanting to come back to practise their skills. Our course dates are now available on the website and there are plenty of spaces available.
We are hoping to offer some supervised sailing sessions this year, enabling sailors to build their hours, with safety craft and some coaching available.
Details of this year's courses can be found on:
Adult Powerboat - details here
Adult Dinghy - details here
Last year we were able to run two groups for children who are educated at home. These groups were very popular and both children and parents became fully involved in the work of the centre. We are very keen to continue this work again this season. Our main aim is to add to children's education in the local environment by offering a fun activity, where children can succeed at different levels, leading to national sailing awards. Please get in touch and find out more.
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Neptune Sailing is based on the River Orwell at Woolverstone, near Ipswich. We have a large number of craft, of different types and provide a range of Dinghy Sailing and Powerboat training and assessment. During the season the centre is available to both young people and adults. We aim to provide high quality tuition, based on the RYA National schemes.
Neptune Sailing has been working independently, delivering quality water sports experiences, for the last six seasons. We have charitable status and are registered as a company limited by guarantee.
Our Youth Groups run on Tuesday evenings covering Beginners and Improvers skills and are open to all young people. They are very popular, so making an early approach regarding joining one of the groups is advisable.
Adult training courses are run mainly during weekends and cover the RYA Sailing Schemes to Level 3 and RYA Powerboat Level 1 and 2, as well as Safety Boat. We are happy to offer courses to groups and individuals at other times.
During the school holiday periods week-long courses are available for young people and these are very popular. The courses offer training from beginner Stage 1 to advanced skills Stage 4.
We are looking for RYA Senior and Dinghy Instructors as many of our own team have moved on to greater things (see main page)
Neptune Sailing is a charity and needs occasional help with simple tasks such as recovering dinghies, tidying the site, simple boat maintenance and repairs.
We launched our supporters' group with some sailing sessions, hoping that local people would be keen to be involved. These sessions proved popular and several people enjoyed some good sailing in the unusually moderate weather.
We have made this a continuing project and hope that more keen locals will want to join us, so do get in touch.
We are very keen to hear from Dinghy Senior Instructors, and Dinghy Instructors, who feel able to organise a small group session on tidal waters. Even if you are only able to offer an occasional session, we would like to hear from you. Opportunities are available to work with young people and adults with sessions taking place during late afternoons, evenings and weekends. We are keen to hear from confident We are hopeful that we will be able to offer summer courses once more.
Many of our Management team have been with us since 2012. We are keen to add further members to the team, who are willing to take on small roles. New team members need not be sailors, or powerboaters, as there are many other areas which need coordination.