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Bisham Abbey Sailing & Navigation School

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We provide focused face to face training and advice to small groups. We operate from our riverside moorings and training room within the National Sports Centre using 8 motorboats and 32 sailing dinghies. We use the river for motor-boating from February to December, for Sailing from Easter to end of September and classroom for theory based courses throughout the winter and spring months. We also gift our skills, equipment and centre to a local charity called Accessible Boating Thames, offering on the water experiences using a range of specialist boats as a ‘Sailability Centre of Excellence’.

Club activities available

Dinghy Cruising

Inland Waterways

Sportboat / Ribs

Services available

Club

ICCTestCentre

RYA Vouchers Accepted

Sailability Centre

Training Centre

Test types available

Offering tests for the International Certificate of Competence, often required when using leisure boats in Europe.

Dinghy

Course Level Type
Dinghy Level 1 - Start Sailing Beginner Afloat
Dinghy Level 2 - Basic Skills Beginner / Intermediate Afloat
Dinghy Level 3 - Better Sailing Beginner / Intermediate Afloat
Dinghy Seamanship Skills Intermediate / Advanced Afloat
Youth Dinghy Sailing - Stage 1 Beginner Afloat
Youth Dinghy Sailing - Stage 2 Beginner / Intermediate Afloat
Youth Dinghy Sailing - Stage 3 Beginner / Intermediate Afloat
Youth Dinghy Sailing - Stage 4 Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced Afloat

Inland Waterways

Course Level Type
Inland Waterways Crew Course Beginner Afloat
Inland Waterways Helmsman's Course Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced Afloat

Navigation

Course Level Type
Essential Navigation and Seamanship Course Beginner Ashore
Day Skipper Theory Course Beginner / Intermediate Ashore
Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster Offshore Theory Course Intermediate / Advanced Ashore

Powerboat

Course Level Type
Powerboat Level 1 Course Beginner Afloat
Powerboat Level 2 Course Beginner / Intermediate Afloat
Safety Boat Course Intermediate Afloat

Specialist Short Courses

Course Level Type
Diesel Engine Course Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced Ashore
Marine Radio SRC Course and Exam Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced Ashore
First Aid Course Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced Ashore

Sailability Centre

Offering sailing for people with disabilities