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Which is the best programme for you ?

Our Programmes are split into three main age categories

 

 

5 Facts About Sail Camp 

  • The ultimate holiday expedition for young people
  • Help the enviroment 
  • Meet friends that last a lifetime
  • Learn about marine biology 
  • Enhance your CV and future

 

Highlights include:

  • Summer Camp - Sail the Greek Islands 
  • Summer Camp - South Coast Adventures 
  • Gap Year Adventure - Trans Atlantic Tall Ship Adventure!
  • Caribbean Christmas and New Year Camps

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Take part in a shared experience

SAIL CAMP is an adventurous training programme which offers water-based adventure training to young people aged 14-25 from all social and economic backgrounds, operated by Quaystage Training Ltd.

An adventure holiday you will never forget!

How does sailing, diving, adventure, challenges, parties, learning to cook, gaining confidence and meeting new friends, whilst at the same time having great fun sound to you?

No sailing or diving experience necessary

  • Learn to sail
  • Learn to dive*
  • Learn about marine biology
  • Have beach BBQ's  
  • Take part in water and land excursions
  • Experience new places - perhaps new culture and new countries*
  • Meet new friends to last a lifetime 

You could be:

  • Sailing to new places
  • Diving on coral reefs*
  • Climbing volcanoes*
  • Treking through rain forest jungles*
  • Night sailing under a blanket of stars ​
  • Experiencing sights beyond your imagination and gain new skills beyond your expectations.
  • Create memories that you will never forget.

Learn new skills

  • Team work
  • Leadership
  • Project skills

Get up close & personal with the planet

  • Learn about marine biology
  • Investigate fragile eco-systems
  • Experience living geography

 

A lifetime's Adventure 

On your Sail Camp voyage, you will get to sail as part of the crew of your yacht, dive and explore the ocean below it, climb the highest peaks to view it, whilst experiencing and learning about the natural and social world that surrounds you.

You will be proud of your achievements while working as a team to meet the challenges of the adventures that face you.

Some of your fondest memories will be made from the spontaneous and unique experiences that you take part in with your fellow crew members or at new destinations. 

It can be anything from a toga party, music around a camp fire, a midnight boat raid, to a custard-cream eating competition, a chance history lesson from a local person, or even an unexpected dolphin encounter.

It will be these memories that will last you a lifetime and will form the dreams of those who have yet to do a Quaystage Sail Camp.

 

Activities where the learning and experience keeps growing

 

Get involved and get active as you learn how to sail, discover the world below as you learn to dive, enjoy beach parties and BBQs, go on treasure hunts, take part in the great egg drop, learn to tie knots, splice a rope and even learn to cook! Discover new places as you hike up a volcano, or go on an expedition to an historic site, or try an adventure in a canoe.*

Every moment of every day will be crammed full with adventure - learning new skills and fun things to do, while building friendships that will last a lifetime!

*activities vary from experience and location.

 

Learn about our planet

Education in marine biology, ecosystems and the environment are incorporated into the diving programmes, exploring the delicate relationship between our actions above the surface and consequences for the world beneath.

Dive Camp Programmes 

Some of our Summer Sail Camps have activites which concentrate on Scuba Diving.   These include all the sailing aspects of a Sail Camp voyage but training is geared around undertaking PADI diving certification.  

Look out for the googles.

 

Find out more about Dive Camps 

Be guided by our great staff

 

With our sea staff on hand to guide you no previous sailing or diving experience is necessary,­ just energy and enthusiasm.

Our experienced staff all come from the youth industry and have a wealth of experience both individually and collectively in coaching and training young people. The staff will help and guide you during your adventure as you learn (just forgive us our choice in music!).

 

Meet the Team that will guide you on your adventure

Enhance your CV

On board you will be working towards gaining RYA Sailing qualifications to suit your experience.

Not only will you gain internationally recognised sailing qualifications, but while living aboard the yachts you can also gain your PADI diving certification with your fellow crew mates on most of our adventures!.

Using a yacht based sail training fleet, SAIL CAMP offers water based activity weeks which encourage teamwork and companionship.  The fleet operates as a flotilla combing RYA sailing tuition with activities such as PADI diving courses, and exciting adventure activities such as canoeing and hill walking/climbing.

Make the effort, reap the awards

Your experience will be largely dependent on what you and your crew bring to it.  As with all things in life, the more you put in, the more you get out of an experience.  

Imagine just you and your fellow crew, a 50ft vessel (or a classic tall ship) and the power of the wind and the ocean - this is your chance to experience nature itself!

The sea's beauty can be incredibly poetic - beautifully serene when calm and settled, ferocious and formidable at its worst.  Yet an adventure at sea still remains to many the ultimate challenge with Mother Nature herself. She is in control but for those who set out to learn, embrace her power, and explore her secrets, there is a whole world of discovery both personal and physical, as well as a tremendous sense of achievement.

Now with the salty breeze in your hair and the helm in your hands, you realise how far you and your crew have come and you will see how far SAIL CAMP can take you beyond your expectations!

Where can I go on Sail Camp?

Pioneers

5 Day Sail Camp UK

UK Pioneers Programme  

13 - 17 Years

5 day Sail Camp - Solent

07 August -11 August 2023
Limited spaces

Southampton to Southampton

£995.00
 

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5 Day Sail Camp UK

UK Pioneers Programme  

13 - 17 Years

5 day Sail Camp - Solent

14 August - 18 August 2023
 

Southampton to Southampton

£995.00

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7 Day Sail Camp UK

Pioneer Programme

13 - 17 Years 

7 Day Sail Camp - Solent

19 August - 25th August 2023

Southampton to Southampton

£1,295.00

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Explorers
DofE Sailing

DofE Open Expedition 12 Day

DofE (Gold) Expedition

12 Day Expedition with RYA Training 
(additional days may be required
for certain qualifications)

14 - 25 August 2023
Limited spaces

Southampton to Southampton

£ 1,695.00

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RYA Sailing Practical Weeks

RYA3923 5 Day RYA Practical Course -

RYA (Youth) Practical Week

(Competent Crew, Day Skipper, Coastal Skipper)

16 - 24 Years 

23 October - 27 October 2023
(start time: 0800 on Monday )
you are welcome to join us Sunday night)

Port Solent to Port Solent

£895.00

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RYA3523 5 Day Practical

RYA 5 Day Practical

(Competent Crew, Day Skipper, Coastal Skipper)

18 + Years 

28th August - 1st September 2023
(start time: 0800 on Monday -
you are welcome to join us Sunday night)

Southampton to Southampton

£985.00

 

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RYA3823 5 Day Practical

RYA 5 Day Practical

(Competent Crew, Day Skipper, Coastal Skipper)

18 + Years 

25 September - 29 September 2023
(start time: 0800 on Monday -
you are welcome to join us Sunday night)

Southampton to Southampton

£985.00

 

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Quaystage Training Gift Certificate

Quaystage Training Gift Certificate

Valid for all courses offered by Quaystage Training Ltd.

Choose any amount between 50 - 1000 £

Not transferable for cash

Printable PDF sent to you within 24 hrs of booking

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RYA Completion Weekends

RYAWE2332

RYA Completion Weekend

13 - 18 Years 

11 August - 13 August 2023
Southampton to Southampton

£300.00
(in combination with a Sail Camp booking)

£450.00
(as an independent booking of RYA Start Yachting course)

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