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Sailing Courses for Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced

Want to sail smarter, not harder? Our short, fun, and specialized courses give you the skills to skipper with confidence—without drowning in unnecessary details. We cut straight to the good stuff: nailing navigation, making smart decisions, and handling your boat like a pro. From weather interpretation to emergency procedures, we teach practical skills that work immediately (because no one wants to “figure it out” in a storm).

Whether you’re perfecting a man-overboard drill with a spinnaker or cracking the code on weather forecasting, Wild West Sailing courses make learning exciting. Our goal? To arm you with the know-how, confidence, and versatility to sail further safer and have more craic doing it!

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Our Courses

  • Meteorology & Weather Forecasting

    We will give you a system for obtaining a forecast & making decisions based on that forecast. De”Mist”ify the weather with Wild West Sailing!

    3 Hours

    Online

    €60

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  • RYA Passage Planning Day

    A one-day intensive course based on the RYA Yachtmaster syllabus, designed to boost confidence for longer or international passages.

    1 Day

    Classroom

    €150

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  • Diesel Engine Maintenance

    Take the stress out of Diesel engine, maintenance, winterisation and troubleshooting on the water. Learn what spares to carry and where to get them. We will even tell you where to buy good overalls!

    1 Day

    Onboard in Rossaveel or Sligo

    €150

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  • Offshore Safety & Spinnaker Skills

    This course is part of our internal training program for Round IRL Skippers and covers what we call “The Offshore Xtras”!

    2 Days

    Rossaveel, Co. Galway.

    €300

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What People Are Saying

  • Excellent quality, 2nd to none

    Can’t recommend Dave at Wild West Sailing enough. The quality of the Day Skipper Courses, Yachts & Instruction are 2nd to none. Already booked in for my next trip and working towards a Yachtmaster in the next year.

    Jonathan Curran (Coastal Skipper)

    March | 2025

  • Couldn’t recommend highly enough.

    Lovely Boat, Great Instructor And An Incredible Place To Sail Off Ireland’s Beautifully Rugged West Coast. A Day Trip To Sligo’s Innismurray Island In Summer With Wild West Sailing Is Unforgettable, And Sailing There As Part Of A Crew Was A Great Experience. Dave Has A Wealth Of Knowledge, Yet Is Patient In Training Others. He Knows How To Put People At Ease, While Also Pushing Them To Achieve More.

    Sophie Skinner

    March | 2025

  • A great experience!

    Great experience and awesome instructor with many years of sailing experience! Thanks Dave for the perfect week sailing on the west coast of Ireland. We will come back for sure and do the day skipper course with you. I highly recommend this experience for everyone who is serious about sailing.

    Eike Willner

    March | 2025

  • WWS continue to exceed expectations!

    Highly recommend Wild West Sailing having done both Day skipper theory and practical courses with them this year. David and Nigel provided expert, friendly tuition and were super patient. Will be back for my Yachtmaster next year.

    Damien Duggan

    March | 2025

  • A true bucket-list experience!!

    Round Ireland September 2023. Exceptional!! I will remember this experience for the rest of my days! Big seas, calm seas, lots of wind, no wind, amazing islands, pristine coastlines, basking shark, bioluminescence and dolphins swimming in it in the pitch dark, the Skelligs at night, starry skies, shooting stars under full sails, tidal gates, tuskar rock, the fastnet, we saw it all!

    John Mc Donald

    March | 2025

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