How we work

Howellsail provide sailing tuition tailored around your skills & abilities, offering truly flexible sailing tuition to individuals, families & corporate clients worldwide for all levels to Commercial Yachtmaster.

As a leading worldwide provider of online sailing theory courses from our base in the North of England, we are one of the very few schools offering the full range of online RYA Navigation Theory Courses including Day Skipper & Coastal / Yachtmaster.

Practical sailing courses work on your own boat or in conjunction with associates mostly in the Solent, Canaries, Gibraltar & Menorca or indeed anywhere that you would like to sail.

Richard & Michelle Howell are both primary tutors with their ONLINE navigation & sailing theory Courses. With vast practical experience, they are able to provide well balanced friendly advice & same point of contact for practical as well as theoretical learning.

Why choose us?

A family firm established over 16 years ago, directors Richard & Michelle both previously enjoyed successful careers in the police service. They later combined their management, training & sailing skills to establish Howellsail; an RYA Recognised Training Establishment, specialising in practical & theory sail training which is tailored to the needs of the individual.

• Specialists in Online Theory Sailing Courses with friendly experienced instructors up to Yachmaster Examiner level
• Specialists in private tuition & the popular Yachtmaster Preparation Course

School Principal Richard Howell is an RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Examiner & Instructor with over 70,000 miles experience & enjoys providing that personal service, whether delivering yachts, providing sailing instruction or skippering charters.

Navigation Theory

• RYA Essential Navigation Online Theory Course
• RYA Day Skipper Online Theory Course
• RYA Coastal Yachtmaster Online Theory Course
• RYA Professional Practices & Responsibilities Online Course
• Classroom & Private Tuition RYA Theory Courses

Sailing - Practical

• Own Boat Sailing Tuition
• Mile Building
• RYA Competent Crew Course
• RYA Day Skipper Course
• RYA Coastal Skipper Course
• RYA Yachtmaster Preparation