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Running an RYA centre or club
Practical guides for sailing schools and clubs — courses, safety and compliance, instructors, marketing and growth.
🧑🎓Keeping Junior Sailors as They Become Teenagers
The teenage years are when clubs lose sailors. How to keep them engaged through the tricky transition.
3 October 2026
📈Developing Your Instructors with CPD
Continuing professional development keeps your team sharp, safe and loyal. How to build a CPD culture that pays for itself.
3 October 2026
🏕️Running a Successful Five-Day Summer Camp
Multi-day youth camps are a highlight of the year and a logistical challenge. How to make them shine.
2 October 2026
⚠️Risk Assessments That Protect Your Centre
A living risk assessment prevents incidents and defends your centre. How to write ones your team will actually use on the water.
2 October 2026
🔎Local SEO for Sailing Schools
Most learners search for sailing near them. How to be the school they find first.
30 September 2026
📋Writing Operating Procedures That Actually Get Used
Your operating procedures are a safety tool, not a filing-cabinet document. Here's how to make them short, specific and genuinely usable on the water.
29 September 2026
🌐Getting Found Online: A Beginner's Guide to SEO
Search is where most learners start. A jargon-free introduction to ranking your centre.
28 September 2026
🗂️Getting on Top of Centre Admin
Admin sprawl steals time from teaching and growth. How to tame it once and for all.
27 September 2026
🧑🤝🧑Building a Thriving Club Membership
Membership income is the most stable there is. How to grow a base that carries your club year-round.
26 September 2026
🔍Recruiting Great Sailing Instructors
Your instructors are your product. How to find, attract and choose the people who'll make your centre — and start early enough to win them.
25 September 2026
🧗Designing a Progression That Keeps Learners
The clearer the journey from beginner to expert, the more learners stay with you. How to design it.
24 September 2026
🛟Safeguarding in Your Sailing Club: The Essentials
Every club working with young people and adults at risk needs robust safeguarding. Where to start, what to maintain, and how to make it real.
23 September 2026
📣How to Fill Your Sailing Courses
Empty places are lost revenue you can't recover. A practical playbook for filling every course.
22 September 2026
🏅How to Become an RYA Recognised Training Centre
A practical walk-through of the steps to gain RYA recognition — from choosing your schemes to passing your first inspection and keeping recognition live.
21 September 2026