Look no further. rusailing is a fully recognised RYA training centre offering a refreshingly personal and professional approach to all your sail training needs. Learn to sail with the best.
We have now completed 19 years of operation and are proud to be the longest standing RYA sailing school in Portugal. We pride ourselves in providing excellent and realistic tidal training from our base in Marina de Lagos on the beautiful Algarve, Portugal – the jewel in the crown of the entire coast.
We offer the entire range of RYA courses connected with sail training plus Power Boat training. From theory to practical with all the one-day courses available
Learn to sail from Start Yachting through to Yachtmaster Ocean aboard one of our superb privately owned yachts in glorious year-round conditions.
Please note – All RYA courses will be taught in English
Have a read of our testimonials below to see what our customers think or why not do your own research on the popular forums!?
*Please note, numbers can be increased to as many as 5 to accommodate families/group bookings if necessary. We also offer enhancements such as our ‘Optimum’ program where numbers are further limited to just two or even entirely private in our 'Optimum Plus' courses. The choice really is yours.
Our approach is both personal and professional and your enjoyment as well as learning are clearly very important to us. The Algarve provides us with an excellent training ground with many marinas and anchorages to visit whilst having year-round sailing conditions and realistic tides. There are challenging river entrances and easy through to complex pilotage exercises on hand, plenty of attractive anchorages and coastline views and masses of open water to get your sail trim just right. Whatever your current level and requirements we will do our very best to meet your needs and ensure that you leave us having built on what you already know and looking forward to your next sailing experience whether that is more training or a flotilla type holiday, charter or racing event .
As well as sail training we can also offer yacht charter with or without tuition so why not incorporate a family holiday with improving your sailing skills as well as enjoying sailing off the beautiful Portuguese coast?
I completed the 1 week Competent Crew course with Rusailing in Sping 2024 – and i would highly recommend anyone to do the same!
Firstly, Rob and Jules are wonderful people who genuinely go above and beyond to make it a great week for all the students. Everything about the week was well organised and thought through. The coast off the south of Portugal is a perfect place to learn to sail (much more interesting than the Med!) and Rusailing have a range of different locations to sail to over the course of the week making the experiences varied and interesting – with some nice towns and tips for evening dinners.
The boat (the Annecy) is in fabulous condition and all of the equipment is well maintained – a testament to the professionalism of Rusailing. Rob’s teaching was first class, a good mix of professional yet approachable and some good northern humour thrown in – we all learnt loads and capping the student size to 3 people means you get a lot more practice on the sheets.
Don’t do any more research – you’ve found the best Sailing school already – just get booking with Rusailing.