
Sailing Courses
Whether you're an experienced sailor or a beginner, our sailing courses in Cork provide sail training that suits your needs & skill level.
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Yacht Charters
Luxury sailing yachts available for skippered & bareboat charter. Our charter base is located in the stunning South West of Ireland.
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Taste of Sailing
Sail with us for a day or longer! Full & half day trips onboard a luxury sailing yacht. Discounts available for large groups.
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Set sail with 20+ years of proven expertise in teaching safe and confident sailing skills
Five Star Quality Fleet
Unmatched on-water experiences with our meticulously maintained fleet of sailboats
Expert Sailing Instructors
Learn from the best with our team of seasoned sailors and certified instructors
Ireland's Leading Sailing School
Established in 2002, Sovereign Sailing is now a leading sail training & yacht charter business
Initially established as a one boat business, focusing on day sailing for the local visitor and corporate market. Sovereign Sailing moved into specialised training in 2004. The training became so successfully that the day sailing side of the business had to be put on hold. That was until 2008 when we started expanding our fleet to our current eight yachts.
Over the years we have successfully trained several hundred sailors from Competent Crew to Yachtmaster level and have entertained several satisfied corporate and visitor clients.
We offer the full range of ISA & RYA cruising courses both sea based and shore based as well as the full range of ISA powerboat courses.
- David c
we chartered a 40 ft boat to sail around West Cork for a week. We have a fair bit of saling experience in dinghies , and a little ... read more in cruisers, so we hired a skipper, Eoin for the week . The boat was well used but comfortable. The weather was mixed, the last day rained and blew out, but overall we had great sailing conditions and had a brilliant holiday. The skipper added a fair bit to the price but Eoin was terrific, highly competent and very easy to get on with, and got everyone involved. It reduced the stress levels a lot, he knew the area and the anchorages well and planned a great itinerary. Barry in the office was really helpful and gave one of the family a lift back from west cork. I would highly recommend it, and would do it again. ( bring your own foul weather gear if you can)
November 16, 2021 - Eoin O
Exceptional couple of days with Barry on a 2 day introduction to sailing, course, this May 2021.
A really engaging experience - good mix of fun, action and theory.... read more Clearly the team at Sovereign had put a lot of thought and imagination into re-designing courses in our new covid impacted world. Left with a real taste for more sailing. Can't recommend highly enough. Naturally, we experienced every type of weather imaginable.
Eoin O'Shea
May 24, 2021
- Calum Milne
me and my girlfriend just did our competent crew with sovereign sailing and we thought it was a top quality course with our great instructor luca. they provided us with an exelent salopettes, jacket and life vest and taught us everything we needed to knoow and more. i would definitely recommend them to anyone.
June 15, 2022
Not sure where to start?
We recommend our Start Yachting course for anyone looking for their first step towards learning how to sail a yacht.
During the two days you will get a feel for steering a yacht (known as helming), how to operate the sails and gain wind awareness, rope work and safety at sea.
After successfully completing this sailing course you will have the ability and knowledge to crew a yacht under direction of an experienced skipper.
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