✨New Year, new challenge? We hear you ⛵️ If you're brand new to sailing and not sure where you should start, or keen to see what course you should do next, check out the Hamble School of Yachting training ladder on the #HSY website - link in bio.

⛵️Happy weekends at Hamble⛵️ Here’s Todd, one of our PST fast track students, completing boat checks before heading across the English Channel to Cherbourg, France 🇫🇷 - the first stage of the group’s self-sail module 🙌 📍Follow the group: yb.tl/pst79

The weekend has us dreaming of sunny sailing escapes ☀️ Caribbean? Med? Sunny south coast of the UK?! What’s at the top of your list?

We can’t wait for boot Düsseldorf 🙌 see you there, everyone!

🌊Where will your training take you?🌊 . Find out at ⛵️@bootdusseldorf⛵️- we're in Hall 15 stand B24 alongside Clipper Round the World Yacht Race from tomorrow through to Sunday 26 Jan. . We'll be ready to answer all of your training questions and help you get on the water this year🙌

🎉Congratulations 🎉 and welcome back to Chris Anco who has just passed his RYA Yachtmaster Ocean qualification here at #HambleSchoolofYachting. Chris previously completed our Professional Sail Training course and returned to take his training even further⛵️ #HSYStudents

🌅 Red sky at night 🌅 As day two of boot Düsseldorf gets underway, our PST students are back at sea after #StormBrendan - and look at this sunset 😍😍 Le Harve ⏩ Cherbourg ⏩ Brixham #HambleSY #HambleSchoolOfYachting #RYAYachtmaster #Yachtmaster #BootDüsseldorf

Winter Solent sunsets captured by our PST students 🌅 Whist the action continues in Germany at boot.dusseldorf, our PST students are enjoying some incredible winter sailing this week in waters closer to home as their self-sail module draws to a close.

If you're heading to boot.dusseldorf today, make sure you head to the Sailing Stage in Hall 15 at 12:15 to hear Luke from the team talk in a panel alongside Della from Clipper Round the World Yacht Race on what training is needed to lead a team 40,000 miles around the world. 📸 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race

One more weekend left at boot Düsseldorf! 🇩🇪⛵️ We're in Hall 15 stand B24 alongside Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. If you're heading to boot, be sure to stop by and find out more about Hamble School of Yachting ⛵️

⛵️It's a busy January weekend here at Hamble with 4⃣0⃣ new and returning students heading our way for: 🌊RYA Sea Survival 🌊RYA First Aid 🌊MCA STCW Medical First Aid On Board Ship 🌊ISAF Offshore Safety Course Find out more: hamble.co.uk/rya-one-day-co…

Interesting day yesterday behind the scenes @Spinlock_HQ. Taking a deeper dive into the rigorous product testing of the Deckvest VITO lifejacket, as worn by Clipper Round the World Yacht Race crew.

January delivered some varied conditions for our hardy winter students 🌬❄️but also rewarded them with its fair share of incredible sunsets 🌅 Which season is your favourite to be out on the water? ⛵️ #Hamble #HambleSY #RYATuition #WinterSailing #Sunsets

Our kind of #MondayBlues 🌊 The first #Yachtmaster Ocean Theory course of 2020 gets underway today here at #Hamble HQ. 💙 Find out more: hamble.co.uk/rya-yachtmaste… #OceanSailing #BlueWaterSailing #RYATraining

⛵️Know your knots?⛵️ 🌊The #RYA #CompetentCrew qualification at Hamble is the perfect entry-level course to ensure you are safe, understand the basics and have fun as a crew member out on the water. #HambleSchoolOfYachting #RYATraining #CompCrew

Ever wondered what it takes to maintain a fleet of sailing school yachts?⛵️⛵️⛵️ The #HambleSY yachts have just gone through a big refit ready for the 2020 season. 🙌 Find out more: hsy704814668.wordpress.com/2020/02/20/beh… #RYATraining #YachtMaintenance #SailingSchool #Hamble

Nearly 40 years on and we still love welcoming new and returning students 💙⛵️

Brilliant moment! I've just watched over 40 tiny sea turtles making their way down to the water's edge and into the sea for the first time in Bataan, Philippines. All made it that far, ready for their own lifetime at sea. #ProtectTheOceans

It’s been nice and busy this weekend here at #Hamble: 👋Over 50 students welcomed through the doors 🌊On the water - Comp Crew, Day Skipper, Boat Handling, Yachtmaster Prep 🗺In the classroom - Yacht Maintenance and Sea Survival ⛵️Plus three bare boat charters

Before you head out for your first #sail of the year, have you checked your #charts and publications? 🗺 Minor changes to lights positions and characteristics can also have a big impact if you weren’t aware of them. #HambleSchoolOfYachting #TopTip hsy704814668.wordpress.com/2020/03/04/ten…