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SAILING FIRST

Find Sailing Opportunities

GET SAILING IN COPENHAGEN

Beginner courses in English

Want to learn how to sail from scratch or with little experience? Then we can help you find a course for you in English, so that there's nothing in your way from getting on the water. 



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On-water opportunities

Already an experienced sailor that just wants to keep it up? There's plenty of opportunities here in Copenhagen for you to get back out on the water. Whether it's racing, boat-renting or family friendly activities, there's something in Copenhagen for you.


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RYA Courses 

Prepare for RYA certificates of competence and get them validated as equivalent to the Danish certificate of competance.


Check out the on-line courses here and some of the RYA course providers we have partnered with here.

WHO WE ARE 

Sailing First is run by sailors living in Copenhagen who are passionate about sailing. We have been teaching sailing for many years. In 2020 we set up Sailing First as an RYA Recognised Training Centre in Copenhagen to help sailors living in Denmark get access to the international recognition and quality provided by RYA English language courses. Our last course (for now) begun in October of 2022, the RYA Day Skipper theory course, which was a great success.


We were spending a little too much time in the classroom and doing administration though, so we're putting more attention on being out on the water and redirected the purpose of this site into connecting internationals in Copenhagen to sailing opportunities that can be hard to find as an expat.


Whether you're a beginner or advanced sailor, there's opportunities all over Copenhagen where you can join the sailing community. Our new mission at Sailing First is to do our best to help bring these opportunities to you, and get your sailing journey in Copenhagen started. 


MEET THE TEAM

Tim

Hector

Yulia