rusailing is a fully recognised RYA training centre offering a refreshingly personal and professional approach to your sail training needs. We are now in our sixth year of operation and proud to be the longest standing RYA sailing school in Portugal! We pride ourselves in providing excellent tidal sail training from our base in Lagos marina on the beautiful Algarve, Portugal.

We offer the entire range of RYA courses connected with sail training. From theory to practical with all the one-day courses available to support your learning in safety - the only school in Portugal to in fact do so. Learn to sail from Start Yachting through to Yachtmaster Ocean aboard one of our superb privately owned yachts in glorious year-round conditions.

With so many schools to choose from what really gives us our edge?

• We only use the highest possible grade of RYA instructors (including a resident Yachtmaster Examiner as our school principal).
• Our yachts are meticuloulsy maintained and equipped and are chosen specifically for their qualities, not their price.
• Our attention is entirely devoted to students particular needs with courses designed to fit students requirements rather than students fitting our calendar.
• Lagos, our base has the most consistent winds and weather of the whole of Iberia with more options available to us than any other training centre in Portugal.
• Perhaps it’s the fact that all RYA sailing schools are able to teach up to 5 students per instructor whilst here at rusailing we choose to limit this to just 4* students on any standard course thus ensuring superior tuition as well as increasing your comfort and learning potential - a massive benefit when learning to sail AND to enjoy the most of your break from the UK.

 *Please note, numbers can be increased to 5 to accommodate families/group bookings if necessary. We also offer enhancements such as our ‘Optimum’ program where numbers are further limited to just three or even two in our 'Optimum Plus' courses

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?