Our Fleet

State of the art equipment

At UKSA you’ll find a comprehensive fleet of yachts, and a whole range of quality, top brand watersports equipment. So you’ll be able to learn and develop your skills on a variety of yachts and watersports equipment.

Explore our fleet

A Jeaneau 449 sailing yacht in the open water

Yachting

In order to gain the breadth and depth of knowledge of required at Yachmaster level, UKSA is a firm believer in delivering training on multiple types of yachts.  Within the maritime world, skippers and crews will come across a vast amount of different vessels and systems.  For this reason, we will endeavour to give everyone the opportunity to experience sailing on as many different types of vessels during their course including a diverse charter fleet and our own vessels in order to better prepare them.  This will help to develop the skills and confidence that a Yachtmaster needs to transfer their skills onto any type of vessel they choose to go on.

The yachts we currently use for sail training

  • One ‘Farr’ 65ft yacht designed specifically to be a high-performance racing vessel that can be safely sailed by an amateur crew
  • Four ‘Jeanneau’ 449 yachts, which provide a great balance between performance and cruising comfort
  • Three ‘Colgate’ 26ft matched keelboats give confidence and skills to beginners
  • Three ‘J80′ keelboats – great fun and designed specifically for training and racing
Dinghy being sailed in open water with two people hiking or leaning out

Dinghies and kayaks

Dinghies

We have a large fleet of dinghies, from those suitable for beginners such as RS Quests and RS Visions to those for a more advanced dinghy sailor like RS500’s, RS Cat 16’s and Wayfarers which we use for RYA double handed spinnaker courses.

Kayaks

With a selection of over 40 professional kayaks, there is a type for everyone. These include Pyranha river kayaks and Ocean Pro sit-on-tops, as well as open Canadian canoes that are ideal for touring.

Kickstart Student windsurfing

Windsurfing & paddleboarding

Windsurf

Our windsurfing equipment covers everyone, no matter what level you’re at. We have Starboard models ranging from the Rio, Kode and for the more intermediate windsurfer the Carve. For the advanced windsurfer, we also have Taboo Bullet boards. These can all be used with a range of sails from our smaller 4m to the larger 7m from brands Tushingham a Gaastra. We also have a range of RYA Fast Forward land-based simulators that help you learn basic skills before putting them into action on the water.

Stand Up Paddle Boards

Our large fleet of paddle boards from RED Paddle Co. and Vandals means that there are enough boards for everyone.

Group riding orange speedboat through crashing waves

Power craft

RIBs

We currently have over 20 RIBs and small power vessels for a variety of different activities. These include 6 metre/75hp RIBs, smaller 3.5m boats, 18ft displacement launches and a 23ft semi-displacement.