Welcome East Anglian Sea School

East Anglian Sea School was founded in 1973, starting life as a small family business called East Anglian School of Sailing that has since grown into one of the foremost Royal Yachting Association (RYA) sea schools in the country having trained over one thousand adults in 2007 alone, with an excellent reputation built on the quality of the training, facilities, craft and catering.

Thirty Four years later it is still owned by the second generation of the same family and has been around for as long as the Royal Yachting Association training scheme.

We are based in East Anglia at Suffolk Yacht Harbour on the river Orwell 2 miles from the Sea at Levington near Ipswich in Suffolk with good road and rail links and the marina is well signposted from the main routes.

The school has 45 mature, patient and experienced instructors, qualified to the highest standards in Sailing, Motor Cruising, Motor Boating, Power Boating and Dinghy sailing.

Training is run using a fleet of "strata" yachts, motorcruisers, powerboats and dinghies from Beneteau, Jeanneau, Moody, Fairline, Ribeye, Wayfarer and Laser, all maintained to MCA standards.

A wide range of courses are on offer, to cater for people new to boating right through to experts, in all areas from start yachting or Helmsman's courses, Competent crew, Day Skipper through to Coastal Skipper and on to Yachtmaster and Yachtmaster Ocean and are run all year round, on weekends as well as during the week.

One of the Sea Schools specialities is own boat tuition, where we put an experienced instructor on to a customers own boat (yachts, motorboats, sports boats or ribs) and will teach whatever the customer wishes.

We can also offer yacht chartering where you can also charter our boats, whether it is for just one day or a whole week allowing to explore all around the east coast of britain. You will be chartering the Sun Odyssey 36i Performance yacht offering you the highest level in comfort and performance.