Private Dinghy Sailing Coaching (1:1 or 1:2) London

Improve your sailing quickly with personalised dinghy coaching on the River Thames in London.

These 4-hour private sailing sessions are designed for sailors who want focused coaching from one of our RYA qualified dinghy instructors. Whether you are completely new to sailing, returning after time away from the sport, or looking to improve racing performance and boat speed, the session will be designed around your goals.

Training takes place from the London Corinthian Sailing Club clubhouse in Hammersmith, one of the most active sailing clubs in London, with regular dinghy sailing and racing on the River Thames.

With 1:1 or 1:2 coaching, you benefit from direct instruction, immediate feedback, and the flexibility to focus on the skills that will make the biggest difference to your sailing.

What You Will Learn

Each session is tailored to you. Your instructor will discuss your experience beforehand and design a personalised sailing training session to help you progress quickly.

Examples of coaching topics include:

• Learning to sail a dinghy (beginners welcome)
• Improving boat handling and confidence
• Tacking and gybing techniques
• Sailing efficiently upwind and downwind
• Racing techniques and tactics
• Improving boatspeed and sail trim
• Sailing with spinnakers
• Learning to sail an ILCA / Laser dinghy
• River sailing techniques for the tidal Thames
• Anything else you want to cover!

Sessions combine on-the-water coaching with shore-based theory, depending on what will help you progress fastest.

How the Session Works

Your private 4-hour coaching session will be run at the same time as one of the club's regular sailing sessions to benefit from enhanced safety cover.

You will benefit from:

• A dedicated instructor coaching you directly
• The opportunity to practice what you''re learning in real sailing situations such as club sailing or championship racing (if you want to)
• Coaching from a powerboat (or in the boat with you), providing live feedback and a comprehensive shoreside debrief

Your instructor will provide guidance both on the water and ashore, helping you refine technique, understand the theory behind what you are doing, and build confidence.

Boat Options

Single Handers: £130 per person

Sail in a single handed dinghy on your own, while receiving coaching from an instructor who will be following in a powerboat.

Boat options include:

• Fusion dinghy
• ILCA (Laser)

This is ideal for sailors wanting to improve single handed confidence, individual boat handling, boat speed, advanced techniques, and racing skills.

Double Handers: £100 per person

Sail with an instructor in a double-handed dinghy (1:1 coaching), or bring a friend and train together (1:2 coaching).

The instructor will either be with you in the dinghy (1:1 coaching) or follow along in a powerboat providing guidance and feedback (1:2 coaching).

Boat options include:

• Fusion 2 (with spinnaker)
• Enterprise

This option is ideal if you want to learn crew roles, improve teamwork, helming confidence, spinnaker / jib handling, double-handed racing techniques or advanced boat handling.

Who These Sessions Are For

These private sailing lessons in London are suitable for a wide range of sailors, including:

• Complete beginners wanting to learn to sail
• Those who haven't sailed in a long time, and want to get back into the sport
• Sailors preparing for RYA dinghy courses, or wanting to build on what they've learnt in an RYA course
• Club sailors wanting to build confidence on the Thames and improve sailing ability
• Racers wanting to improve technique, tactics and boat speed
• Sailors wanting to learn and practice advanced boat handling techniques

Because the session is personalised, it works for almost any level of experience.

Location

Training takes place from a fantastic clubhouse in Hammersmith, London.

The club is an RYA recognised training centre offering a wide range of sailing opportunities, from beginner dinghy training to advanced racing and offshore sailing.

Sailing on the Thames provides a unique training environment where sailors develop quickly and have the opportunity to learn to sail confidently in tidal waters without ever leaving London!

What's Included

• Coaching from an RYA qualified dinghy instructor
• Use of club dinghies
• Safety cover
• Buoyancy aid, wetsuit, gloves and a helmet
• Unlimited free refreshments (tea, coffee)

Booking a Session

To arrange a private coaching session please contact our office, who will put you in touch with our Chief Dinghy Instructor Gareth Llewellyn to arrange a suitable date and time. Gareth will also help you plan the session so that you get the most out of your time on (and off) the water.

Send us an email to book your session: admin@lcsc.org.uk

Last updated 17:11 on 15 March 2026