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received from any organisation in the leisure sailing industry around
the world. Below is an impartial piece on sailing in the Solent but for
information on any leisure marine company, please use our free search facility
on the left.
The Solent offers one of the best
sailing areas in England and is without
doubt, one of the most popular. Sailors would need to travel as far away as
Gibraltar to find anything close to rival what can be found here.
The Solent is a magnificent sailing playground on the South
coast of England between the mainland and the Isle of Wight. Approximately
30 miles long and 3 to 5 miles wide, it encompasses an amazing variety of
geography and sailing conditions. You could choose a quiet natural harbour
like the Newtown Creek nature reserve or a busy cosmopolitan city like
Southampton. Nowhere is more than a few sailing hours apart and its all
protected from the worst of any weather by the Island. That's not to say
there are no challenges, and for a sailing course there is no better spot
due to the wide variety of navigational obstacles.
It will be no surprise that so many sailing schools have set
up business in the Solent. The choice of sailing schools in
the Solent is considerable and all offer RYA accredited
sailing courses but we recommend that you
shop around as prices and deals differ. Also un-rivalled is the variety of
the type sailing that can be done. Choose from
Team Building days to
adventure sailing days. Whatever sailing you want to do, you will find it
here in the Solent.
Find out what other people think of the Solent based
sailing schools and perhaps leave us your thoughts as
well. Our unique sailing directory not only tries to list every
company/organisation in the boating industry worldwide but also tries to
build a quality picture on each. Just use our search facility on the left
and have your say.
