RYA First Aid Training

Simon Winkley Marine is a RYA Recognised Training Centre (RTC) for the RYA First Aid course. Our RYA courses are delivered at The Eyot Centre (Henley-on-Thames) and at Queen Mary Sailing Club (Surrey, SW London) and can be brought to your sailing club/watersports centre. We have delivered hundreds of courses since 2011.

The South of England areas we operate in are: Berkshire (east), Hampshire (north-east), Surrey, West Sussex (north), East Sussex (north-west), Kent (west).

2025 RYA First Aid course dates (these courses are booked with us by pressing BOOK NOW either next to the course or at the bottom-left of the screen)

16 March 2025* - The Eyot Centre, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 3JD - BOOK NOW
29 March 2025 - Island Barn Reservoir Sailing Club, Surrey, KT8 2LF (private course, message us for the link)
3 August 2025* - The Eyot Centre, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 3JD - BOOK NOW
26 October 2025* - The Eyot Centre, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 3JD - BOOK NOW

*SPECIAL OFFER: 25% discount on ALL 2025 RYA FIRST AID COURSES AT THE EYOT CENTRE

For all RYA instructors, aspirant instructors, watersports centre staff and watersports club members. If you qualify for this discount, simply enter the discount code WATER25 to reduce the course price from £130.00 to £97.50.

2025 RYA First Aid course dates (these are courses run by other RYA Training Centres that one of our instructors is running that are booked directly with the host club or centre)

18 January 2025 - Reading Sailing Club, South Oxfordshire, RG4 6TT
15 February 2025 - Queen Mary Sailing Club, Surrey, TW15 1UA
30 March 2025 - Bury Lake Young Mariners, Rickmansworth, WD3 1NB
12 April 2025 - Queen Mary Sailing Club, Surrey, TW15 1UA
15 June 2025 - Bury Lake Young Mariners, Rickmansworth, WD3 1NB
12 July 2025 - Queen Mary Sailing Club, Surrey, TW15 1UA
11 October 2025 - Queen Mary Sailing Club, Surrey, TW15 1UA

Our courses provide lots of equipment in great condition. Candidates are provided with a full-sized Laerdal Little Anne manikin for their sole use on the course. Yes, that's 1 manikin per candidate, which exceeds the minimum requirement of 1 manikin between 4 candidates. Prior to each course, manikins are cleaned and fitted with a brand new lung. Our aim is to provide clean and hygienic resources to facilitate safe and effective first aid training.

Our first aid courses are professional, lively and engaging with inclusivity and support at the centre of our delivery. We incorporate presentations, short films, demonstrations, discussions, role-play scenarios and hands-on student practice to nurture confidence. With engaging examples of real situations from watersports and the outdoors, the courses aim to be stimulating and enjoyable. At the end of the course, participants should take away the clear and positive message that the role of the first aider is achievable and rewarding with great benefits for those injured or suddenly taken ill.

The duration of the course is 8 hours of contact time and is delivered in one day from 0900-1800 with 1 hour of breaks. The maximum instructor-to-student ratio is 1:12. There is no minimum number of candidates and there are no age restrictions on the course. RYA First Aid books are provided for each candidate as well as the RYA certificate (upon successful completion of the course). The Cat C Medical Stores endorsement can be included at no additional cost for commercial skippers (with the RYA First Aid certificate endorsed). This will need to be arranged in advance and will add up to 30 minutes to the course after other candidates have left.

Individual bookings

The cost per person of our courses (including the RYA First Aid book and certificate) is £130.00* including VAT.

*SPECIAL OFFER: 25% discount on ALL 2025 RYA FIRST AID COURSES AT THE EYOT CENTRE

Courses for sailing clubs and watersports centres NOT RECOGNISED as a RYA Training Centre for First Aid

Let us do all the work for you! The price for us to deliver the RYA First Aid course at your own sailing club or watersports centre for members, staff or volunteers is £495.00 plus VAT = £594.00. Add to that £12.00 per person for the RYA First Aid book and certificate and you have an affordable equivalent price of £61.50 per person based on 12 people attending. Booking the course this way will require full payment upfront by the host club/centre by invoice and the cost will be the same regardless of how many people book the course (up to 12). The club/centre can then choose to charge their members, staff or volunteers their preferred rate for the course or to provide it to them for free.

Once a date is agreed, a club/centre contact will promote the course date to their members, staff or volunteers. The course will be set up on our booking system to enable participants to book their places with ease (and without making any payment to us) using a private link. When each booking has been made, course information and a medical form/waiver will be emailed automatically to the participant. This takes away time-consuming course admin from the host club/centre. All we need on the day is access from 0800-1830 to a clean, quiet, warm, dry room of an appropriate size in the club/centre with standard facilities like car parking, toilets, catering or basic kitchen facilities etc.

Get in touch to request a call and/or a site visit to see how we can work together for your RYA First Aid training requirements going forwards.

Courses for sailing clubs and watersports centres CURRENTLY RECOGNISED as a RYA Training Centre for First Aid

The price for one of our qualified instructors to deliver the RYA First Aid course at your own sailing club or watersports centre (whether you operate commercially or with volunteers) is £495.00 plus VAT = £594.00 and we would provide all the equipment including 1:1 manikins. You would be expected, as per the terms of RYA recognition, to have a nominated Chief Instructor in place. Speak to us if you would like this to be Simon Winkley as the RYA permit the same person to be Chief Instructor for RYA First Aid recognition across multiple centres. Being RYA Recognised you would provide the RYA First Aid book and certificate by ordering them through your account. Here you have an affordable equivalent price of £49.50 per person (plus the cost of the books and certificates that you will supply) based on 12 people attending. Booking the course this way will require full payment upfront by the host organisation by invoice and the cost will be the same regardless of how many people book the course (up to 12). The club/centre can then choose to charge their members, staff, customers or volunteers their preferred rate for the course or to provide it to them for free.

Once a date is agreed, a club/centre contact will promote the course date to their members, staff or volunteers and fully manage all the bookings, providing us with a list of participants and any relevant medical information prior to the course date.

All we need on the day is access from 0800-1830 to a clean, quiet, warm, dry room of an appropriate size in the club/centre with standard facilities like car parking, toilets, catering or basic kitchen facilities etc.

Maybe your club/centre is currently recognised to deliver RYA First Aid yet is struggling in areas such as: finding qualified, experienced instructors to deliver the course, providing manikins and equipment in sufficient numbers, maintaining your equipment, fulfilling course admin etc. If so, please feel free to get in touch to request a call and/or a site visit to see how we can work together for your RYA First Aid training requirements going forwards.

Resources include:

Easy-to-access locations with modern facilities and ample free parking on site
Professional audio-visual equipment
One CPR manikin per person (plus additional instructor demo manikins including adult, child and baby), AED Trainer, Epipen trainers, kneeling mats, fleece blankets and a wide variety of dressings and general first aid supplies
A RYA First Aid book for each candidate
The RYA First Aid certificate upon completion of the course
Equipment and training for those who require the endorsement for the use of CAT-C medical kits