I wrote the following reply, then re-read your post to find out you have no
experience. So the following probably means nothing now. however, I will
leave it for you to read regardless.

Best way would be to get into teaching via a sailing school or charter
skipper with yacht charter firms. Sunsail for instance.. It worked for me
when I made my big change. Be prepared though. The money is ****. Once you
start teaching though, you pick up a lot of other bits and pieces like
deliveries etc. Its all good.

Sailing people tend to be transient and most companies have a high turnover
of staff. Of course it is seasonal too so you will have to chase the work.

I would recommend you track down firms close to you and ask them what is
required. They usually know the who's who of assessors etc.

Good luck.

DP

X.25" wrote in message
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I am looking for a career change, and all I want to do is sailing.

I have no experience whatsoever, and I would really need some
experienced input.

Few questions related to this:

1. It is my understanding that the RYA schools are the best choice.
Could someone be able to recommend a good RYA approved school
(course), outside of the UK (preferrably Greece, Spain, Turkey, etc.).

2. What would be the best approach, in order to gain experience?
Should I start with a day-skipper course, and then try to find
experience through "Crew Seeker" (or something similar), or should I
go for a longer course and then go for the experience?

3. I did search a bit on the web, but the information is very
confusing (and sparse). Could someone recommend a website which would
be suitable for someone like me?

4. It would be really nice to find out more about the problems you
have experienced when you were starting (or even the problems you are
encountering now .

Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks.