Sailschool NI Reviews & Testimonials

"I would highly recommend Sail School NI, without a doubt. Rusty is hugely experienced and has a terrific way of making things seem easy. I completed my Day Skipper with Rusty a few weeks back and found the 5 days huge for confidence and knowledge building. If you want to learn through doing, this is the sail school for you."

"Rusty is a font of knowledge. I could listen to him talk for hours. The yacht Infinity is one hell of a boat."

"For those who want to start sailing and wish to gain the skill and confidence to do so, I can highly recommend School NI. Had a fantastic week with Rusty our instructor, not only is he skilled and knowledgeable and able to read the wind in ways that surprised me, but very down to earth, instills confidence even when you make a mistake. I completed the Day S..." Read more

"I recently completed an RYA Day Skipper course with Russel and couldn’t recommend him enough. He created a comfortable working environment and was extremely knowledgable in this subject matter. Honestly one of the best instructors around."

"Great instructor had a fantastic 5 days."

"Rusty is absoletly great sailor and tutor he gave us and shared every knowledge experince he has with us about aspects of sailing, l can not thank him enough for what's done for us out there at the sea he's so good at what he's doing he is top class sailing teacher.everyone who wants to learn or to do abit of sailing definetly should see this man. thank you..." Read more

"Russell is a absolute star, very experienced and tonnes of patience, with a relaxed teaching style he makes all levels of student feel at ease and this adds to the learning process. This is the why to fall on love with sailing. Regards Steven"

"Russell (Rusty) is a very competent instructor who always puts the crew at ease. He is very knowledgeable and is excellent at ensuring learning is fun onboard. I have been on two trips now and looking forward to a 3rd. Would highly recommend! 😊"

"Rusty took myself, a friend and my son for the RYA Day Skipper Course. The good ship Pete’s Dragon was a comfortable and roomy steed for the course and adventure up the West Coast of Scotland. Day 1 took us from Bangor to Gigha, from there we went up past the Corryvrecken Sound to overnight near the ‘Atlantic Bridge’ before a quick jump to Oban for another o..." Read more

"Did a Yachtmasters prep course with Rusty on his Southerly 115. This course had four of us plus Rusty cruise around thd Inner Hebrides over a 5-day period. the boat was well set up and as a pilot house cruiser, an ideal platform for instruction and practice from thd comfort of thd pilot house. The style of instruction was relaxed and easy going but was amazi..." Read more

"Great day out on a team building day Rusty looked after us well with his professional but relaxed dun attitude .We all had a great day and will defiantly do it again"

"The perfect corporate team building day out! Russell is an excellent instructor and we had a superb time! Highly recommended and we will be back for another fab day out on the water!"