Watersports

Make a bigger splash

It’s never too late to take to the water, you can start your life on the ocean wave from 6 to 86 (or older if you like), and Edinburgh’s a brilliant place to do it. Even if it’s decades since you went in a dinghy or kayak, watersports are easy to pick up again. Port Edgar Watersports Centre has dozens of courses for sailers, kayakers or powerboat drivers. There are one-day tasters for first-timers, and even if you’re experienced, there are new things to try. How about sailing keelboats or catamarans if you’ve only sailed dinghies? Driving a powerboat? Doing race training, or river kayaking? Improving your seamanship?

Sailing courses follow the RYA (Royal Yachting Association) National Sailing Scheme; kayaking courses follow the Scottish Canoe Association awards scheme; and powerboat courses follow the RYA Powerboat Scheme. As a result, it’s easy to check what skills or experience levels you need before signing up for a course. But that’s the simple part – much harder is making your choices from the vast array of new pleasures that our courses could offer you.

Adult Dinghy Sailing

At Port Edgar we offer a wide range of sailing courses from beginner right through to advanced and instructor level....
Adult Keelboat Sailing

A step up from dinghies; keelboats have a spacious cockpit and fixed keels giving them extra stability. Perfect for...
Adult Kayak

With miles of coastline, inland lochs and rivers, kayaking is the perfect way to explore the great Scottish outdoors....
Adult Powerboating

Our powerboat courses can take you from the basics of low speed skills and manoeuvres to high speed adventures!...
Instructor Training

As well as being increasingly popular as a fitness activity, watersports offer career opportunities. Port Edgar is one...