{"id":6441,"date":"2026-07-23T13:01:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T12:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prestonmarina.co.uk\/?page_id=6441"},"modified":"2026-10-29T18:33:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T18:33:28","slug":"faq-practical-courses-crewing-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/prestonmarina.co.uk\/index.php\/faq-practical-courses-crewing-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"FAQ – Practical Courses & Crewing Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"

FAQ – Why don’t you offer more RYA practical boating courses?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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We would love to…..but our location means we can’t.<\/p>\n

We are 15 miles from the open sea via. the River Ribble.<\/p>\n

The stretch of river between the marina and the sea is very tidal, and only navigable for around 3 hours once a day (in daylight).<\/p>\n

There is not enough time to get out of the marina to the sea and back again within that tidal window.<\/p>\n

Most practical courses require the boat to be in open and deep water for around 8 hours per day – so there just is not enough water for long enough to run practical courses here.<\/p>\n

Also there are not enough “bolt-holes” or safe havens to escape to within reach in case something goes wrong.<\/p>\n

This is why we can’t offer more RYA practical courses.<\/p>\n

To see what RYA courses we do run click here….RYA COURSES AT PRESTON MARINA<\/a><\/p>\n

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FAQ – Are there any crewing or mile building opportunities on sailing boats from Preston Marina?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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For much the same reasons as why we don’t run more practical courses there are, sadly,\u00a0 hardly ever any crewing opportunities at Preston Marina.<\/p>\n

Our location means day sailing, and even weekend cruises (on sailing boats) are almost impossible here and so casual crewing opportunities don’t really come up.<\/p>\n

When sailing boats do depart from Preston Marina they usually are away for extended periods of time.<\/p>\n

Most of our berth-holders use the Preston Marina Facebook<\/a> page – and will make a post on there if they require crew….but it is rare.<\/p>\n

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FAQ – I AM THINKING OF LEARNING TO SAIL AND BUYING A SAILING BOAT TO KEEP AT PRESTON MARINA, ANY ADVICE?\u00a0\u00a0PLEASE CLICK HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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FAQ – WHY DON’T YOU RUN PASSENGER BOAT TRIPS FROM PRESTON MARINA? CLICK HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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CLICK HERE FOR MORE GENERAL INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE NEW TO BOATING OR CONSIDERING PRESTON MARINA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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FAQ – Why don’t you offer more RYA practical boating courses? . We would love to…..but our location means we can’t. We are 15 miles from the open sea via. the River Ribble. The stretch of river between the marina and the sea is very tidal, and only navigable for around 3 hours once a day (in daylight). There is not enough time to get out of the marina to the sea and back again within that tidal window. Most practical courses require the boat to be in open and deep water for around 8 hours per day – so there just is not enough water for long enough to run practical courses here. Also there are not enough “bolt-holes” or safe havens to escape to within reach in case something goes wrong. This is why we can’t offer more RYA practical courses. To see what RYA courses we do run click here….RYA COURSES AT PRESTON MARINA […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6441","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prestonmarina.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prestonmarina.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prestonmarina.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prestonmarina.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prestonmarina.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6441"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/prestonmarina.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7404,"href":"https:\/\/prestonmarina.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6441\/revisions\/7404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prestonmarina.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}