Sail North Norfolk on board “Selkie”, a Stiffkey Cockle

A sunset sail can be extra special

Your skipper and RYA instructor Zoe

The wind often drops to a gentle breeze in the evening

Picnic with Sail North Norfolk

Gentle sunset sail

Sailing in the blue hour

Learn to sail

Come on an adventure

The focus is on fun

See the seals

A sailing adventure to Wells

One of the biggest tides of the year

Sail North Norfolk gift vouchers available

 

Made-to-measure boat trips from Blakeney under sail and silent electric engine on “Selkie”, a sailing boat designed to explore the creeks and coastal waters of beautiful North Norfolk. Wildlife-watching, seeing the seals under sail, wild swimming, exploring remote beauty spots and/or sailing instruction. 1-4 people (or 2 adults & up to 3 children). From £30 pp/ph* including hot drinks, homemade cake.

For sailors

Learn to sail, or improve your skills, with RYA-qualified instructor Zoe. She teaches the RYA method, so instruction is consistent with other lessons you have. She can help you perfect a specific manoeuvre, such as picking up a buoy under sail, hove-to, or coming alongside a boat. It’s a great feeling when you nail it.

For wildlife lovers and bird spotters

Pottering silently under sail and electric engine minimises disturbance to wildlife. When we sail to see the seals, we wait for their natural curiosity and playfulness to draw them to the boat. Spring and summer wildlife highlights include terns diving for fish, prehistoric-looking spoonbills, and families of shelduck ducklings. In the autumn and winter, skeins of pink-footed geese provide one of the greatest wildlife spectacles. Rarer visitors include as wheatear, greenshank and grey plover. For £50 extra local wildlife expert David North joins us on board.

For families

Complete your North Norfolk experience with a boat trip to see the seals – but under sail. A magical experience for both kids and big kids. Or you can learn to sail as a family. Zoe loves helping to inspire the next generation, building children’s confidence in and on the water. You can do as much of the sailing as you like, or just sit back and relax. We stop at a remote beach or secret spot for tea and cake, or you can bring a picnic. I can take up to three children with two adults.

For wild swimmers

We swim from remote beaches or a secret spot, and if you need encouragement Zoe will swim with you too. We dry off in the sun, or warm up with cake and a hot brew.

For adventurers

Exploring North Norfolk by boat opens up this wilderness, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. We can create a plan to explore specific locations, with either a one-way sail or round trip. Nature, silent discovery, private sailing lessons and wild swimming can all be included. Each trip is bespoke, according to what you’d like to prioritise, and allowing for wind direction and tide height. Some one-way trips take longer and I include breakfast or lunch – get in touch for pricing.

For special occasions

Do you need an original idea for a pre-wedding surprise? Would you like to propose in a wild, beautiful setting with no-one else around? Or perhaps you’d like to treat a friend or loved one to a special birthday or anniversary sail. We can make a plan for something extra special. Prosecco is extra!

Sunset sails

I’ve created a list of the 2025 dates when high tide coincides with sunset. I’ve also noted when they’re particularly big tides, which are extra spectacular to see. See departure times on this Instagram post. I’ll do the same for sunrise sails.

Flexibility

On days when it seems too windy or choppy to sail safely in the open water, we explore the salt marsh creeks under electric engine, before tucking in to a sheltered spot with binoculars and a hot brew. If the weather is a wash-out, we can reschedule. Please arrive with an open mind – we may plan one trip, but the tide and weather may mean a different route is ideal.

*Pricing

From £30 per person per hour. 2025 pricing:

£240 for two-hour sailing instruction using the RYA method for one-four people (on the smallest tides). Homemade cake and hot drink provided. £250 from 6 July to end-September.

£240 for an approx two-hour sailing adventure on the coast for one-four people (on the smallest tides). Homemade cake and hot drink provided. £250 from 6 July to end-September.

£260 for an approx three-hour sailing adventure on the coast for one-four people. Combined with as much or as little instruction as you’d like. Homemade cake and hot drink provided. £280 from 6 July to end-September, £275 over the Easter and May bank holiday weekends.

£310 for a sailing adventure on the coast including hot food for one to four people, as well as homemade cake and hot drinks. £320 from 6 July to end-September.

£325 for a one-way adventure, e.g. between Blakeney and Wells, with hot food. £330 from 6 July to end-September.

Exclusive groups only, so you hire the whole boat plus skipper. £50 extra for wildlife expert David North to join us on board (subject to him being available).

See some upcoming sailing times below. NB I won’t do all these sails because I need rest days, so will work around the earliest bookings I get. I can also book you in for dates not yet listed – just get in touch to work out a tide that suits you: sail@sailnorthnorfolk.co.uk

w/c 16 June

w/c 16 June:

– Monday 16 June: Three-hour sail, approx 0815 to 1215.

– Tuesday 17 June: Three-hour, approx 1015 to 1315. BOOKED

– Wednesday 18 June: Three-hour sail, approx 1100 to 1400.

-Thursday 19 June: Three-hour sail, approx 1200 to 1500. BOOKED

– Friday 20 June: Three-hour sail, approx 1500 to 1800.

– Saturday 21 June: Three-hour sail, approx 1430 to 1730. BOOKED

– Sunday 22 June: Three-hour sail, approx 1515 to 1815. BOOKED

w/c 23 June

w/c 23 June

– Monday 23 June: Three-hour sail, approx 1615 to 1915.

– Tuesday 24 June: Three-hour sail into golden hour, approx 1715 to 2015. BOOKED

– Wednesday 25 June: Three-hour sail into golden hour, approx 1800 to 2100. Big tide, so all routes possible. BOOKED

– Thursday 26 June: Three-hour sunset sail, approx 1900 to 2200.

w/c 30 June

w/c 30 June:

– Monday 30 June: Three-hour sail, approx 0930 to 1230. BOOKED

– Tuesday 01 July: Three-hour, approx 1015 to 1315. BOOKED

– Wednesday 02 July: Three-hour sail, approx 1100 to 1400. BOOKED

-Thursday 03 July: Three-hour sail, approx 1200 to 1500 (smaller tide so routes more restricted).

Tides too small for a good sail the rest of the week (except possibly a 2-hour lesson)

w/c 07 July

w/c 07 July

– Monday 07 July: Small tide so only a two-hour lesson possible, 1630 to 1830.

– Tuesday 08 July: Small tide so just a two-hour lesson possible, 1720 to 1920.

– Wednesday 09 July: Three-hour sail into golden hour, approx 1745 to 2045. BOOKED

– Thursday 10 July: Three-hour sunset sail, approx 1830 to 2130.

– Friday 11 July: Either three-hour sail 0630 to 0930, or three-hour sunset sail, 1845 to 2145.

– Saturday 12 July: Either three-hour sail, approx 0715 to 1015, or two-hour sunset sail, 1945 to 2145.

– Sunday 13 July: Either three-hour sail, approx 0800 to 1100 (big tide, so all routes possible). BOOKED.

w/c 14 July

w/c 14 July:

– Monday 14 July: Three-hour sail, approx 0830 to 1130. Big tide so all routes possible.

– Tuesday 15 July: Three-hour sail, approx 0915 to 1215. Big tide so all routes possible. BOOKED

– Wednesday 16 July: Three-hour sail, approx 1000 to 1300. Big tide so all routes possible. BOOKED

-Thursday 17 July: Three-hour sail, approx 1030 to 1330. BOOKED

– Friday 18 July: Three-hour sail, approx 1130 to 1430.

– Saturday 19 July: Three hour sail, approx 1240 to 1540.

– Sunday 20 July: Three-hour sail, approx 1350 to 1650.

w/c 21 July

w/c 21 July

– Monday 21 July: Three-hour sail, approx 1515 to 1815. BOOKED

– Tuesday 22 July: Three-hour sail, approx 1630 to 1930.

– Wednesday 23 July: Three-hour sail into golden hour, approx 1715 to 2015.

– Thursday 24 July: Three-hour sunset sail, approx 1815 to 2115.

– Friday 25 July: Three-hour sunset sail, 1840 to 2140. Big tide so all routes possible. BOOKED

– Sunday 27 July: Three-hour sail, approx 0800 to 1100. Huge tide so all routes possible.

w/c 28 July

w/c 28 July:

– Monday 28 July: Three-hour sail, approx 0830 to 1130. Huge tide so all routes possible.

– Tuesday 29 July: Three-hour, approx 0900 to midday. Really big tide so all routes possible. BOOKED

– Wednesday 30 July: Three-hour sail, approx 0945 to 1245. BOOKED

-Thursday 31 July: Three-hour sail, approx 1015 to 1315. BOOKED

– Saturday 02 August: Smaller tide, so only two-hour lesson possible, approx 1200 to 1400.

– Sunday 03 August: Tide too small to leave the quayside.

w/c 04 August

w/c 04 August

– Wednesday 06 August: Only two-hour lesson possible, approx 1700 to 1900.

– Thursday 07 August: Three-hour sail into golden hour and sunset, approx 1730 to 2030. BOOKED

– Friday 08 August: Three-hour sunset sail, 1800 to 2100.

– Saturday 09 August: Three-hour sunset sail, approx 1830 to 2130.

– Sunday 10 August: Either three-hour sail, approx 0700 to 1000 (really big tide so all routes possible), or two-hour sunset sail, approx 1915 to 2115.

w/c 11 August

w/c 11 August:

– Monday 11 August: Three-hour sail, approx 0730 to 1030. Huge tide so all routes possible.

– Tuesday 12 August: Three-hour sail, approx 0815 to 1115. Huge tide so all routes possible. Always stunning!

– Wednesday 13 August: Three-hour sail, approx 0845 to 1145. One of the biggest tides of year, so all routes possible. BOOKED

-Thursday 14 August Three-hour sail, approx 0930 to 1230. Huge tide so all routes possible.

– Friday 15 August: Three-hour sail, approx 1000 to 1300. Really big tide, so all routes possible.

– Saturday 16 August: Three-hour sail, approx 1045 to 1345. BOOKED

– Sunday 17 August: Three-hour sail, approx 1150 to 1450.

w/c 18 August

w/c 18 August

– Monday 18 August: Only two-hour lesson possible, approx 1400 to 1600.

– Tuesday 19 August: Only two-hour lesson possible, approx 1530 to 1730.

– Wednesday 20 August: Three-hour sail, approx 1600 to 1900. BOOKED

– Thursday 21 August: Three-hour sunset sail, approx 1715 to 2015. BOOKED

– Friday 22 August: Three-hour sunset sail, 1800 to 2100. BOOKED

– Saturday 23 August: Two-hour sunset sail, approx 1830 to 2030. BOOKED

w/c 25 August

w/c 25 August:

– Monday 25 August: Three-hour sail, approx 0730 to 1030. Huge tide so all routes possible. BOOKED

– Tuesday 26 August: Three-hour sail, approx 0800 to 1100. Huge tide so all routes possible. BOOKED

– Wednesday 27 August: Three-hour sail, approx 0830 to 1130. Really big tide, so all routes possible. BOOKED

-Thursday 28 August Three-hour sail, approx 0915 to 1215. Big tide so all routes possible. BOOKED

– Friday 29 August: Three-hour sail, approx 0930 to 1230.

– Saturday 30 August: Three-hour sail, approx 1015 to 1315.

– Sunday 31 August: Smaller tide so only two-hour lesson possible, approx 1115 to 1315.

w/c 1 September

w/c 01 September:

-Thursday 04 September: Small tide, so only two-hour lesson possible, 1615 to 1815.

– Friday 05 September: Three-hour sail, approx 1700 to 1800. BOOKED

– Saturday 06 September: Three-hour sail, approx 1715 to 2015. BOOKED

– Sunday 07 September: Either sunrise sail, approx 0600 to 0900, or sunset sail, approx 1745 to 2030.

w/c 08 September

w/c 08 September:

– Monday 08 September: Three-hour sail, approx 0630 to 0930. Huge tide so all routes possible.

– Tuesday 09 September: Three-hour sail, approx 0715 to 1015. One of the biggest tides of the year, so all routes possible.

– Wednesday 10 September: Three-hour sail, approx 0745 to 1045. One of the biggest tides of the year, so all routes possible. BOOKED

-Thursday 11 September: Three-hour sail, approx 0830 to 1130. One of the biggest tides of the year, so all routes possible.

w/c 22 September

w/c 22 September:

– Saturday 27 September: Three-hour sail, approx 0900 to midday.

– Sunday 28 September: Three-hour sail, approx 0930 to 1230.

w/c 29 September

w/c 29 September:

– Monday 29 September: Two-hour lesson, approx 1200 to 1400.

– Friday 03 October: Two-hour sail lesson, approx 1600 to 1800.

– Saturday 04 October: Three-hour sunset sail, approx 1630 to 1830.

-Sunday 05 October: Three-hour sunset sail, approx 1630 to 1930.

w/c 06 October

w/c 06 October:

– Monday 06 October: Two-hour sunset sail, approx 1715 to 1915.

– Wednesday 08 October: Three-hour sunrise sail, approx 0645 to 0945. One of the biggest tides of the year, so all routes possible.

– Thursday 09 October: Three-hour sunise sail, approx 0715 to 1015 (or we could start up to half an hour later). One of the biggest tides of the year, so all routes possible.

– Friday 10 October: Three hour sail, approx 0800 to 1100. One of the biggest tides of the year, so all routes possible.

Saturday 11 October: Three-hour sail, approx 0845 to 1145. One of the biggest tides of the year, so all routes possible.

– Sunday 12 October: Three-hour sail, approx 0930 to 1230.

w/c 13 October

w/c 13 October:

– Monday 13 October: Three-hour sail, approx 1030 to 1330.

– Tuesday 14 October: Two-hour sail lesson, approx 1215 to 1415.

– Thursday 16 October: Two-hour lesson, approx 1500 to 1700.

– Friday 17 October: Three-hour sail, approx 1545 to 1845.

-Saturday 18 October: Two-hour sunset sail, approx 1630 to 1830.

– Sunday 19 October: Two-hour sunset sail, approx 1645 to 1845.

About Zoe

Zoe is a commercially-endorsed sailing skipper, who’s also qualified as an RYA instructor. She explores the North Norfolk coast under sail, paddle, oar and on foot for pleasure, and will share her passion for this special environment with you. Her sailing boat, a Stiffkey Cockle, is called “Selkie”.