You're sitting on a bucket seat fixed to what looks like a flimsy frame of lightweight poles, bowling along the sandy seashore with hardly any sound - just the hum of the wheels, and the distant lapping of the waves. You're too busy hanging on to the rope that controls your sail to look around you at the spectacularly flat coastline. With miles of continuous flat sandy beaches, and a coastline swept with bracing fresh winds from off the Channel or the North Sea, you couldn't wish for better conditions.
Several centres offer lessons and hire the equipment.
Most take groups as well as individuals. Back to top Getting started There are different sorts of sand-yachting.