Sea Fever Sailing Arvostelua 

Donal is an excellent instructor and highly recommended to anyone considering any type of sailing tuition or sailing experience. Donal’s calm, trusting and professional method of teaching gave me the confidence to charter and skipper in Greece with my wife and 4 children. Also, at short notice, Donal made himself available (immediately after a week long charter on the West coast of Scotland) to deliver my own boat on a continuous 36 hour passage on the East coast. Donal at Sea Fever Sailing is the first person I’ll be contacting for any future sailing tuition, delivery passage or sailing guidance!

I participated as crew in an own boat instruction / delivery trip with Donal. We experienced some challenging conditions down the Welsh coast. Donal was an exemplary team leader, instructor, letting the owner take decisions, but providing a guiding hand when needed. I would hire Donal or join his crew anytime!

Fantastic time learning to sail our new boat with Donal! He made the experience incredibly fun while teaching us in a professional and relaxed way and ensuring we learned to do everything safely. Highly recommend and we hope to do more with Sea Fever Sailing in the future.

Have sailed several times with Sea Fever Sailing in the last year and summarised in a word…brilliant!
The whole ethos of small student/client numbers on comfortable yachts and outstanding food and meals is delivered perfectly by Donal and his team.
I have used Sea Fever for specific instruction and for mentoring when sailing with friends.
Donal and Kitty are from a hospitality background and this shows in the delivery of their service and their understanding of the client/host relationship.
The best recommendation I can have is that I will be using Sea Fever Sailing again next season without hesitation.

I first met Donal on a comp crew course. I immediately liked his easy efficient style of teaching. Leaning without feeling any stress. I went on to purchase a yacht and have used Donal for own boat tuition. Can’t remember highly enough. Learning is always a please

Taking an individual instruction on our own boat was a really good investment in our sailing journey. Having Donal step onto our vessel, rather than a standard sea school yacht, changed our confidence and understanding of our boat's handling.
​Learning how to berth, spring off pontoons, and maneuver specifically on our own helm made an immediate, real-world difference.
Unlike a rigid course curriculum, the tuition was focused on our personal goals—improving sail trim, mastering short-handed tacking.
Having an expert eye run through our deck layout, rigging setups was extremely useful.
The instruction helped us establish clear and effective communication on deck—essential for smooth, stress-free anchoring and mooring.
We cannot recommend on-board tuition with Donal highly enough. We finished the trip feeling genuinely self-sufficient, confident, and excited for our next passage!

I’ve sailed several times with Donal now, and every time has been both a pleasure and a great learning experience.

Most recently, I spent a week sailing with Donal and another student, pushing ourselves a little outside our comfort zones with some longer passages and heavier weather than we would typically choose to sail in. It was an excellent week, with lots of knowledge and experience shared throughout, always in a way that was engaging, supportive, and encouraging.

Donal has a great way of building confidence while still challenging you to develop your skills, and I’ve come away from every trip having learned something new. I’d happily recommend sailing with him to anyone looking to improve their skills and experience.

Donal and Kitty at Sea Fever Sailing are a great team. From the initial query, to discussion about what I was looking for and where I was at as a sailor, to the great week of sailing on the water, it was a smooth experience and I had confidence in both the organisation behind the scenes and Donal whilst out on the water.

The food on board was exceptional, plentiful and really high quality. Donal has a great way of instructing which pushes you but in a safe way. Coupled with good company, drinks ashore and music, this was far more than an "ordinary" sailing course and I would thoroughly recommend.

I have sailed with Donal on 3 separate weeks now, as far back as 2024, and I rate him very highly indeed. I have seen him teaching complete novices and running Day Skipper courses. He has a knack of passing on knowledge clearly and calmly. If you want more experience and responsibility in the running of the boat, you will get it. If you need to brush up on line handling and knots, you will get it. He is very patient with his students, and I personally have found he actually remembers his students, and can see improvement over time. As well as being very competent and relaxed in the instruction, he has a great personality and sense of humour, and he's very quick with a smile and a laugh. He puts students at their ease. He has a massive depth of local knowledge, and not just about sailing. That is the reason I have already arranged to do my Coastal Skipper course with him in 2027. Don't feel that you need to undertake a rigid RYA course - if you book onto a week and let Donal know what area you want to concentrate on, he will do his utmost to bring you up to speed. Lastly, if he says he knows a great pub with live music, then you have a fantastic evening ahead. I cannot speak more highly of Donal Boyle @ Sea Fever Sailing.

After 40 years of sailing I decided to do an RYA Coastal Skipper course, Donal was my instructor.
I had a great 6 days learning a great deal from Donal. His relaxed style kept everyone happy and working together. Not only a very good instructor but a great cook, guitarist and singer.
I would encourage anyone regardless of experience to have Donal as an instructor.

Experienced instructor, great sailing and good food

Donal brought a wealth of sailing knowledge and skill that he patiently shared and instructed us with. His depth of knowledge showed in so many ways. The food he had prepared was amazing and I enjoyed every meal. A few nights we attended a local pub for a music session and the way he could play was remarkable! Truly made our trip one of the best experiences of my lifetime.