SIA is a destination management company based in Thailand. SIA has been active in Phuket since 2004 and we are highly regarded as watersports trainers and corporate training specialists.
Sail in Asia
Sail in Asia are highly regarded as Thailand’s most comprehensive watersports activity company. We are an IYT sailing school offering courses in 3 countries. SIA are a well known Corporate Training and Teambuilding provider, Outdoor Education specialists and a Yacht Charter operator. Sail in Asia are highly regarded as Thailand’s biggest and best ISSA and IYT Sea School operating in Thailand, Malaysia and the Philipines. This sea school is where you can learn to sail and become a skipper, on our highly regarded Zero to Hero Fast Track courses. We are also Thailand’s premier Teambuilding provider in Phuket, Krabi and Pattaya. Our chief instructor is a qualified UK trained Teacher and is an IYT Instructor Trainer & Examiner in SE Asia.
Phuket Water Sports Centre @ Ao Yon, Cape Panwa
Cape Panwa’s Ao Yon Beach is a delightful hidden cove where the Phuket Water Sports Centre is located.
The Phuket Water Sports Centre has been formed to encourage tourists, locals and our students, to Go on Water at our fabulous beach location at Ao Yon Beach near by Cape Panwa. Our Water Sports Centre's club house, is located in the middle of Ao Yon beach. Weekend activities include learn to sail courses, day sail excursions by boat and dragon boating or kayaking trips. You can also charter one of our yachts. If you just want to pootle around the bay why not rent a SUP (Stand Up Paddle) or kayak!
We are open to all. - Guests, Tourists, Phuket residents and Club Members. Members get special rates for courses, charter rental, weekend trips and of course social events. Free Membership for students on our AYTA sailing courses. The best value sailing courses in Asia
Yacht Training
If you want to Learn to Sail a yacht or keelboat you need to join a course to realize your ambition. If you want to own a boat or charter yacht anywhere in the world you need to have completed a Zero to Hero 14 day course which provides you with the certification and skills to do so.
Sail in Asia’s Yacht Training is considered the most effective in Thailand and we ensure you have a club to join, after you’ve finished your course, that enables you to go sailing at weekends, for a very small sum. Check out our training courses by clicking the button below.
Outdoor Education for International Schools
Outdoor Education is our strong point and we have experience of over thirty years running OE courses all over the world, including Duke of Edinburgh International Award Adventurous Journeys. We have two major sites, one in Krabi province, our river base, the other on Phuket Island at Yon Bay.
Team Building in Thailand with Sail in Asia
We are Thailands premier corporate team building provider, in Phuket, Krabi and Pattaya. Our yachts can take up to 80 clients for day trips, cruising rally, learn to sail days and mini regattas. These activities is very popular with corporate clients from Singapore and Hong Kong.
Team Building in Phuket
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Yacht Charter
We charter our yachts out for regattas such as the King’s cup, Phuket Race Week and the One Design Regatta. The Platus are very popular as they are exciting and cheap to charter. We also run day charter with our Farr 1104s and our Trimaran. We supply yachts with with a skipper and crew if required.
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Watersports Activity Centre at Ao Yon Phuket
The video below, shows you our almost perfect location, at Ao Yon, on Cape Panwa. Our fleet of 12 yachts and our water sports activity centre are evident in the video. Most of our training and team building happens in this ideal location. Our watersports centre has changing rooms, and amenities right by the beach. Our yachts are anchored only 200 metres off it. Come and visit us if you can and see for yourself what a great location we have at Yon Bay.
Our Yacht Fleet
The yachts we use are really superb training and racing boats. We have a multihull yacht, fast cruiser racers and a fleet of Platus that are the envy of every competitor. The yachts are used for flotilla sailing and training for International schools including International Award expeditions.
The Keelboats are ideal for Team Building and Mini regattas. Our corporate sailing program is well established in Phuket and is popular with banks, insurance companies, lawyers and oil and gas companies.
Yacht Racing Regattas in Thailand
Platus are light weight keelboats that perform well and are very popular yachts for racing in the regattas such as Phuket’s King’s Cup. The Platus are much cheaper to charter than larger yachts so they are extremely popular and our fleet of 7 yachts means we always have our own One Design Racing fleet.
If you want to sail a yacht that performs well you should check out our Farr 1104’s or our J35 One Design as they are fast boats with good IRC handicap ratings.
If multihulls are your passion you can charter our fast trimaran Shanghai baby the Corsair 28. It sails like the wind and is in great shape. Ideal for racing or for short trips around the coast and easy to moor by a lovely beach or even on the beach.
