These courses are design for 8-15 year olds, the courses run alongside the National Sailing Scheme but have been tailored in to Bit size course to make it easier for young people to follow the Royal Yachting Association (RYA) modules for each level of ability. These courses can be tailor-made to suit your own individual needs. Our Instructor/student ratio is 1:3, which ensures a fun and safe learning environment. We try to add as much enjoyment as you can fit in to your time with us. Our courses are aimed sperscificly at juniors from the beginner looking to start sailing for the first time to the advanced looking to improve their skills and learn about seamanship, and spinnakers. Or you are a sailor who is looking for the adrenalin rush with a Performance sailing course.
| RYA Stage One | RYA Sailing with Spinnakers |
| RYA Stage Two | RYA Racing |
| RYA Stage Three | RYA Performance Boat Sailing |
| RYA Stage Four | RYA Dinghy Sailing Instructors |
| RYA Seamanship Skills |
A great opportunity for children to experience the fun of sailing and make new friends this course is a basic introductory to sailing course, learning simple sailing techniques and controls of a boat.
Pre course ability
None.
| This course is run on a | Monday - Tuesday |
| Saturday - Sunday | |
| Every week all year round. |
This course is designed to follow on from Stage 1 and they start to learn the basic skills and build confidence on all the techniques taught in Stage 1. whilst having a fun time we are aiming to teach them to rigging, launching and recovery sailing tequnes and also the sailing theory and capsize
Pre course ability
Knowledge to Stage 1 standard.
| This course is run on a | Saturday - Sunday |
| Thursday - Friday | |
| Every week all year round. |
This course is the equivalent to the start of an adult level 2 in the National Sailing Scheme. After this stage you can regard yourself as a sailor.
Pre course ability
Have a Knowledge to Stage 1 & Stage 2 and have a sessions experience.
| This course is run on a | Monday - Thursday |
| Saturday - Sunday | |
| Every week all year round. |
After stage four you will have the skills and knowledge to sail a double-handed boat as crew or helm and solve a variety of problems afloat.
Pre course ability
Have a Knowledge to Stage 3 and have a sessions experience.
| This course is run on a | Thursday - Friday |
| Saturday - Sunday | |
| Every week all year round. |
Now you have completed the basics of the sailing and You have got the sailing bug! There is only one remedy, carry on. There's a choice of five different course to increase you skills and knowledge of sailing. We do recommend the Seamanship course before going for Day Sailing, but if you fancy getting in our modern asymmetric and letting rip then go for the Spinnakers course. If you would like to learn about racing basics then check out our racing course. If you fancy your hand at trappzing then try our performance sailing course.
| All of theses course are run on a | Monday - Tuesday |
| Thursday - Friday | |
| Saturday - Sunday | |
| Every week all year round. |
You have got the sailing bug! †There is only one remedy ñ carry on.† Now add the skills to cope with all eventualities.† You will learn how to deal with strong winds and waves, recovering crew who have fallen overboard, sailing without a rudder and much more.
Pre course ability
To have the Skills and background to at lest RYA Level 2.
A two day course learning about Everything you need to know about ëkiteí flying. different types of spinnakers using symmetrical and asymmetrical spinnakers to enhance your skills in a performance dinghy. You will be pushing your boats speed to the limit with the control of three sails and the ideal course if you are thinking to go into racing.
Pre course ability
To have the Skills and background to at lest RYA Level 2 coastal.
This course is for those of you who have a reusable amount of sailing knowledge and have that competitiveness strike in side you and are wanting to get into club racing. You learn the basic of starting and what the rules of the sport.
Pre course ability
To have a reusable about of knowledge of sailing.
This course is the allurement course for those of you who need that adrenalin rush whilst sailing. An excellent course into advanced and high performance dinghy sailing including rigging, trapezing, hiking, tuning and down wind sailing with advanced seamanship skills.
Pre course ability
To have the Skills and background to at lest RYA Sailing With Spinnakers Coastal.
The Instructor course consists of 5 days of intensive but enjoyable training. It teaches you the RYA method, the structure of the RYA and how to teach sailing. The course is run by an RYA Coach Assessor and is moderated on the last day by a second Coach Assessor. The course will be the full 5 days to ensure that everyone has time to complete all the necessary training. You should note that this course will not run with less than 4 candidates.
Pre course ability
You must be at lest 16 and have past your pr assessment, you are advise to have you First Aid at Sea and Powerboat Level 2 before coming on the course.
