Dinghy Sailing
The Club offers frequent adult Start Dinghy Sailing courses which take
you up to the RYA Level 1 or 2 level. These courses are suitable for 14
to 84 (at least) year olds. Once you have successfully completed the courses
you will be competent to sail in light winds. The Club has a number of
one and two-man boats you can borrow if you don't want to commit to buying
your own boat immediately.
When you have had some practise and gained some experience you will want
to improve your skills by attending the more advanced courses. Better
Sailing, the Advanced Modules and the informal Improvers courses are good
revision for all of us. The use of video gives you the opportunity to
see yourself in action and can reveal those little flaws in technique
which explain why you aren't leading the rest of the pack.
This leads to RYA Level 1 or Level 2 depending on ability. Although presented
as a single unit at the club this is made up of two parallel components:
Level 1 Start Sailing is an introduction to the sport, covering
the minimum knowledge required to get afloat under supervision, while
Level 2 Basic Skills sets out the foundations of the sport, with
the intention of the participants becoming competent sailors in light
winds.
Frequency: normally 2 or 3 per year.
A chance to revise and practise your dinghy skills. The content will
depend on the participants needs and wishes, and the Instructors available.
This course does not normally lead to a formal RYA certificate.
The Improvers course participants will be using their skills on the Sunday
following, a normal racing day, and joining in the races.
This RYA improver course seeks to bridge the gap between Start Sailing
L1, Basic Skills (L2) and the Advanced Modules and is intended to make
the transition easier for those sailors wishing to progress further through
the scheme, allowing them opportunity to practice and consolidate their
techniques and also have a taster of what some of the advanced modules
have to offer. Syllabus.
The Advanced modules are presented from time to time, when there is
demand. Of the five RYA modules, only three are appropriate to our environment.
Successful completion of each of these courses leads to the corresponding
RYA certicate.
The course covers launching and recovering the boat in different circumstances,
stopping, reducing sail, recovering a man overboard, anchoring. By the
end of the course you should be able to handle a boat in all circumstances
and solve problems afloat.
The course seeks to build the confidence, skills & knowledge to
take part in club racing in good conditions. it will cover all the skills
required to enjoy club racing, including how to maximise boat speed
and outwit your opponents.
The course covers how to rig the boat, gybe and recover one type of
spinnaker, either conventional or asymmetric, and how to sail the best
possible course downwind. By the end of the course you should understand
how to sail a dinghy rigged with a symmetric or asymmetric spinnaker.
Much informal training goes on at other times -– the newcomer to sailing
will find many members willing to assist and advise.
For more information please email.
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