Level 1 Training Course - Start Sailing

Completely new to sailing? Then this is your starting point in learning to sail and we will take you on a step by step introduction in learning to sail a dinghy.

We use the "RYA Method" in teaching newcomers to sail and in the Level 1 course you have an instructor with you, or in very close attendance, at all times. The course is very "hands-on" and much of the time is spent in the boats when conditions permit.

Over the two days of the course we will cover:

• Welcome and introduction
• Tour of the club and its facilities
• Talk on personal, boat and group safety
• Then it's out on the boats for your first sail with an instructor on the "joyride". During this you will be shown how a boats sails and how we control it.
• Basic knots
• Talk on correct clothing to go sailing and the importance of keeping warm at all times.
• Land drill on how we turn the boat around
• What to do if she gets stuck "in irons"
• Capsize procedure
• Rigging the boats
• Sailing across the wind under supervision
• The "No Go Zone" for a dinghy
• Rules of the road

Lots to do and it's all done under close supervision whilst you gain your "sea legs".

Contact us for price enquiries of the Level 1 course for an adult club member and for a youngster.

Hopefully, if we've done our job right, you will now want to progress onto the Level 2 course, where you will become a competent light wind sailor and able to sail a dinghy by yourself in light winds.