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We can offer training for adults and juniors to the same standard as professionally run centres.
We have a team of experienced RYA qualified instructors and safety crew ready to provide a safe and enjoyable programme to get you on the water and sailing with confidence.
Everyone in the team is a volunteer and we rely on them giving up their spare time to plan and run these courses. We all do our best but we don't have people sitting in an
office dealing with enquiries full (or even part) time.
We try to publish a calendar of training dates as early as possible but sometimes
have to ask students to join a course without as much notice as we (or they) would like depending on instructor and safety crew availability.
All our sailing courses are offered in dinghies of various classes.
If you complete your course successfully, you will have learnt how a boat sails and how to sail a small boat.
We also run training courses for power boats with a range of boats and engines.
Non-member?
you can do some of the courses we offer but it will cost you more so why not take the plunge and join us ..... go on, it doesn't cost
much to be part of RSC!).
RYA YSS Stage 1 |
RYA YSS Stage 2 |
RYA YSS Stage 3 |
RYA YSS Stage 4 |
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A basic understanding of how a boat sails, with some experience of steering and handling the boat |
A range of sailing skills and knowledge to help you start to become a confident sailor |
Rigging, launching and sailing in any direction. Equivalent to Level 2 in the National Sailing Scheme |
Sail a double handed boat as crew or helm, and solve a variety of problems afloat. |
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| Assumed knowledge | None | Stage 1, or basic knowledge of sailing and some boat steering ability | Sailing skills to the standard of Stage 2 | Sailing skills to the standard of Level 3 |
| Minimum duration | 2 days or equivalent | 2 days or equivalent | 2 days or equivalent | 2 days or equivalent |
| Minimum age | None - our discretion | None - our discretion | None - our discretion | None - our discretion |
| Course content | Launching and recovery, steering, parts of the boat, basic sailing | Basic sailing skills, ropework, collision avoidance | Rigging, launching and recovery, sailing techniques, capsize recovery, sailing theory | Rigging, launching and recovery, sailing techniques and manoeuvres in crewed boats, recovering a man overboard |
| Ability after course | Able to steer and understand basic principles | Able to tack, have some control of boat speed and understand basic principles | Able to launch and sail a dinghy around a triangle in moderate conditions | Can launch and return to a jetty or mooring, and sail a crewed dinghy around a triangle in moderate conditions |
First Aid
We offer this shore-based training when there's enough demand.
