Youth
Sailing & Windsurfing Courses
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We break all our courses into 2 hour lessons and all lessons are private to your group. These 2 hour lessons can be booked as is convenient for your schedule and when we have availability. We teach sailing in a boat accompanied by an instructor with no more than 3 students to 1 instructor. Windsurfing is taught in warm shallow water with no more than 4 students to 1 instructor.
Our session times each day are 10am-12noon, 1-3pm or 4-6pm. If you book 2 consecutive sessions in a day then we can sail a bit further a field and stop for the break on another beach.
We offer four levels for youth (Stages 1-4). All courses are practically based and any theory required is usually carried out on the water. Children can learn alongside adults as the material covered is basically the same; youngsters will simply receive different certificates at the end of the course. No RYA certificates can be issued, but all training follows the RYA syllabus.
Since all of our lessons are private we can offer tailor-made tuition either via single 2 hour lesson or a course of lessons. This option is great if you haven't been out on the water for a while and just want to brush up your skills before renting a boat, or just need to spend some time in the water to increase your confidence.
Our style of teaching is great for all ages. Younger children react well to accompanied lessons since they are in a safe environment, this helps them to relax and learn. As they become more confident older children can progress into their own boats (Stages 3 or 4). Please see our teaching philosophy for more details of our methodology.
For course prices please a look at our price list.The course outlines below are just examples. Topics taught during each lesson will depend upon the wind conditions and are adapted to the ability of each student. Log sheets are used throughout the courses to track each students progress.
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Youth Sailing Stage 1 6 hours (3 lessons) |
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Prerequisites: none Get a grasp of all the basic procedures required
to sail including tacking and steering. Start to get an
appreciation of how to sail based on wind direction and
strength. If desired the student can attend
an extra 2 lessons obtain the experience necessary to obtain a Stage 2
certificate. Other practical topics covered: parts
of the boat and what they are used for, useful knots, wind
direction, safety equipment. |
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Youth Sailing Stage 2 6 Hours (3 lessons) |
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Prerequisites: Youth Sailing Stage 1
In this course the student will learn how
to prepare their sailing dinghy for the water, sail efficiently
and safely in any direction and return to shore. They will also begin learning how to avoid
and recover from difficult situations. |
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Youth Sailing
Stage 3 10 Hours (5 lessons) |
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Prerequisites: Youth Sailing Stages 1 & 2
Stage 3 builds on the skills acquired
in Stages 1 & 2. The student will learn to sail in
any direction
Other practical topics covered: useful knots, dealing with onshore and offshore winds,
capsize recovery |
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Youth Sailing
Stage 4 10 Hours (5 lessons) |
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Prerequisites: Youth Sailing Stages 1,2 & 3
The student will follow procedures to
dealing with various situations which they will encounter as
they sail such as; coming alongside a boat or
jetty, mooring a boat and picking up a person who has fallen
overboard. They will also learn about the Five
Essentials of sailing, which will enable them to improve
their technique as they practice. Lesson
1 - Taking and Gybing using the 5 Essentials Other practical topics covered: launching and landing in onshore and offshore winds,
reefing. |
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For individual private tuition the course times are reduced to 8 hours for stages 3 & 4. |
We currently run the same syllabus for both adult and youth windsurfing. Level 1 and Level 2 courses are available.
