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Youth Beginners' Courses

The certificates within our Youth Sailing Scheme are a significant achievement. Instructors sign off each skill as you complete it and, once completed, your certificate can be of used in other areas of your study or activities such as PE at school, or the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme.

The Youth Scheme is usually completed in small dinghies suitable for your size. The Club uses Optimist, Topper and PICO Dingies. We do allow you to use your own dinghy subject to approval from the Course Senior Instructor.

To make the most of our courses we try and ensure you are confident with the skills of one course before allowing you to progress on to the next course. Most courses requirements are for a minimum of two days (or an equivalent number of short sessions). Sailing is a sport which gets better with practice, and you should try to sail between courses whenever you can. Practice makes perfect!

These are the Current Youth RYA Levels.

Stage 1

A basic understanding of how a boat sailing, with some experience of steering and handling the boat

  • Assumes you have no knowledge of sailing, the course lasts a minimum of 2 days.
  • The course covers launching and recovery, steering, parts of the boat and basic sailing.
  • The minmium age is 8. Below this age we offer a series of half day introduction to sailing sessions

Stage 2

A range of sailing skills and knowledge to help in becoming a confident sailor

  • Assumes you have completed Stage 1, unless you are doing a combined Stage 1 and 2 course. Basic knowledge and steering ability , the course lasts a minimum of 2 days.
  • The course covers basic sailing skills, ropework, collision avoidance
  • The minmium age is 8.

Stage 3

Rigging, launching and sailing in any direction. Equivalent to Level 2 in the National Sailing Scheme

  • Assumes you have completed up to and including the Stage 2 course
  • The course covers rigging, launching and recovery, sailing techniques, capsize recovery, sailing theory
  • The minmium age is 8.

Stage 4

Sail a double handed boat as crew or helm, and solve a variety of problems afloat. (optional if Stage 3 was taken in a double hander)

  • Assumes you have completed up to and including the Stage 3 course
  • The Course covers rigging, launching and recovery, sailing techniques and manoeuvres in crewed boats, recovering a man overboard
  • The minmium age is 8.
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