Sailing & Windsurfing Courses
Adult Sailing Courses /
Youth
Sailing Courses / Adult
Windsurfing Courses /
Youth Windsurfing Courses
We break all our courses into 2 hour lessons and all lessons are private to your group. These 2 hour lessons can be booked to suit your holiday plans or work schedule. During the summer our session times each day are 10am-12noon, 1-3pm or 4-6pm. Throughout the rest of the season we run two sessions per day; 11am-1pm and 2pm-4pm. If you book 2 consecutive dinghy sailing lessons in a day then we can sail a bit further a field and stop for the break on another beach.
Novice sailors and are taught in a boat accompanied by an instructor with no more than 3 students to 1 instructor. More advanced sailors may be taught in single handed boats with a maximum of 2 students to 1 instructor. Windsurfing is taught in warm shallow water with no more than 4 students to 1 instructor.
Adult and Youth Courses
We offer three course levels for adults (Learn to Sail/Windsurf and Levels 1 & 2) and 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.
Tailor-Made Tuition
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. We find more mature sailors really appreciate our individual tuition which can be adapted to their fitness and previous experience. Children also react well since they are in a safe environment (the instructor is always onboard to help) which helps them to relax and learn. 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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Learn to Sail
8 hours (4 lessons) |
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Prerequisite: none Get a grasp of all the basic procedures required
to sail including tacking and gybing and be able to sail in any
direction regardless of the wind direction.
The techniques
taught are identical to Level 1 and if desired the student can attend
an extra 2 lessons obtain the experience necessary to obtain a Level 1
certificate (or Stage 2 in the case of youngsters). |
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Aqua
Adicta Level 1 Sailing RYA Level 1 Syllabus 12 Hours (6 lessons) |
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Prerequisite: none In this course
you will learn how to prepare your sailing dinghy/Windsurfer
for the water, sail efficiently and safely in any direction
and return to shore. You will also begin learning how to avoid
and recover from difficult situations. |
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RYA Level 2 Syllabus 12 Hours (6 lessons) |
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Prerequisite: Adult Level 1
Level 2 builds on
the skills acquired in level 1. You will follow
procedures for dealing with various situations which you will
encounter as you sail such as; coming alongside a boat or
jetty, recovering from capsize and picking up a person who has
fallen overboard. You will also learn about the Five
Essentials of sailing, which will enable you to improve your
technique as you practice.
Other practical topics covered: useful
knots, launching and landing in onshore and offshore winds |
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Coaching Sessions |
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We tend to find that those who already have RYA Level 2 and wish to improve their skills further have a variety of different goals which do not necessarily match a specific course syllabus. We therefore offer coaching sessions which can cover a wide variety of topics and concentrate on the specific skills you wish to learn or improve. The following list is just an example but will give you some idea of the things which we can do.
There are many who wish to simply improve their sailing skills. We will take you out on the water and assess your current level by setting a number of tasks e.g. sailing around a triangular course, coming alongside, man overboard etc. Once the assessment is completed we can then start to work on those areas which need attention. At the end of the training we can provide a log sheet and Advanced Sailing Certificate which indicate the topics that have been covered and the standard that has been achieved. These are signed by Julian who is an RYA Senior Instructor. All of our coaching is run as 2 hour sessions – you could have one session in the morning and another in the afternoon or just one per day if you want to be free to have some time to explore the area. |
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Learn to Windsurf 8 hours (4 lessons) |
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Prerequisite: none Get a grasp of all the basic procedures required
to sail including tacking and gybing and be able to sail in any
direction regardless of the wind direction.
The techniques
taught are identical to RYA Start Windsurfing and if desired the student can attend
an extra 2 lessons obtain the experience necessary to obtain the Start
Windsurfing
certificate (or Stage 2 in the case of youngsters). |
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Start Windsurfing RYA Syllabus (old Level 1) 12 Hours (6 lessons) |
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Prerequisite: none In this course
you will learn how to prepare your sailing dinghy/Windsurfer
for the water, sail efficiently and safely in any direction
and return to shore. You will also begin learning how to avoid
and recover from difficult situations. |
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RYA Syllabus (old Level 2) 12 Hours (6 lessons) |
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Prerequisite: Start Windsurfing Level 2 builds on
the skills acquired in level 1. You will improve your
windsurfing technique by learning better ways to tack and
gybe. You will also learn to improve your balance and
control of the windsurfer and more precisely manoeuvre the
board. You will also learn about the Fast Forward method of
windsurfing, which will enable you to improve your technique
as you practice. |
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For individual private tuition the course times are reduced to 10 hours. |
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