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.
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.
RYA Course Syllabus
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.
Private Tailor-Made Lessons
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 or Windsurfing Stage 1 RYA Syllabus 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/windsurfer and what they are used for, useful knots, wind
direction, safety equipment. |
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Youth Sailing or Windsurfing Stage 2 RYA Syllabus 6 Hours (3 lessons) |
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Prerequisites: Youth Sailing/Windsurfing Stage 1
In this course the student will learn how
to prepare their dinghy or windsurfer 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 Follow link for Youth Windsurfing Stage 3 RYA Syllabus 10 Hours (5 lessons) |
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Prerequisites: Youth Sailing Stages 1 & 2
You will improve their
tacking and gybing techniques and learn to sail in
any direction in relation to the wind. They will also
learn how to control their speed and sail around a
buoyed course with more accuracy.
Other practical topics covered: useful knots, dealing with onshore and offshore winds,
capsize recovery |
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Youth Sailing
Stage 4 RYA Syllabus 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. |
For youth stage 1 & 2 windsurfing please see descriptions in the section above.
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RYA Syllabus 10 Hours (5 lessons) |
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Prerequisite: Youth Windsurfing Stage 2
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 8 hours. |
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