At our dinghy sailing centre in East Sussex RYA sailing courses and private lessons are provided by a team of experienced RYA instructors from April until the end of October. If you want a lesson in your own dinghy we are happy to do this on a one to one basis. For 2012 we have a brand new fleet of Laser Pico’s. These boats will also be available to hire out to dinghy sailors who have already got their RYA Start Sailing certificate. All course dates can be viewed through our on line booking system, but if the dates don’t suit you do call us.
RYA Start Dinghy Sailing Level 1
The RYA Start Dinghy Sailing two day course is for complete beginners, and teaches you all the skills and theory necessary to get you helming a boat confidently on your own. You will learn to tack and gybe, and sail round a set course. During the two days you will spend maximum time on the water, with the instructor close at hand to guide you safely and expertly throughout the day. All equipment is provided including wetsuit and buoyancy aid (just bring old trainers to wear, or if you have them wetsuit boots). On completion of this course our boats can be hired in light winds.
RYA Dinghy Sailing Basic Skills Level 2
The RYA Level 2 course continues with the skills you learnt in Level 1. You progress to more advanced techniques and learn the ‘Five Essentials’ for sailing – balance, trim, sail setting, centreboard, and course made good. When to reef, rope work, and towing are all covered, including sources of weather forecasts, and use of the anchor. By the end of this sailing course you will have the knowledge and skills to get the best performance from your boat in a variety of conditions. The resulting RYA certificate will enable you to hire a dinghy in centres throughout the world.
RYA Dinghy Sailing Progressions Level 3
On this course we introduce you to helm and crew seamanship skills and theory. Becoming confident in working with another crew member is an essential part of the course. The five essentials are developed and improved on. You get your first opportunity to use a spinnaker. An introduction to racing is another element of the course content.
RYA Seamanship Skills
The RYA Seamanship course will progress your skills to handling a larger boat with main sail and jib. You will learn to crew and helm in a crew boat, and most of the work afloat will be done with your instructor aboard. The course content includes rigging, launching and recovery, sailing tight circles, and sailing rudderless. Emphasis in the theory section is on building on the confidence of the student to make correct seamanship decisions in moderate wind conditions, and the practical skills to manoeuvre the boat in a seamanlike manner. An RYA seamanship certificate is given at the end of this course.
All the above courses are run over two consecutive days from 10.00 – 16.00
RYA Dinghy Sailing with Spinnaker – 4 hrs
This course is for sailors who have completed their ‘Basic Skills’ course or above. Your instructor will teach you how to sail a dinghy/keelboat/multihull rigged with an asymmetric or symmetric spinnaker. Part of the course content includes rigging a boat with spinnaker, and trapeze. To perform spinnaker hoist, gybe and drop as crew or helm. To understand how to sail best course downwind, and to do a capsize recovery including spinnaker.
For course dates please proceed to <book online>
Our boats are available to hire from £18.00 per hour
For children’s RYA Sailing Courses and private lessons see Kids Pages
One of the most enjoyable and safest ways of getting little ones into watersports – remember ‘Swallows and Amazons’? We have an Adventure Activities Licence which authorises us to teach children under eighteen years of age.
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