This Start Sailing Course introduces you to the basics of sailing. If you’re a fan of getting wet, then dinghies are for you! Want to stay dry – try our beginner keelboat course for adults.

This course runs on the syllabus of Royal Yachting Association Level 1 and comprises of 12 hours tuition, over two days. Running from 9.30am until 5.30pm with a break for lunch.

Put simply we start at the beginning – it is assumed that all participants have no previous dinghy sailing experience but are water confident and have a can-do attitude with regard to getting to grips with life aboard a small dinghy!

The course syllabus includes:

• Learning how to rig (Assembling your boat)
• Pre-launch safety checks.
• What clothing is the right clothing to wear?
• Weather – what conditions are safe for me?
• Turning the boat around – Tacking and Gybing.
• Setting the sails according to what angle you’re sailing at to the wind.
• Capsize recovery – Getting the boat back upright!
• Learning how to determine the direction the wind is coming from.
• Ropework!

The course leads to RYA Start Sailing Certification – Dinghy Level 2.