Irish National Sailing School
RYA Dinghy Instructor Course
Overview
The Irish National Sailing & Powerboat School is delighted to announce our upcoming instructor training courses.
RYA Dinghy Instructor Course
The course runs over a 5-day period lasting approximately 50 hours. Training in teaching techniques afloat and ashore is provided during the course. A RYA Coach/Assessor run and it is moderated on the final day by another RYA Coach/Assessor who has not been involved in the candidate's training.
Candidates will be required to demonstrate competence in course preparation, delivery and management, as well as customer liaison.
2025 Course Dates
- Monday 14th to Friday 18th April, running from 9am daily until at least 5pm each day
The course will definitely proceed as we already have sufficient bookings from our in-house trainees.
Course Prerequisites
- Be aged 16 years or older.
- Hold a valid first aid certificate – list of accepted certificates here.
- Hold an RYA Powerboat Level 2 certificate.
- Hold the RYA Safe and Fun Certificate, this is a RYA interactive online course.
- Passed an RYA Dinghy Pre-entry Sailing Assessment no more than 1 year before the course.
Course Fees
The course fees are €550. Please note that this includes use of wetsuits/watersports gear as needed.
Accommodation
Please note this is a non-residential course. There is plenty of good quality accommodation available in the area. All are well connected by frequent bus or train service to our clubhouse:
There’s also a very nice B&B located about 250m from our clubhouse, Connaught House, located on Crofton Road. The family who run the B&B look after our yacht instructors and RYA examiners regularly. They can be contacted on:
- T: 00353 (0)1 280 5502
- E: info@connaughthouse.ie
Got A Question?
Please feel free to reach out to us on 00353 (0)1 284 4195 or by email to sailing@inss.ie.
