May Junior Beginner Sailing - RYA Stage 1
18th - 19 May
The beginner training is aimed at members of Barnt Green Sailing club and is also provided for non-member children.
OPEN TO NON-MEMBERS AND MEMBERS
The course is aimed at children between 8 and 16 years of age and follows the RYA Stage 1 syllabus to achieve the Stage 1 certificate in sailing.
We have a fleet of junior sailing boats and RYA qualified instructors. We offer a family friendly environment for the training.
- Required experience - None
- Content - Launching and recovery, sailing across the wind, turning around, steering and basic parts of the boat
- Certificate issuing criteria - Able to sail across the wind, steer and understand the basic principles of sailing
- Format - Afloat
- Clothing - The training will be mostly on the water and children should be prepared for all kinds of weather. The ideal would be a shortie or long wetsuit which are available for a broad range of places including Decathlon and Mountain Warehouse / Trespass. If the forecast is good then shorts and t-shirt will be fine and might be more comfortable than a wetsuit if it is hot. The children will need shoes which will get wet during the course. The children will also need a change of clothes to wear on the way home should they get wet.
- Buoyancy aids - Buoyancy aids will be supplied for the course.
- Daily Schedule -
- Registration: 9:00
- Briefing: 9:30
- Off the Water: 16:00
- De-brief and Finish: 16:30
Last updated 1:12am on 27 July 2024