RYA Dinghy Start

This course is ideal for complete beginners and requires no prerequisites.

Qualifications

RYA Youth Stage 1 and 2.

Syllabus

The syllabus is taught with a ratio of (6:1) students to instructor and covers the following:

• Stage 1 – A basic understanding of how a boat sails, with some experience of steering and handling the boat
• Stage 2 – A range of sailing skills and knowledge to help in becoming a confident sailor

For more information about the full RYA dinghy youth syllabus, please click here.

During this course participants will be working towards the course syllabus and RYA stages as advertised, however sign off and completion of the participants logbook will be dependent on their ability.

Non-Residential

• All equipment
• Packed lunch daily

Residential

• All equipment
• 4 nights kids camp bunk style accommodation (Monday – Thursday)
• Buffet breakfast, packed lunch and hot evening meal
• Full evening activities programme, including:
  • UKSA Olympics
  • In-house Cinema
  • Disco
  • Human Board Games
  • Egg Drop
  • Crabbing
  • Quiz
  • Treasure Hunt
  • Pool Games

Children are supervised at all times by our experienced and safeguard trained watersports instructor team throughout the day. Those on residential courses have access to their own dedicated kid’s area and evening activities programme run by our expert evening entertainments teams.

We offer a discounted rate for permanent island residents please contact us for more information.