A 3-day RYA course enabling you to sail a boat and understand how it works. It combines the first two courses of the RYA system (Start Sailing and Basic Skills) and follows a syllabus which covers safety, launching, returning and sailing upwind and downwind. A capsize and recovery is a key part of this course.

A 3-day RYA course leading you to sailing a boat independently and understanding the principles of better sailing and self-dependence. It combines RYA Basic Skills (Level 2) with RYA Better Sailing (Level 3) and so requires experience equivalent to RYA Start Sailing (Level 1) before beginning this course. The course covers safety, launching, returning and sailing upwind and downwind on all points of sailing, in light and strong winds as well as different methods of recovery from a capsize.

Learn to set and use a gennaker and experience the thrills of racing speeds in a small dinghy, catamaran or keelboat. It’s an advanced course, over two days, covering launching, recovery and performance of spinnakers and gennakers, delivered by an advanced  instructor and should involve different boat types. Students should already have the skills of a Level 3 adult course in the vessel they want to use for this course (dinghy, catamaran, keelboat).