Course

Description

Previous Experience Required

Qualifications Gained

Dinghy

Youth

Stage 1

This course is designed to provide an introduction to sailing. Instruction is carried out on a Laser PICO dinghy. The PICO is a single hander dinghy. Each student will have his or her own boat for the duration of the course

Nil

Successful Students will gain

RYA Stage 1

Dinghy

Level 1

This course provides a short introduction to sailing for novices. By the end of the course participants will have a basic understanding of boat handling techniques and background knowledge. It is recommended that all participants consolidate this short course with the Basic Level 2 course

Nil

Successful Students will gain RYA Level 1

Dinghy

Youth

Stage 2

This course is designed is to improve RYA Stage 1 students to RYA Stage 2 standards. Covering in more detail the basic skills to sailing around a triangle course

RYA Stage 1

Successful Students will gain

RYA Stage 2

Dinghy

Level 2

This course will bring the Level 1 sailor up to a standard that will be safety conscious, have a basic knowledge of sailing and be capable of sailing without an instructor on board in light winds

RYA Level 1

Successful Students will gain RYA Level 2

Dinghy

Level 3

This is a new course and is designed to improve RYA Level 2 sailors. Covering in more detail a combination of any of the more advanced endorsements below.

RYA Level 2

Successful Students will gain RYA Level 3

Dinghy Seamanship

On completion of this course, the successful sailor will be capable of manoeuvring a dinghy in a seamanlike manner and making seamanship decisions in moderate conditions

RYA Level 2

Successful Students will gain RYA Seamanship Skills

Dinghy Day Sailing

On completion of this course the successful sailor will have a confident, safe approach to planning and executing a short cruise in a dinghy

RYA Level 2

Success Students will gain RYA Day Sailing. Note this course can not be done at the BMSTC

Dinghy Sailing with spinnakers

On completion of this course the successful sailor will understand how to sail a dinghy rigged with an asymmetric or symmetric spinnaker

RYA Level 2

Successful Students will gain RYA Sailing with spinnakers

Dinghy Sailing Start Racing

This course is designed to give the confidence skills and knowledge to take part in club racing in good conditions

RYA Level 2

Successful Students will gain RYA Start Racing

Dinghy Sailing Performance Sailing

On completion of this course the successful sailor will understand how to sail performance dinghies in all wind conditions that they can expect to encounter, sailing the boat to best advantages at all times

RYA Level 2

Successful Students will gain RYA Performance Sailing

Keelboat

This course is designed as an introduction to keelboats for those who can already sail a dinghy

RYA Level

Successful Students will gain RYA Keelboat Level 2

Dinghy Assistant Instructors

This course is designed to enable experienced sailors to obtain the RYA Assistant Instructor qualification, which enables them to assist qualified RYA Instructors

RYA Level 2 or RYA Youth Stage 3

Successful Students will gain RYA Assistant Instructor

Dinghy Instructor

This course is designed to teach and qualify experienced sailors to become RYA Instructors

RYA Level 2. RYA Level 2 Powerboat

Successful Students will gain RYA Instructor