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RYA Intermediate Powerboat Award: 2 Days - 18/09/2010

Website Staff — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

18th to 19th September - RYA Intermediate Power Boat Award

Duration: 2 Day / Age: 16+ / Cost: £131pp / Click for bookings
This course will introduce and give practice in the shills and techniques required to safely complete a short coastal passage by day in a planing powerboat. Traditional and electronic navigation and pilotage techniques will be introduced ashore and practised extensively afloat. It is strongly recommended that participants hold a current First Aid certificate and VHF Operators licence.
Pre-requisites – Competent to the standard of Powerboat Level 2 with coastal endorsement.

RYA Advanced Powerboat Award: 2 Days - 18/09/2010

Website Staff — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

18th to 19th September - RYA Advanced Power Boat Award

Duration: 2 Day / Age: 17+ / Cost: £178.50pp / Click for bookings
This course will equip you with the boat handling, seamanship, pilotage and navigation skills to the standard required to drive a planing powerboat safely by day or night in coastal waters. A journey in the upper Clyde Estuary will be planned and then executed in darkness by course members.
Pre-requisites – Competent to the standard of the Intermediate Powerboat certificate with a thorough knowledge of chartwork and navigation to the standard of the RYA Day Skipper shorebased course. Considerable boat handling experience in a variety of conditions is recommended. Participants must hold the VHF Short Range Certificate and a current First Aid certificate.

RYA Safety Boat Award: 2 Days - 02/10/2010

Website Staff — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT

2nd to 3rd October - RYA Safety Boat Award

Duration: 2 Day / Age: 16+ / Cost: £131pp / Click for bookings
This two-day course introduces the techniques required to support race management in sailing clubs and escort/provide safety cover to groups of windsurfers, dinghies and canoes. Realistically it is the minimum level of training for those responsible for supervising other people/craft afloat. Afloat and ashore, techniques will be introduced and practised in how to deal with capsizes, stranding on difficult shores, towing, rescuing other water users, communications, search techniques and mark laying.
Pre-requisites – Powerboat Level 2 plus considerable boat handling experience.

ADULT Start Sailing - RYA Level 1: 2 Days - 02/10/2010

Website Staff — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT

2nd to 3rd October - RYA Level 1 - Start Sailing
Duration: 2 Day / Age: 16+ / Cost: £100pp
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The aim of this course is to provide a brief taste of dinghy sailing to novices aged 16 and above. We will show you how to rig a dinghy, launch it, sail across, towards and away from the wind, turn the boat and return safely to shore! The boats used can be as stable or as tippy as you wish, we have a tremendous range to choose from. We recommend that this introduction is consolidated by a two-day RYA Level 2 – Basic Skills course.

ADULT Basic Skills - RYA Level 2: 2 Days - 09/10/2010

Website Staff — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT

9th to 10th October - RYA Level 2 - Basic Skills
Duration: 2 Day / Age: 16+ / Cost: £100pp
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This two-day course following on from Level 1 gives the solid foundation to your sailing.

By the end of the course you will be safety conscious, have a basic sailing knowledge and be capable of independent sailing in light wind conditions. An opportunity to practice capsize drill and an overboard recovery will feature in the programme.

RYA Youth Scheme – Stage 3: 3 Days - 13/10/2010

Website Staff — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT

13th to 15th October - Youth Sailing RYA Stage 3
Duration: 3 Day / Age: 8-16 / Cost: £140pp
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Young sailors applying for this course should ideally have completed Stage 1 & 2 plus have gained some subsequent personal sailing time, or, be able of tacking a boat from fine reach to fine reach in light winds.

Achievement of this award means you will be safety conscious, able to rig, launch and sail a dinghy around a triangular course in light winds.

RYA Youth Scheme – Stage 4: 2 Days - 14/10/2010

Website Staff — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT

14th to 15th October - Youth Sailing RYA Stage 4
Duration: 2 Days / Age: 16+ / Cost: £94pp
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This course develops your sailing skills in a doublehander, both as a crew and helm. You will learn how to rig, launch and return to the beach safely in any wind direction. Your awareness and use of the 5-essentials will be developed, including the correct use of telltales for precise sail setting.

Success on this course sets you up well to fully benefit from the advanced modules of the National Sailing Scheme.

RYA Day Sailing: 2 Days - 16/10/2010

Website Staff — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT

16th to 17th October - Day Sailing
Duration: 2 Day / Age: 10+ / Cost: £100pp
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On completion of this module a successful sailor will have a confident, safe approach to planning and undertaking a short cruise in a dinghy or multihull. This is the course for adults who have completed the Basic Skills – Level 2 award and ideally have the practical understanding of the manoeuvres and techniques described in ‘Seamanship Skills’ of the National Sailing Scheme.

RYA Powerboat Instructor: 3 Days - 22/10/2010

Website Staff — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT

22nd to 24th October - RYA Power Boat Instructor Course

Duration: 3 Day / Age: 16+ / Cost: £236pp / Click for bookings
This three-day course will introduce you to essential coaching skills, consolidate your background knowledge of powerboating and enable you to instruct Levels 1 & 2 of the National Powerboat Scheme. If you already hold the Safety Boat Award yourself you may be endorsed to teach that as well. Presentation skills ashore, technical knowledge of the subject and safe management of on the water exercises will feature.
Pre-requisites – Minimum age 16, valid First Aid certificate, Powerboat Level 2 with considerable boat handling experience in a variety of conditions.

ADULT Basic Skills - RYA Level 2: 2 Days - 23/10/2010

Website Staff — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT

23rd to 24th October - RYA Level 2 - Basic Skills
Duration: 2 Day / Age: 16+ / Cost: £100pp
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