Date and Time:
Saturday 3 May 2025 10:00 - 12:00
Saturday 17 May 2025 10:00 - 12:00
Saturday 14 June 2025 10:00 - 12:00
Saturday 28 June 2025 10:00 - 12:00
Saturday 12 July 2025 10:00 - 12:00
Event Location:
YDSC Grimwith Reservoir
Description
The RYA Youth Sailing Scheme courses run over a series of 5 Saturday morning sessions over the summer term and 3 in the autumn term or alternatively they can join one of our intensive 3 day courses in the school summer holidays. The Saturday morning sessios run from 10am – 12 noon, participants need to arrive at 9.30am. The cost is £60 for the block of 5 summer sessions and £35 for the block of 3 autumn sessions. This includes an RYA logbook and certificate.
Stages 1,2 and 3 will run on the same dates but as separate courses. Stage 1 for complete beginners, Stage 2 for those who have already completed Stage 1 and Stage 3 for those who have completed Stage 2.
Block bookings close at 2pm on the Thursday before the first session in each block.
Event FAQs
If you need to cancel please let us know by email at . It will help if you quote your order number in the confirmatory email. The new policy is not to refund £10 donations for club training unless there are exentuating circumstances. Please do let us know as early as possible as it helps with instructor allocation and if the event is fully booked then someone else could take your place.
As well as swimwear and a towel you will need to bring your own footwear (wetsuit boots or trainers), a waterproof top and gloves. The club can provide you with a wetsuit, buoyancy aid and helmet.
In a dinghy it is easy to get hit on the head by the boom (the metal bar at the bottom on the sail) when learning to sail so a helmet is a good idea. All children under the age of 16 MUST wear a helmet on beginner training (Stages 1, 2 & 3 or Levels 1 & 2). Once attending club youth improver sessions it is at the discretion of parents, but all participants must always follow the advice of the instructors/ coaches leading the session.
Adult beginners are advised to wear a helmet, especially in windy conditions and when first learning in a single hander.