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.

These courses are only open to club members. If you are not a currently a club member you can join the club as a full member or an interim member for 3 months in order to access the course. This is a condition of our RYA Centre Accreditation. Details are on the website here:

yorkshiredales.sc/membership/

Please make sure your membership is current for the time of the course or you might not be able to take part.

Hopefully your experience will make you want to join the club permanently. If you want to continue your membership then you need to complete the full membership forms available on the website before the end of your first quarter or your membership will lapse. For membership questions please contact  and for further information on RYA courses please contact Erica Caswell at 

Block bookings close at 2pm on the Thursday before the first session in each block.