Date and Time:
Saturday 7 September 2024 13:30 - 16:30
Saturday 21 September 2024 13:30 - 16:30
Saturday 5 October 2024 13:30 - 16:30
Event Location:
YDSC Grimwith Reservoir
Description
These sessions run from 1.30-4.30pm (Please arrive by 1pm) and are run separately from the adult improvers. They follow the RYA Youth Sailing Scheme syllabuses. Participants will be working to complete their Stage 3 or 4 Certificate. The Stage 3 course is for those youngsters who have completed Stage 2 or are part way through Stage 3 and are ready to move on from the beginners group. Stage 4 for is those who have completed Stage 3. The aim is to create confident, safety aware and independent young sailors. One booking per participant. Please arrive for 1pm
If you have already attended improver sessions – have a look at the Race Development Training section for dates when you can join race development training sessions. There are also courses in the school summer holidays.
Coordinator: Steve Knight – email:
This year the courses will run as a block of 5 sessions in the summer term – (£60) and 3 sessions in the autumn term – (£35). There will be a Stage 3 course and a Stage 4 course in each term. Participants sign up and pay for the whole block. The autumn block may not allow time to complete all aspects of the syllabus but the instructors will sign off all sections of the logbook completed during the sessions.
BOOKING CLOSES AT 14:00 ON THE THURSDAY BEFORE THE START OF EACH BLOCK. TO BOOK AFTER THIS CONTACT STEVE
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.