During this three day course, the complete beginner to sailing will be shown how to tie knots correctly and general rope work, steer a boat under sail and power, handle the sails, mooring and anchoring, basic navigation, and all the other things which lead up to helping to handle a yacht safely and competently. Best described as an 'introduction to yachting for novices'. This course is also ideal for an experienced, but rusty, skipper and crew who will be taught how to develop these skills further together with more advanced techniques in order to get them up to a Competent Crew and Day Skipper level. This is a particularly popular way for dinghy sailors to obtain the Yacht sailing experience and certification needed prior to taking their own Yacht on flotilla. Shore based students normally start about 09.30 and are back at base about 17.30.
Tuition is in English.
This is a popular course, and it is normally necessary to reserve in advance to avoid disappointment. This is a training course, and any certification is entirely at the discretion of the instructor. Complete beginners should regard it as an enjoyable introduction to yachting. Those with prior experience can aim for certification, but this will depend on results. . On the three day shore based tuition course there is a maximum of five clients aboard our 31ft training yacht.