Seamanship Skills & Spinnaker Sailing

Seamanship skills will help you learn skills a short step beyond Stage 4. During this course you will polish and test your skills and learn to resolve problems afloat, Reefing afloat, Anchoring, Sailing without a centreboard or rudder etc.

It will give you a solid foundation for the future and enable you to become a much more confident and self-sufficient sailor.

Sailing with Spinnakers is a short but fun course. Everything you need to know to enjoy modern, three-sail boats, rigging a spinnaker, hoisting, gybing and dropping.

This is a combination course of both 'Seamanship Skills' and 'Sailing with Spinnakers'.

If you are interested in becoming a sailing instructor this course will teach you the skill required for the Instructor course Pre Assessment

We will sail Wayfarers, Fevas, and Lasers

1. Old Trainers or Wetsuit boots (if you have them).
2. Towel
3. Swimwear for underneath the wetsuit
4. Sun Cream, Peaked Cap if hot
5. Woolly Hat if cold
6. Water Bottle
7. Packed Lunch (or card/cash for the onsite cafe)

Seamanship Skills

1. Ropework
2. Launch & Recovery
3. Sailing techniques & manoeuvres
4. Sailing Theory
5. Capsize Recovery
6. Meteorology

Sailing with Spinnakers

1. Rigging
2. Launch & Recovery
3. Sailing techniques & manoeuvres
4. Capsize Recovery
5. Racing
6. Sailing Theory & Background