Reading Sailing Club

Reading Sailing Club

Training day
Home
Calendar
About the Club
~ Galley
~ Club Boats
~ Directions
~ Membership
~ Committee
~ Contact Us
Racing
~ Results
~ Fleets
Cruising
Training
~ Pink Days
Youth Sailing
Photo Gallery
Model Yachts
Links
For Sale
Archive

Training 2010

The club will be continuing it's popular and successful training scheme in 2010. To take part on any course you must be a member of the club. All courses are priced at £75 for two Saturdays including dinghy/buoyancy aid hire. This fee contributes to the upkeep of the club's dinghy fleet and the cost of safety boat fuel.

The training is run by volunteers and is intended as a way of encouraging new joiners to the club and giving you a way to start sailing.

The club is an RYA approved teaching establishment having gained its accreditation at the start of the 2006 season.

Training Poster to download

Course dates for 2010:

To book a place on the training you will need to come along to the club Open Day in May in order to register and pay.

All courses start at 9:30 and continue to approximately 5:00.

To take part on any course you must be a member of the club. All courses are priced at £75 for two Saturdays including dinghy/buoyancy aid hire.

Beginners

24 April 2010 - Beginners / RYA Level 1
1 May 2010 - Beginners / RYA Level 1

Beginner's courses require no previous experience. We train in either Toppers, a Pico, or Lasers using small sails, with your instructor alongside you in a safety boat. Or sometimes, in a two man dinghy with an instructor in the boat. In April the weather can be changeable so bring some warm clothing an old pair of trainers that can get wet and a change of clothes. If you have a wetsuit or sailing boots, then even better.

Skills learnt: Sailing across the wind; turning through the wind 'Tacking'; Making progress towards the wind; sailing with the wind behind you and turning the back of the boat through the wind 'Gybing'. At the end of the course you should be able to sail a triangular course around the lake.

Beginners and Intermediates

The remaining courses will accommodate beginners and intermediates levels.

Beginners / RYA Level 1
Intermediates / RYA Level 2

22 / 29 May 2010
19 / 26 June 2010
17/ 24 July 2010
18 / 25 Sept 2010

Intermediates courses are suitable for those who either attended our beginners course last year or have significant recent experience of dinghy sailing. The course can either be run in your own boat or in one of the club fleet.

Skills learnt: More efficient sailing '5 Essentials'; sailing in stronger winds; close quarters manoeuvring around buoys/jetties and sailing theory.

Reading Sailing Club instructors:


Jon Clay
Training Principal


Steve Sharp
Senior Instructor


Phil Markham
Assistant Instructor


Monica Beer
Instructor and Course Co-ordinator


Lindsay Phillips
Senior Instructor

For more information on the training programme, email the Training Co-ordinator