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Adult Winter Training Programme
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Don’t stop sailing in the winter months! We have our ‘Winter Training Programme’ to keep you on the water and developing your skills until the season restarts in Spring. You could also take advantage and try something new... Dinghy Foiling, RS Aero training. This could be your year to get into club racing; if you're already on the start line maybe try team-racing.
The winter training programme runs from November - March every year
Book FREE for full select members
Click below for the type of training you would like:
Group Sail Coaching
If you're looking for instructor support to take your Level 2 skills up a notch or brush off the cobwebs, then this is for you. Expect a mix of abilities and focuses during the session. This booking does include the hire of club boats. Boats available include RS Quba and Pico. If you wish to use a laser please book onto intermediate group coaching or laser training (in winter). Free for QM Select Members.
Prior experience needed: RYA Level 2
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Intermediate Group Sail Coaching/Laser Coaching
A coaching session for the intermediate sailor who wants to hone specific skills. Aimed at those who have sailed quite a lot after Level 2, hopefully regularly and may have joined in some club racing or social sailing activity. Come to the session with an idea of elements of sailing you would like to cover and the instructor will look to bring your ideas together for a common theme for everyone to work on. Lasers will be used for this session
Prior experience needed: RYA Level 2
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RYA Level 3: Better Sailing
By the end of this course, you will be safety conscious and capable of sailing without an instructor on board in moderate conditions. Successful completion of this course is the ideal preparation (and pre-requisite) for starting the RYA Advanced Modules. The course is completed in double handed dinghies.
Prior experience needed: RYA Level 2
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RYA Seamanship Skills
Through this course you will see a real improvement in your doublehander helming skills and boat positioning, by focusing on manoeuvres and seamanship decisions. Manoeuvres include sailing backwards, sailing with no rudder or centreboard, anchoring, reefing afloat, recovery of a man overboard and being towed.
Prior experience needed: RYA Level 3
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Double Handed Training
Build on your double handed sailing skills from Level 3 and Seamanship skills in our selection of double handers with an aim of working towards sailing the RS200 or RS400. General double handed skills will be worked upon alongside racing skills such as trigger pulls and mark roundings.
Prior experience needed: RYA Seamanship skills or equivalent level
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RYA Start Racing
2 full days from 0930 to 1700. An enjoyable introduction to club racing. Boats used are typically Lasers. Focus on boat handling, starts, mark rounding, racing rules, tactics and tuning.
Prior experience needed: RYA Level 2
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Club Race Introductory Training
Club Race can be a daunting prospect for people new to the racing scene. Sailors who book onto this session will receive a briefing from one of the Safety Team on objectives for the day’s racing as well as a debrief afterwards with any coaching points noted whilst racing. This session is ideal for those sailors relatively new to club racing who would like some extra guidance in how to progress up the fleet.
Prior experience needed: RYA Level 2 (Compulsory) + RYA Start Racing (Recommended)
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Catamaran Conversion
Experience the thrill of sailing fast catamarans, and how to handle their speed and power, to endorse your RYA Level 2 certificate with multihull recognition.
Prior experience needed: RYA Level 2
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RYA Keelboat Level 1
The ideal introduction to the exciting sport of keelboat sailing. Learn a range of practical skills and knowledge. This course takes place in keelboats with the instructor onboard. Avoid the cold waters over winter!
Prior experience needed: None!
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RYA Keelboat Level 2
Develop skills and confidence to sail independently (minimum recognised qualification for hiring keelboats). Focus on the Five Essentials to improve sailing techniques alongside manoeuvres. Avoid the cold waters over winter!
Prior experience needed: RYA Keelboat Level 1
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Group Windsurf Coaching
Our group coaching takes your Start Windsurfing Skills up a notch. Try a new board or brush off the cobwebs.
Prior experience needed: RYA Start Windsurfing
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Intermediate Group Windsurf Coaching
The intermediate group coaching is for that gap between beginner and intermediate. Or to practice before taking the Intermediate course. Move from group coaching to intermediate group coaching.
Prior experience needed: RYA Start Windsurfing
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RYA Intermediate Windsurf
Learn the RYA Fastfwd formula to enable a smooth progression towards planing. Non-planing candidates focus on stance, control, tacking, harness work and kit setup. Planing candidates also focus on footstraps and blasting control. Practice between RYA Start winsurfing and RYA Intermediate Windsurfing is needed.
Prior experience needed: RYA Start Windsurfing
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RYA Advanced Windsurf
Dynamic transitions, advanced planing techniques and waterstarts. Carve gybing and other advanced skills such as advanced carving and bump and jump may be taught as part of the course.
Prior experience needed: RYA Intermediate Windsurfing
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RYA WindFoil First Flights
TRY WINDFOILING! A place on this course requires that you have windsurfed recently and are fully competent planing in the footstraps and harness. You will first be introduced to the art of foiling in a shorebased environment, and then take your skills to the water for your first flight!
Prior experience needed: Planing & in both footsraps and harness
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