Dates:
- Saturday, March 29th, 2025
- Saturday, April 5th, 2025
- Saturday, April 12th, 2025
Time: 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: Piddinghoe Lake, Ceder Lane BN9 9AF.
Price: £141
Please email if you have any questions, or follow the links for booking online.
Parents do not need to stay, you can leave your children if you prefer. We have strict child safeguarding policies.
(To view Child Safeguarding Policy please Click here)
What to bring
- Bring a water bottle, hot drinks provided.
- Suitable footwear- old trainers, wetsuits boots/shoes (no flipflops or crocs)
- Wetsuit and buoyancy aid if you have, or we can provide.
- Windproof jacket and trousers.(we can provide wind jackets)
- Warm base layers to change into.
Understanding the RYA Stage 2 Sailing Course:
The stage 2 course is the next step, setting out the foundations of sailing for you, sailing ability along with theoretical knowledge is assumed to be up to stage 1 standard. The course consists of rigging a dinghy with minimal help, understanding how to launch a boat in different wind directions, and learning standard sailing manoeuvres. The course also covers essential safety knowledge to be used when sailing. Once stage 2 has been achieved the sailor will be able to sail and make decisions on and off the water in good conditions. Next stage 3 and/or race training.
RYA Stage two Course content
- Basic sailing, practicing steering in all directions
- Learning parts of the boat
- Rigging boats.
- Hoisting sails, setting sails and trimming
- Introducing all points of Sail
- Tacking and Gybing
- Sailing around a course
- Ropework
- Collision avoidance and turning
