Kids activity club October half term
Date: 23rd-27th October 2023
Time: 9am-3:30pm
Location: Piddinghoe Lake, Cedar Lane BN9 9AF.
Brighton Watersports, working with Newhaven and Seaford Sailing Club, have created a brand-new exciting week of fun for October Half Term.
This will be a week of sailing, kayaking, paddle boarding, canoeing and our fun giant jumbo sup. This will be a fun learning experience aimed at 10 yrs and over.
Parents do not need to be present for this activity. (Click here for our Child Welfare policy.) Our Senior Child welfare officer will be present for the first day and any other day that is required. All our instructors are welfare trained.
The days will be divided into morning and afternoon activities - what we do will depend a little on the weather each day. But our aim is to teach the beginner and advanced sailing, progression will depend on speed of learning.
Beginner sailing course content:
- Launching and Recovery of a small sail boat
- Sailing across the wind,
- Turning control
- Steering and rudder controls
- Learning parts of the boat.
Beginner progression sailing
- Improving points of sail skills
- Tacking
- Gybing
- Learning different knots
- Collision avoidance.
Intermediate Sailing
- Improved rigging
- Learning the sailing theory,
- Improving launch and recovery.
- Building confidence
- Learning different Points of sail
- recovering of capsized boat
Intermediate Progression sailing
- Improving pre-learnt skills,
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techniques and manoeuvres to sail crewed boats,
- Improved rigging skills
- Improved launching techniques
- Man overboard recovery and techniques
Paddle sports:
- Parts of the kayak/canoe/paddle board,
- Learning to paddle,
- Improved paddle stroke,
- Balance,
- Self-rescue,
- Capsize recovery,
- Towing.
Land based activities:
- Rope work,
- Sailing theory,
- Water safety,
- Weather watch.
What we provide:
What you need:
- Swimsuit or loose (non-restrictive) shirt and shorts,
- Old shoes or wet shoes,
- Lunch,
- Water vessel,
- Shower kit.
All kids must be able to swim.
Click here for our Parental consent form.
