Youth Courses

Dalgety Bay Sailing Club

Youth Courses

Youth week normally runs for one week in either July or August, depending on tides. The week offers all RYA youth scheme courses, we also offer a 3 day taster course (Mon - Wed or Wed - Fri).

Courses Offered

Start Sailing Stage 1 - Launching and recovery, steering, parts of the boat, basic sailing

Start Sailing Stage 2 - Basic sailing skills, ropework, collision avoidance

Start Sailing Stage 3 - Rigging, launching and recovery, sailing techniques, capsize recovery, sailing theory

Start Sailing Stage 4 - Rigging, launching and recovery, sailing techniques and manoeuveres in crewed boats; recovering man overboard

At this stage the young sailor can choose from the following courses from the National Sheme (Please note we may not offer all of these during Youth dependant on demand):

Seamanship Skills - sail independently

How to handle the boat in all circumstances and solve problems afloat

Day sailing - go cruising

Passage Planning and decision making for small boat cruising

Sailing with spinnakers - kites course

Everything you need to know to sail modern three-sail boats

Start Racing - go club racing

The start line for enjoying club racing. All you need to know to get round the course

Performance Sailing - get coached and sail better

Improve your boat handling and confidence in performance boats