Courses

We offer a wide variety of courses to cater for all ages and disciplines. All courses follow the RYA Syllabi for its discipline.  Below is a list of the courses available in 2010. Please see the individual course pages for more detailed information.

Oppie Courses

Courses follow the RYA Youth Sailing Scheme. Students should be able to gain various certificates appropriate to the courses.
Sailors from age 7 and upwards.

Pico course

We run both Beginners and Improvers courses in Laser Pico dinghies.
Sailors from age 11 upwards.

Doublehanded

Sailing RS Fevas and RS Visions’. These versatile modern designed boats are great for beginners and accomplished sailors alike. Minimum age 13

Keelboat

This year in order to broaden the scope of our courses we are offering two Keelboat courses
throughout the last week of our Summer courses. Minimum age 14

If you would like to know more about the RYA Dinghy Syllabus then please refer to the following links :-

Youth Beginners            http://www.rya.org.uk/coursestraining/courses/dinghymultikeel/Pages/youthbeginners.aspx

Adult Beginners              http://www.rya.org.uk/coursestraining/courses/dinghymultikeel/Pages/adultbeginners.aspx

Improvers                           http://www.rya.org.uk/coursestraining/courses/dinghymultikeel/Pages/improvers.aspx

Windsurfing

Beginners, Improvers, and Intermediate courses.
Minimum age 12.

If you would like to know more about RYA Windsurf Syllabus then please refer to the following links :-

 Youth Courses             http://www.rya.org.uk/coursestraining/courses/windsurfing/Pages/youthcourses.aspx

Adult Courses                http://www.rya.org.uk/coursestraining/courses/windsurfing/Pages/adultcourses.aspx

Other Courses

Powerboat Courses

0930-1630
The Guernsey Sailing Trust is also a recognised powerboat school and run Powerboat
Levels 1 & 2, Intermediate, Advanced and Safetyboat Courses. These courses will generally
be run over the course of a weekend.
Cost £195 per person

If you would like to know more about RYA Powerboat Syllabus then please refer to the following link :-

Level 1                   http://www.rya.org.uk/coursestraining/courses/powerboat/Pages/Level1.aspx

Level 2                   http://www.rya.org.uk/coursestraining/courses/powerboat/Pages/Level2.aspx

Intermediate       http://www.rya.org.uk/coursestraining/courses/powerboat/Pages/Intermediate.aspx

Advanced             http://www.rya.org.uk/coursestraining/courses/powerboat/Pages/Advanced.aspx

Safety Boat           http://www.rya.org.uk/coursestraining/courses/powerboat/Pages/Safetyboat.aspx

Adult Dinghy Courses

0930 – 1630
These are run over a weekend and will be run subject to interest. You will have the chance to get in on the action in any of our Picos, Fevas, Visions or Xenon.

There are 3 Adult courses scheduled.

Adult Beginners           June 5-6               A1

Adult Beginners            June 19-20         A2

Adult Improvers          July 3-4              A3

The Beginners course is aimed at the total novice and will cover both Levels 1 and 2 of the National Sailing Scheme. The boats used will be Picos and Visions.

The Improvers course is aimed at those who have completed the beginners course and it will cover Level 3 of the National sailing scheme which is really to hone the skills learnt in Leves 1 and 2 and further your experience.

Cost £150 per person