Guernsey Sailing Trust
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
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

