RYA Level 1 (Start Sailing)

Cost £60 per person.

Requirements – none

Duration 2 days

Course Structure

Practical Skills

Rigging – has wind awareness, knowledge of spars and rigging, parts of the sail, controls and foils.

Ropework – can tie the following knots:

•Figure of eight

•Round turn and two half hitches

•Secure a rope to a cleat

Sailing Techniques and Manoeuvres

•Has wind awareness

•Has a practical understanding of the following manoeuvres

•Reaching – sailing across the wind

•Stopping – lying to

•Controlling speed

•Tacking – turning the front of the boat through the wind

•Getting out of irons

•Sailing upwind

•Sailing downwind

•Gybing – turning the back of the boat through the wind

Launching and Recovery

•Can secure a boat on a trolley

•Understand the principals of:

•Wheeling a trolley clear of other boats and overhead cables

•Launching and leaving the shore

•Coming ashore and recovery of boat

•Wind awareness ashore

Section B

Sailing Background

Sailing theory and background:

•Has awareness of other water users

•Has basic knowledge of the rules of the road:

Clothing and Equipment

•Knows importance of personal buoyancy

Meteorology

•Has awareness of onshore and offshore winds

•Knows source of weather information and relevance of information

Capsize Recovery

•Understands basic theory (dry land or waist deep water capsize)

•Understands importance of staying with boat