RYA Dinghy Level 1 - Start Sailing
The RYA Dinghy Level 1 Start Sailing Course is an introduction to sailing dinghies for complete beginners, covering everything you need to know to get afloat under supervision. Further course details are on the RYA website here.
During the two days you will cover:
- Rigging a dinghy
- Some knots
- Rules of the road
- Intro to meteorology
- Launching, leaving the shore, and getting back again
- Sailing the dinghy upwind and downwind
- Controlling your speed and stopping
- Turning the dinghy (tacking and gybing)
- Capsize recovery
The course will be run using the club double handed dinghies (RS Visions) so students will have an instructor in the boat with them for much of the course. The number of places available will depend on the number of instructors.
The course is 16 hours of instruction (mostly practical with some theory) so takes two full days. The RYA does not specify a minimum age but recommends that students under 16 consider the youth scheme instead. This course is therefore aimed at our TISC adult members.