• Duration: 5 Days on Holiday school

• Dates: 23rd to 27th September 2024.

• Course Overview
  This course aims to provide children aged 7-12 with a fun, safe and affordable way to get into sailing.  

  Course Prerequisites

• Water confident
• 7-12 years-old

Courses Outcome

• • By the end of the Tackers 3 course, the participants will be able to:

    • Demonstrate the correct method and understand the theory of roll tacking and gybing
    • Stopping the boat in a confined areas for a period of time
    • Sail backwards
    • Understand the theory behind gybing and can demonstrate the action downwind
    • Show a sound knowledge of the five essentials:
      • Centreboard position
      • Boat trim
      • Boat balance
      • Course made good
      • Sail trim
    • Start and finish races on a triangle and trapezoid course
    • Always use tactical mark roundings in races

       

      You will gain your Tackers completion certificate. 

      Who should do this course?

      This course is designed for participants who wish to have fun and learn the basics of sailing through games on and off the water and have done Tackers 2.

   

 

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Course Overview
This course aims to build on skills learned in Tackers 2 and focuses on advanced sailing skills through games and adventures on the water. 

Course Prerequisites

• Water confident
• 7-12 years-old
• Skills, knowledge and experience gained in Tackers 2

Who should do this course?

This course is designed for participants who have completed Tackers 2.

Course Outcome

By the end of the Tackers 3 course, the participants will be able to:

• Demonstrate the correct method and understand the theory of roll tacking and gybing
• Stopping the boat in a confined areas for a period of time
• Sail backwards
• Understand the theory behind gybing and can demonstrate the action downwind
• Show a sound knowledge of the five essentials:
  • Centreboard position
  • Boat trim
  • Boat balance
  • Course made good
  • Sail trim
• Start and finish races on a triangle and trapezoid course
• Always use tactical mark roundings in races

You will gain your Tackers 3 completion certificate.