Designed as initial sailing experience for beginners, this is the program to see if your child likes sailing and wants to pursue the sport. For this course we use our fleet of Pacer dinghies. Children are accompanied in the boat by one of our qualified instructors. The big focus is fun - we want children to love it and come back and do more!

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Course Overview

This course introduces participants to dinghy sailing and its fundamental skills so they learn terminology and equipment and practice launching and returning to shore and capsize recovery. 

Course Prerequisites

Water confident.

Who should do this course?

This course is designed for participants who wish to begin sailing in a dinghy. All the equipment and gear will be provided by your accredited Discover Sailing Centre.

Course Outcome

You will gain your Start Sailing 1 completion certificate. 

 

We recognise that some of our course participants are completing the Duke of Edinburgh's International Award and may be using sailing and/or club membership to complete one or more sections of The Award. To learn more, click here.