Training
Training Calendar
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14 April 2018 10:00-12:00
19 & 20 May 2018 09:30 30 July- 3 August 2018 |
Junior training
Adult & Youth Training Course Optimist Training Week |
- All training takes place at Cam Sailing Club unless otherwise stated.
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Adult & Youth Training
Our Adult & Youth Training Weekend this year will be held over the weekend of 19 and 20 May from 9.30am to 4.30pm.
Candidates can either book onto the training for one or both days. The cost for one day will be £45, or for the two days £80. We are organising the sessions this year so members can choose whether to aim to qualify for a RYA Certificate at the end of a weekend course or simply come along to get advice, help and experience afloat for one or two days without working towards a ‘pass mark’ to qualify for a certificate. We are also extending the training, advice and help to our Wednesday Evening Leisure Sailing sessions in May, June, July & August. RYA Dinghy Instructors will be on hand to instruct and help over the training weekend and at these evening sessions.
To book your place for one or both days for the May weekend please email John Howett training@camsailingclub.org.uk
The closing date for booking for the weekend training is 30th April. For leisure sailing evenings please just come down on the day.
Candidates can either book onto the training for one or both days. The cost for one day will be £45, or for the two days £80. We are organising the sessions this year so members can choose whether to aim to qualify for a RYA Certificate at the end of a weekend course or simply come along to get advice, help and experience afloat for one or two days without working towards a ‘pass mark’ to qualify for a certificate. We are also extending the training, advice and help to our Wednesday Evening Leisure Sailing sessions in May, June, July & August. RYA Dinghy Instructors will be on hand to instruct and help over the training weekend and at these evening sessions.
To book your place for one or both days for the May weekend please email John Howett training@camsailingclub.org.uk
The closing date for booking for the weekend training is 30th April. For leisure sailing evenings please just come down on the day.
Optimist & Youth Topper Training Week
This popular week, with instruction by RYA Dinghy Instructors, for children to learn how to sail and for those who can already sail to improve their sailing standard, will take place from 30 July- 3 August 2018.
Children are accepted on the course from 8 years old.
The Beginner Group, which is for beginner helms and children lacking confidence in a boat, has 12 spaces available and children are usually accepted in this group on a ‘first come first served’ basis. RYA hired-in Optimists are provided for this group.
Children who can already sail can enrol on the course for the intermediate, advanced and racing groups, but do need to have their own boat to sail for the week, and we do need evidence to show your child has been sailing at Cam, or at a club elsewhere, before we can offer a place. For the top group sailing Toppers, children do need a good knowledge of sailing and experience to be accepted.
Places are limited as the total number of children enrolled for the week does need to be restricted to around 30 places for safety afloat; and member’s children only please as the week is usually over-subscribed. Cost for the week: £60 for one child and £50 for additional children in the family. Beginner children will be charged an additional sum to cover the cost of the hired Optimist dinghies.
To book:- For Beginners register on the form which will be in the club house from Sunday 11 March.
For Other Groups complete a separate form which will be in the club house from Sunday 11 March and post this form to John Howett to arrive with him by Saturday 5th May.
You will be contacted by the end of May to confirm if your child has been offered a place for the week’s training this year.
Children are accepted on the course from 8 years old.
The Beginner Group, which is for beginner helms and children lacking confidence in a boat, has 12 spaces available and children are usually accepted in this group on a ‘first come first served’ basis. RYA hired-in Optimists are provided for this group.
Children who can already sail can enrol on the course for the intermediate, advanced and racing groups, but do need to have their own boat to sail for the week, and we do need evidence to show your child has been sailing at Cam, or at a club elsewhere, before we can offer a place. For the top group sailing Toppers, children do need a good knowledge of sailing and experience to be accepted.
Places are limited as the total number of children enrolled for the week does need to be restricted to around 30 places for safety afloat; and member’s children only please as the week is usually over-subscribed. Cost for the week: £60 for one child and £50 for additional children in the family. Beginner children will be charged an additional sum to cover the cost of the hired Optimist dinghies.
To book:- For Beginners register on the form which will be in the club house from Sunday 11 March.
For Other Groups complete a separate form which will be in the club house from Sunday 11 March and post this form to John Howett to arrive with him by Saturday 5th May.
You will be contacted by the end of May to confirm if your child has been offered a place for the week’s training this year.
Formal Courses
More formal training leads to adult RYA dinghy sailing certificates (Levels 1 and 2 and, replacing the old levels 3-5, courses such as, Dinghy Start Racing, Dinghy Sailing with Spinnakers, Dinghy Day Sailing, and Dinghy Seamanship Skills). Two Cambridgeshire centres offer such courses and these centres cater for children as well:
Grafham Water Centre
01480 810 521
http://www.grafham-water-centre.co.uk/.
Mepal Outdoor Centre
01354 692 251
http://www.mepal.co.uk.
Grafham Water Centre
01480 810 521
http://www.grafham-water-centre.co.uk/.
Mepal Outdoor Centre
01354 692 251
http://www.mepal.co.uk.