Training Courses
All Torbay Youth Sailing Trust courses are taught over multiple days and follow the recognised RYA syllabus. Our instructors are all highly qualified and will ensure your children have a great time learning to sail. The safety of all participants is our top priority, all our instructors are DBS checked, first aid qualified with a wealth of experience on the water.
Our aim is to ensure a fun, exciting time that is tailored to each individuals’ requirements and that encourages learning at a pace to suit each student’s ability and confidence.
Comprising four “Stages”, once completed the junior sailor should be able to competently sail around a triangular course without assistance.
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2024 Training Dates
Course Content
| RYA Stage 1 | RYA Stage 2 | RYA Stage 3 | RYA Stage 4 | |
| A basic understanding of how a boat sailing, with some experience of steering and handling the boat | A range of sailing skills and knowledge to help in becoming a confident sailor | Rigging, launching and sailing in any direction. Equivalent to Level 2 in the National Sailing Scheme | Sail a double handed boat as crew or helm, and solve a variety of problems afloat. (optional if Stage 3 was taken in a double hander | |
| Assumed Knowledge | None | Completed Stage 1 | Completed up to and including Stage 2 | Completed up to and including Stage 3 |
| Minimum Age | 8 years | 8 years | 8 years | 8 years |
| Course Content | Launching and recovery, steering, parts of the boat, basic sailing | Basic sailing skills, ropework, collision avoidance | Rigging, launching and recovery, sailing techniques, capsize recovery, sailing theory | Rigging, launching and recovery, sailing techniques and manoeuvres in crewed boats, recovering a man overboard |
| Ability after course | Able to steer and understand basic principles | Able to tack and control boat speed, and understand basic principles | Able to launch and sail a dinghy around a triangle in moderate conditions | Can launch and return to a beach, jetty or mooring, and sail a crewed dinghy around a triangle in moderate conditions |
Equipment Needed
We have a limited supply of wetsuits and bouyancy aids we can loan, please contact us if you require details.
- Full wetsuit (ideally)
- Spray top
- Properly fitted buoyancy aid
- Towel and change of clothes
- Packed lunch
- High factor sun cream
- Course logbook (if previously attended courses)
