Learn to Sail is a national programme developed by Yachting New Zealand. The YNZ Learn to Sail programme covers the basic skills and is offered in both a Dinghy sailing option and a Keelboat sailing option.
Yacht clubs
such as ours provide the cheapest way to gain these skills, and with regards to
long-term support and development clubs provide a fun, social environment for
the whole family.
About
Learn to Sail:
# Learn how to sail in a small boat by yourself
# Learn about
safe sailing and staying out of trouble on the water
# Be able to
take your friends out in a small dinghy for a sail
# Membership
to the club is included in the fee
# Access to
the club's boats on club sailing days for a small fee.
Learn To Sail Programme – For Dinghies.
Course Content and Levels
Level 1: An introduction to Dinghy sailing
Safety and
Wind Awareness
Parts of the
Boat and Knots
Capsize
Sailing
Rigging
Boat Handling
Capsize and
Recovery and Getting Out Of Irons
Upwind and
Downwind
Rules
Level 2: Advanced Dinghy sailing
Rigging
Safety
Weather and
Tide
The Five
Essentials
Launching and
Retrieving
Sailing
Rules and
Hiking.
Boats used
for training are Optimist , Splash and Laser 4.7. Each person gets a boat
.Approx 5 hrs a day over 4 days