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CCC Dinghy Section, Bardowie, RYA Training Centre.
  
Bardowie Instructor Team at the Summer School 2007
TRAINING AT BARDOWIE
Sail training will be provided on
Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday evenings from 18.30 hrs till dusk, starting in mid
April and running till mid September.
Training on
Wednesdays and Fridays is aimed at beginners, both children and adults.
Training courses available for children aged 8 to 16 years are RYA Youth Stages
1, 2, 3 and 4. Stages 1 to 3 are taught in single handed dinghies. Stage 4,
crewing skills, is taught in 2 person dinghies. Youth Stage 3 is the equivalent
of the Adult Level 2 Certificate. Children who have gained Youth Stage 4 then
move to the adult syllabus, Start Racing, Sailing with Spinnakers, Seamanship
Skills, Day Sailing.
Adult courses on
Wednesdays and Fridays are RYA Levels 1 and 2, RYA Level 1 is designed for
beginners, Level 2 is for improvers. Level 2 is the standard sailors have to
achieve before they are permitted to sail unsupervised at Bardowie.
The cost for a
beginners training course to members is £35.00. Logbooks and Handbooks are
available for purchase.
Tuesday evenings
are devoted to race training. RYA Start Racing is offered to sailors who have
achieved RYA Youth Stage 3 or Basic skills Level 2 (Adult) or have the ability
and experience to sail to these standards and above. In addition to the RYA
qualifications, on Tuesday evenings, we run monthly racing modules at a cost of
£10.00 per month to offer informal race training to all club members on a turn
up and sail basis. These will take the form of a 30 minute discussion on
relevant racing topics followed by a short informal race which will be free to
enter for any club member with the basic skills to qualify for Tuesday evening
sailing (see above).
Less formal
training is provided on Monday evenings, aimed at Improvers, that is members who
have achieved Adult Level 2 or Youth Stage 3, who are encouraged to visit the
Club, socialise, practice sailing, and improve their sailing skills and
techniques in the large variety of club dinghies. Instructors will be provided
to motivate, coach, encourage and assess. There is no charge for training on
Monday evenings, though if you want to be assessed on a module, here is a £10.00
fee to cover the cost of RYA certificates.
Training and
assessment in the advanced RYA modules, Sailing with Spinnakers, Seamanship
Skills, and Day Sailing will be arranged, at weekends, during the season,
depending on demand.
Powerboat training
will also be offered on weeknights, dependant on demand and availability of
powerboats.
During the school
summer holidays, on weekdays, we run 5 day RYA training courses for members.
Application forms can be downloaded from our website.
Note that children
of 12 years of age and under must be accompanied by a responsible adult (on
shore) at all times.
Please remember
that evening training activities are only possible due to the efforts of our
volunteer instructors, who turn up regularly, rain or shine, to put something
back into the sport. They need all your encouragement and support.
Please complete the
Course application form and send it, along with the course fee, to our Training
Secretary, Helen Kirk.
Other Training
Courses available include:-
Powerboat and First
Aid Certificates are pre-requisites for all those who intend to train to become
Dinghy and/or Powerboat Instructors, but we would encourage all Stewards at
Bardowie to gain these qualifications.
If you are
interested in any of these courses, please complete the application form and
send it to Helen Kirk. Courses will be organised to suit demand and course fees
will be notified when courses are filled.
Members are
reminded that although priority is given to those who have signed up for a
training course in the evenings, if you just want to come down for a sail,
please discuss your requirements with the Steward and Senior Instructor on the
night and they will do their best to accommodate you with the boat of your
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