Thank you for choosing Chieftain Training for your sailing course training, we are looking forward to your course and we will do everything we can to make it memorable, interesting, fun and educational. Please take a few minutes to read the pre course information below. These Joining Instructions cover;
All RYA Dinghy Sailing Courses for Adults
WHERE
Dinghy Sailing courses are run from; Southampton Water Activities Centre (SWAC) and NOT at our other training centre/HQ in Hamble.
WHEN
Day time courses run 0915 to 1645 usually over 2 or 5 consecutive days
Evening Courses run 1800 to 2100, usually once a week over 5 weeks
WHAT TO BRING
- Packed lunch
- Change of clothes and a towel
- Cap, hat, gloves, sunglasses, suncream depening on season and weather
- Wetsuit (or hire our wetsuit and spray top for £5/day
- Wetsuit boots or footwear that can get wet
- RYA Logbook (if you have one)
- Combination padlock for the lockers
PRE COURSE PREPERATION
Level 1 – None
Other levels– Refresh the theory content from your previous course
Useful Pre-Course Reading;
RYA Level 1, 2, 3 Courses
- RYA Start Sailing Handbook
RYA Seamanship, Spinnakers, Day Sailing, Start Racing or Performance courses
- RYA Advanced Dinghy Handbook
CERTIFICATION
Certification for most courses is issued at the discretion of your Instructor and the Principal. The certificate is usually issued at the end of the course before you leave. All of our courses requite 100% attendance.
MEALS
Tea and coffee is included. Meals are not. Please bring a packed lunch each day.
SAFETY
For dinghy sailing courses, all adults are provided with a 50N Buoyancy Aid. If you would prefer to wear your own then you may do so.
UNDER 18s
Adult sailing courses course are suitable for anyone sixteen years old or above. In some case we may a family member who is slightly younger. Parents or guardians of students aged under eighteen must fill in and sign a medical declaration / consent form for their child prior to the course starting. This is usually done on the first morning.