Adult Sailing Courses
Coaching Courses
What do I have to do to be an Instructor?
Pass a Dinghy Instructor Pre-entry Sailing Assessment completed within 1 year of Instructor Course.
Be at least 16 years old.
Hold a current First Aid Certificate and a RYA Powerboat Level 2 Certificate
For further information please refer to the RYA Publication G14 Dinghy Coaching Handbook & Logbook
Instructor Pre-Assessment
It is recommended that, prior to taking the assessment, candidates satisfy themselves that they can sail a dinghy confidently to the standard detailed below and have the appropriate background knowledge.
The candidate should be able to complete the following tasks competently and confidently, sailing at all times with an awareness of the 5 essentials (sail setting, balance, trim, centreboard and course sailed).
You will always be asked to perform the following:
Sail around a triangular course
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Each leg of the course will be a minimum of 100 metres
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Use the 5 essentials
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Close mark rounding
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Use all the boats equipment to best advantage including spinnaker if carried
Sail a tight circular course
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Circles less than three boat length's radius around a stationary boat.
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Make only one tack and one gybe
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Sail trim and boat balance/trim suited to the manoeuvre.
Sail a follow-my-leader course
The course may include all points of sailing and may be behind another sailing dinghy or a powerboat The assessor will be looking for a small constantly maintained distance between you and the boat ahead on all points of sailing. A boat length or less is usual.
Pick up a Man Overboard Dummy
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Boat must be stopped dead in the water when you pick up the dummy.
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Pick up at the windward shroud.
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Do not tack while you pull it aboard.
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More than one attempt should not be needed.
You may be asked to to complete some of the following:
Sail without a rudder, or with the tiller on a loose elastic
This exercise highlights your appreciation of the 5 essentials and demonstrates whether you understand the effects of variations in sail trim and boat balance/trim.
The assessor may ask you to sail around a triangular course with the tiller loosely securedusing an elastic loop, or with the rudder raised or removed. You will be expected to make good progress around the course in a seamanlike manner.
He will expect you to make any modifications to sail area, sheeting arangements and centreboard position before you start, so that the whole exercise proceeds smoothly. You will not be benalised for reefing, if conditions are such that it would be seamanlike to do so. In the unlikely event of there being several boats sailing rudderless in any area, the Assessor would expect you to maitain good awareness of the other boats and take avoiding action early if necessary.
Lee shore landing and departure
Anchor or pick up a mooring
Come alongside a moored boat
Recover a capsized dinghy and sail away
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