Learn To Sail

 

Learn to Sail

 

 

Saturday 9th May 2009 

 

 

 

Open to all ages. 

 

 What you get

• ‘Get into Small Boat Sailing’ (GiSBS) Certificate
• 24 hours of Theory and Practical Lessons with the PHYC Corsair Dinghies
• Life jackets for the duration of the course
• Log Book to capture your sail training
• Insurance cover while sailing 

 

PHYC Instructors

 

• Coaching from accredited Instructors.
• Instructors are PHYC sailing members, Powerboat RST holders, First Aiders and WA Working with Children checked 

 

What you will need

 

• A basic level of fitness and swim at least 50m.
• Hat and sunscreen and sunglasses
• Wetsuit booties or old sandshoes which can get wet
• Sailing gloves are recommended
• Towel and change of dry clothes
• Port Hedland Yacht Club Full Membership 

 

 Cost

PHYC Full Membership	Single	GiSBS Course Cost
Junior	$40	$120 ea
Senior	$75	$120 ea
Couple / Family	$120	$120 ea

For more information or to have any questions about the course answered then please contact the PHYC Secretary – Brett McInerney on 0417 987 815. 

Course Dates and Program

Three Courses will run over 3 Saturdays with a 6 hour session on each day.  Courses will run between 09:00 hrs and 15:00 hours.  The Sunday following the Saturday training, is a race day which the GiSBS sailors are encouraged to attend.

 

Course 1 – Sat 9^th May, Sat 16^th May, Sat 23^rd May, plus one Sunday

Course 2 –  Sat 30^th May, Sat 6^th June, Sat 13^th June, plus one Sunday

Course 3 – Sat 27^th June, Sat 11^th July, Sat 25^th July, plus one Sunday

Course 4 –  Sat 8^th August, Sat 5^th Sept, Sat 19^th Sept, plus one Sunday

 

 

 

 Proficiency Levels within the Small Boat Sailing Scheme

Performance Area	Basic Skills 1	Basic Skills 2
Plan and Prepare	Group and individual safety awareness, clothing, safety equipment, sailing stretches
Rigging	Wind awareness, awareness of parts of and rigging on the training boat	Independent rigging of training boat
Rope work	Figure of eight, round turn and two half hitches.	Reef knot, bowline
Sailing techniques and manoeuvres	Paddling and rowing. Basic heave-to, primary boat controls, reaching, helming under supervision	Sailing to windward, sailing downwind, gybing and tacking, points of sailing, helming with minimal guidance
Rescue procedures and drills	Capsize recovery drill, towing	Crew recovery drill, capsize recovery
Launching and recovery	Leaving and returning to the beach/launching facility with instructor guidance, effective launch and recovery of craft, lifting, trolleys.	Care of equipment, coming alongside/docking, to fixed/anchored structure
Sailing theory and background	Basic rules: Avoid collisions, power/sail right of way, exceptions	Right-of-way rules (Collision regulations): Port/starboard, windward/leeward, keep to the right in channels, overtaking vessels
Meteorology	Storm Clouds
Winds, tides and currents	Wind awareness, direction and relative strength indicators	Gusts and lulls, tides – time between tides, reading tide tables, direction of tidal flow