Learn to Sail New Courses in May 2010
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
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PHYC Full Membership |
Single |
GiSBS Course Cost |
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Junior |
$40 |
$120 ea |
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Senior |
$75 |
$120 ea |
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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
The 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 dates will be posted as they come to hand.
Proficiency Levels within the Small Boat Sailing Scheme
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Performance Area |
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Plan and Prepare |
Group and individual safety awareness, clothing, safety equipment, sailing stretches |
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Rigging |
Wind awareness, awareness of parts of and rigging on the training boat |
Independent rigging of training boat |
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Rope work |
Figure of eight, round turn and two half hitches. |
Reef knot, bowline |
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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 |
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Rescue procedures and drills |
Capsize recovery drill, towing |
Crew recovery drill, capsize recovery |
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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 |
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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 |
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Meteorology |
Storm Clouds |
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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 |
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