Learn To Sail

Learn to Sail New Courses in May 2010

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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

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.

Sailing after just one lesson

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

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