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Welcome to Grafham Water Sailing Club

R Y A Taster Sessions and Courses

RYA Taster Sessions 

You may take part in one Taster session prior to purchasing Club membership. 

Wingsurfing Taster Sessions

Our wingsurfing courses will introduce you to flying the wing and feeling confident on the water using an inflatable wing with a beginner windsurf board.  No previous experience necessary.

It includes all the equipment needed and a buoyancy aid. We do highly recommend that you wear a wetsuit, which is not provided. 

Wingsurfing then leads on to Wingfoiling.

 

Wingfoiling Taster Sessions

An introduction to Wingfoiling for Youths and Adults who have already completed a Wingsurfing session. These take place on weekdays. Wetsuits and boots are compulsory, however, not provided. All other equipment including buoyancy aid and helmet are included. 

 

Windsurfing Taster Sessions

An introduction to Windsurfing for Youths and Adults.

These take place on weekdays. We highly recommend that you wear a wetsuit and boots, which aren’t provided. Boards and buoyancy aids are included in the price.

 

 

RYA Courses

You must have at least Course Membership of the Club to participate in these courses. 

Wing Surfing Courses

RYA Learn to Wing Surf

The perfect introduction to Wing Surfing. 3 hours with an instructor taking you from never having been on a board to being able to go across the wind. 

 

RYA Improve your Wing Surfing

Already done some Wing surfing, this is the course for you. A 3 hour session with an instructor you develop the skills you learnt from your first session. 

 

Wing Foiling Courses

RYA First Flights

Progress the pre-learnt skills of Wingsurfing, taking them to the next level and learning to wingfoil. This course will assist you in understanding and achieving your first flights in both directions and gaining the knowledge to increase flight time.

 

RYA Sustained Flights

Advanced your skills and foiling knowledge to achieve longer, sustained flights, holding ground upwind and downwind on the foil and working on gybing entries from a foiling position.

 

 

For any of these courses please contact the office. 

Youth Beginner Windsurfing Course – RYA Stage 1

Begin by getting straight out onto the water and discovering windsurfing.  You will be up and sailing around in no time with the ability to sail to a chosen point and return to where you started in light winds. Minimum age 10 years.

Youth Windsurfing Course – RYA Stage 2

Once you have completed Stage 1 or equivalent standard, with stage 2 you will learn to tack and gybe to enable you to sail in all directions. Minimum age 10 years.

Adult RYA Start Windsurfing

An introduction to windsurfing for Adults using our Club boards. You will learn the basics of windsurfing, tacking, steering and gybing. This is a two day course to provide you with the skills to sail out, enjoy windsurfing and return to the shore. 

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