The Seafarers Sailing Club is an RYA Training Centre.

The Seafarers Training Team carry out dinghy sailing training for Club members only. All the instructors are volunteers and all courses are run outside of normal working hours. This allows us to make the training very cost effective. Training is concentrated on novice and improving sailing courses, but the courses are also suitable for sailors that just require a refresher.

Courses 

The courses that the Club runs are:

• RYA Start Sailing & Basic Skills (Youth Sailing Level 1 - 4)
• RYA Start Sailing & Basic Skills (Level 1 & 2)
• RYA Better Sailing (Level 3)
• RYA Start Racing
• RYA Seamanship Skills

We usually run two RYA Start Sailing and Basic Skills courses

The Course - is run over a Friday evening, whole weekend and 4 following evenings at the end of June.

The RYA Start Racing or RYA Level 3 courses are aimed at members who have at least 1 full season’s sailing experience after completion of a Level 2 course or equivalent and would like to start/improve their sailing/racing techniques.  The course will consist of theory and practical sessions and will take place over a Friday evening and weekend in April

Occasionally RYA Day Sailing or RYA Seamanship may be run if required and requested by a number of club members.

The RYA Power Boat Level 2 course is also run for club members that are required to carry out Patrol Boat Duties and other essential sailing support roles only.

Booking

All Training Courses are open to Club members only. It is therefore necessary to have a membership account and to sign in to book all events.

Training courses will normally be available for booking up to two months before the event.

Upcoming Training Courses can be booked and paid for by bank transfer. Please pay in advance online (cheque and cash is also acceptable - further instructions/details when booking).  

Age of trainees varies depending upon the course and experience, please ask for details.

Training Course Cancellation Policy

All payments for training courses at Seafarers Sailing Club must be made to the Treasurer. Applications will not be confirmed until the relevant course fee has been paid.

Applicants who cancel their booking more than 28 days before the course start date will have their course fee refunded in full.

Applicants who cancel their booking less than 28 days before the course start date will not normally have their fee refunded.  In special cases applicants may seek a refund by writing to the Training Secretary. In all cases the decision of the RYA Principal will be final. 

Applicants should note that Joining fees and Membership fees are dealt with by the Membership Secretary in accordance with Section 3 of the Club Rules.                        

Training Team

The Seafarers Training Team consists of a full complement of RYA qualified instructors:

RYA Principal

Chief Instructor (Sailing) 

Chief Instructor (Power Boats)

4 x RYA Senior Instructors

4 x RYA Dinghy Instructors

2 x RYA Assistant Instructors

2 x RYA Power Boat Instructors

Some personnel fulfil more than one role

All instructors at Seafarers Sailing Club carry out regular Safeguarding training and updates. All our RYA qualified Instructors (not Assistant Instructors) are Disclosure & Barring Service checked.