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Practice and Development Sailing 2025
Although aimed primarily at Cadets and Novices, these sessions provide an opportunity for anyone that fancies going for a gentle sail with patrol boat and tractor cover plus, perhaps, the assistance of an Instructor.
Practice Sailing sessions are available from 18:30 every Tuesday evening from 17 June to the end of the school summer holiday.
Development Sailing will take place on from 11:00 on several Saturday mornings between 14 June and the end of the school holiday. These sessions are similar to the now traditional Practice Sailing with the difference that, hopefully, an RYA Dinghy Instructor or Assistant Dinghy Instructor will be available.
Those interested in Practice or Development Sailing might also find the Coaching sessions of value.
Practice/Development Sailing is a "self-help" activity; those who make use of it will, naturally, want to help run it occasionally. Volunteers are required to act as coordinators, patrol boat drivers and crew, tractor drivers, and beach crew. To volunteer, go to the Duty Roster, scroll to the appropriate day and click on the appropriate Volunteer button.
Each session will be subject to a minimum of three dinghies, a wind strength of F4 or below and sufficient volunteers to run it. For more detail read the Practice Sailing section of the SOP or go to the website Practice Sailing page.
Precise dates and times are published in the Practice/Development Sailing Programme.
Reservation is not mandatory but it will help. There is no limit to the boats joining the sessions and you can attend if you haven't booked, but we would to encourage you to book here.
The Club Boats page may also be relevant. To book a Club Boat, go to WebCollect.