| Advanced Sailing and Racing Techniques |
 |
 |
 |
|
Instructor to Student Ratio: Max. 1 : 5 or less. How To Book a Course?Once you have made sure that a place is available on the date you require a 50% deposit together with your name and course reference should be paid into:
This will secure your place on the course. Balance of your fees is due on or before the first day of the course. Dowload the Registration Form in PDF or WORD format. NB. We will notify you of the pick up point before the course begins. Please bring warm clothes, something to eat and drink for yourself and shoes with non-marking soles. |
This new and innovative course is designed to teach you Advanced Sailing & Racing Techniques: The course will start on a Saturday morning from 10.oo till 14.oo followed by 3 consecutive Wednesday afternoons from 16.00 till approx. 20.00. These Wednesday afternoons will form part of the Royal Cape Yacht Clubs Twilight Racing Series in Table Bay and provide the student with first hand racing experience both as crew and as skipper of the racing yacht under supervision. Students need to have a Competent Crew Certificate or Day Skippers Ticket or have their own yacht. Syllabus: Advanced Sail Trim & Theory; Use of Asymmetric and Spinnakers in Racing; Racing Rules; Speed Smarts and Tactics; Close Quarter Manoeuvring and Rules of the Road; Correct Sail Selection; Weather and Knowing what to expect; How to make the perfect start;