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Sailing Courses (Junior)

 

While GHYC’s main training motto has always been to have fun while teaching sailing in a safe and beautiful environment, GHYC is an Irish Sailing registered training centre and runs a very comprehensive range of IS training courses every Summer (July & August) ranging from a Taste of Sailing for the very young beginners (minimum age 9) to the comprehensive advanced courses such as Kites & Wires, Adventure and Go Racing. These courses use a mixture of the club fleet of 20 sailing dinghies and privately owned boats (eg Topper Topaz, Laser, RS Feva) and are run by a highly motivated team of IS trained instructors.

These courses follow a very structured IS syllabus details of which are on the Irish Sailing website and are a progressive series of courses designed to build up a complete set of sailing skills over time, usually 5-6 seasons. Juniors begin with the Start Sailing Module (minimum age = 10), followed by Basic Skills, followed by Improving Skills. Then they move up to Advanced Boat Handling which can be followed by any (or all) of the Advanced modules mentioned above. In this way they develop a complete set of sailing skills.

As the sailors progress there is more emphasis on experience and the sailors are encouraged to take part in dinghy racing in the evenings and at weekends which then allows them to progress to sail in the Dragon and Squib class racing in the club.

In addition to the IS courses, the club works with the local primary schools during the month of June and every Wednesday evening during the Summer to enhance their skills. Many of these pupils then enrol on the IS courses which run during the school Holidays.

And finally GHYC is also an IS accredited Powerboat Training Centre and we run 2-day Powerboat courses throughout the Summer, primarily for adults (minimum age is 16).

The IS course programme for 2024 is now available to view,  but remember that courses book up quickly. Note too that Membership Renewal needs to be done prior to booking the courses!

Kevin Percy

 

Course No.DatesCourse NameSyllabusNo of weeks
Course 0124 June - 28 JuneRefresher WeekRefresher Week1
Course 0224 June - 28 JuneIrish Sailing Taste of Sailing 0930-1300ISA Taste of Sailing1
Course 0324 June - 28 JuneIrish Sailing Taste of Sailing 1400-1730ISA Taste of Sailing1
Course 041 July - 12 JulyIrish Sailing Start SailingISA Start Sailing2
Course 051 July - 12 JulyIrish Sailing Basic Skills ISA Basic Skills2
Course 061 July - 5 JulyIrish Sailing Taste of Sailing 0930-1300ISA Taste of Sailing1
Course 071 July - 5 JulyIrish Sailing Taste of Sailing 1400-1730ISA Taste of Sailing1
Course 081 July - 12 JulyIrish Sailing Improving SkillsISA Improving Skills2
Course 091 July - 12 JulyIrish Sailing Advanced Boat Handling ISA Advanced Boat Handling 2
Course 118 July - 12 JulyIrish Sailing Taste of Sailing 1400-1730ISA Taste of Sailing1
Course 128 July - 12 JulyIrish Sailing Taste of Sailing 0930-1300ISA Taste of Sailing1
Course 248 July – 12 JulyIrish Sailing Kites and WiresISA Kites and Wires1
Course 1315 July - 26 JulyIrish Sailing Basic Skills ISA Basic Skills2
Course 1415 July - 26 JulyIrish Sailing Start SailingISA Start Sailing2
Course 1515 July - 19 JulyIrish Sailing Taste of Sailing 0930-1300ISA Taste of Sailing1
Course 1615 July - 19 JulyIrish Sailing Taste of Sailing 1400-1730ISA Taste of Sailing1
Course 1715 July - 26 JulyIrish Sailing Advanced Boat Handling ISA Advanced Boat Handling 2
Course 1815 July - 26 JulyIrish Sailing Improving SkillsISA Improving Skills2
Course 1922 July - 26 JulyIrish Sailing Start RacingISA Start Racing 1
Course 2022 July - 26 JulyIrish Sailing Taste of Sailing 0930-1300ISA Taste of Sailing1
Course 2122 July - 26 JulyIrish Sailing Taste of Sailing 1400-1730ISA Taste of Sailing1
Course 2229 July - 9 AugustIrish Sailing Start SailingISA Start Sailing2
Course 2329 July - 9 AugustIrish Sailing Basic Skills ISA Basic Skills2
Course 2529 July - 02 AugustIrish Sailing Taste of Sailing 0930-1300ISA Taste of Sailing1
Course 2629 July - 02 AugustIrish Sailing Taste of Sailing 1400-1730ISA Taste of Sailing1
Course 2729 July - 9 AugustIrish Sailing Advanced Boat Handling ISA Advanced Boat Handling 2
Course 2829 July - 9 AugustIrish Sailing Improving SkillsISA Improving Skills2
Course 2929 July - 9 AugustIrish Sailing AdventureISA Adventure Skills2
Course 3005 August - 9 AugustIrish Sailing Taste of Sailing 0930-1300ISA Taste of Sailing1
Course 3105 August - 9 AugustIrish Sailing Taste of Sailing 1400-1730ISA Taste of Sailing1
Course 3212 August - 16 AugustIrish Sailing Taste of Sailing 0930-1300ISA Taste of Sailing1
Course 3312 August - 16 AugustIrish Sailing Taste of Sailing 1400-1730ISA Taste of Sailing1
Course 3412 Aug - 16 Aug
10.00-14.00
All-in Supervised sailing Mixed levels and abilitiesAll-in Supervised sailing Mixed levels and abilities1

2023 Junior Programme