While GHYC’s main training motto has always been to have fun while teaching sailing in a safe and beautiful environment, GHYC is an ISA registered training centre and runs a very comprehensive range of ISA 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 15 sailing dinghies and privately owned boats (eg Topper Topaz, Laser, RS Feva) and are run by a highly motivated team of ISA trained instructors.
These courses follow a very structured ISA 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 ISA 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 ISA courses which run during the school Holidays.
GHYC also runs a “Competent Crew” course for Adults in the Summer to take adults (often parents of juniors) through the sailing basics in our RS Vision dinghies, which are a little larger and more comfortable!
And finally GHYC is also an ISA accredited Powerboat Training Centre and we run 2-day Powerboat courses throughout the Summer, primarily for adults (minimum age is 16).
The ISA course programme for 2022 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. | Dates | Course Name | Syllabus | No of weeks | Fee (€) for Non Boat Owner | Fee (€) for Boat Owner |
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Course 01 | 26 June - 30 June | Refresher Week | Refresher Week | 1 | 230 | 170 |
Course 02 | 26 June - 30 June | Irish Sailing Taste of Sailing 0930-1300 | ISA Taste of Sailing | 1 | 130 | 100 |
Course 03 | 26 June - 30 June | Irish Sailing Taste of Sailing 1400-1730 | ISA Taste of Sailing | 1 | 130 | 100 |
Course 04 | 26 June - 7 July | Irish Sailing Start Sailing | ISA Start Sailing | 2 | 460 | 340 |
Course 05 | 26 June - 7 July | Irish Sailing Basic Skills | ISA Basic Skills | 2 | 460 | 340 |
Course 06 | 3 July - 7 July | Irish Sailing Taste of Sailing 0930-1300 | ISA Taste of Sailing | 1 | 130 | 100 |
Course 07 | 3 July - 7 July | Irish Sailing Taste of Sailing 1400-1730 | ISA Taste of Sailing | 1 | 130 | 100 |
Course 08 | 03 July - 14 July | Irish Sailing Improving Skills | ISA Improving Skills | 2 | 420 | N/A |
Course 09 | 03 July - 14 July | Irish Sailing Advanced Boat Handling | ISA Advanced Boat Handling | 2 | 420 | N/A |
Course 10 | 03July - 14 July | Irish Sailing Adventure | ISA Adventure Skills | 2 | 420 | NA |
Course 11 | 10 July - 14 July | Irish Sailing Taste of Sailing 1400-1730 | ISA Taste of Sailing | 1 | 130 | 100 |
Course 12 | 10 July - 14 July | Irish Sailing Taste of Sailing 0930-1300 | ISA Taste of Sailing | 1 | 130 | 100 |
Course 13 | 10 July - 21 July | Irish Sailing Basic Skills | ISA Basic Skills | 2 | 460 | 340 |
Course 14 | 10 July - 21 July | Irish Sailing Start Sailing | ISA Start Sailing | 2 | 460 | 340 |
Course 15 | 17 July - 21 July | Irish Sailing Taste of Sailing 0930-1300 | ISA Taste of Sailing | 1 | 130 | 100 |
Course 16 | 17 July - 21 July | Irish Sailing Taste of Sailing 1400-1730 | ISA Taste of Sailing | 1 | 130 | 100 |
Course 17 | 17 July - 28 July | Irish Sailing Advanced Boat Handling | ISA Advanced Boat Handling | 2 | 420 | N/A |
Course 18 | 17 July - 28 July | Irish Sailing Improving Skills | ISA Improving Skills | 2 | 420 | N/A |
Course 19 | 17 July - 21 July | Irish Sailing Start Racing | ISA Start Racing | 1 | 130 | 100 |
Course 20 | 24 July - 28 July | Irish Sailing Taste of Sailing 0930-1300 | ISA Taste of Sailing | 1 | 130 | 100 |
Course 21 | 24 July - 28 July | Irish Sailing Taste of Sailing 1400-1730 | ISA Taste of Sailing | 1 | 130 | 100 |
Course 22 | 24 July - 4 August | Irish Sailing Start Sailing | ISA Start Sailing | 2 | 460 | 340 |
Course 23 | 24 July - 4 August | Irish Sailing Basic Skills | ISA Basic Skills | 2 | 460 | 340 |
Course 24 | 24 July – 28 July | Irish Sailing Kites and Wires | ISA Kites and Wires | 1 | 275 | Na |
Course 25 | 31 July - 04 August | Irish Sailing Taste of Sailing 0930-1300 | ISA Taste of Sailing | 1 | 130 | 100 |
Course 26 | 31 July - 04 August | Irish Sailing Taste of Sailing 1400-1730 | ISA Taste of Sailing | 1 | 130 | 100 |
Course 27 | 31 July - 11 August | Irish Sailing Advanced Boat Handling | ISA Advanced Boat Handling | 2 | 420 | N/A |
Course 28 | 31 July - 11 August | Irish Sailing Improving Skills | ISA Improving Skills | 2 | 420 | N/A |
Course 29 | 31 July - 11 August | Irish Sailing Adventure | ISA Adventure Skills | 2 | 420 | NA |
Course 30 | 07 August - 11 August | Irish Sailing Taste of Sailing 0930-1300 | ISA Taste of Sailing | 1 | 130 | 100 |
Course 31 | 07 August - 11 August | Irish Sailing Taste of Sailing 1400-1730 | ISA Taste of Sailing | 1 | 130 | 100 |
Course 32 | 14 August - 18 August | Irish Sailing Taste of Sailing 0930-1300 | ISA Taste of Sailing | 1 | 130 | 100 |
Course 33 | 14 August - 18 August | Irish Sailing Taste of Sailing 1400-1730 | ISA Taste of Sailing | 1 | 130 | 100 |
Course 34 | 14Aug - 18 Aug 10.00-14.00 | All-in Supervised sailing Mixed levels and abilities | All-in Supervised sailing Mixed levels and abilities | 1 | 160 |
2023 Junior Programme |
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