National Yacht Club

   Based on previous years experience and now enhanced by our expanded fleet of Club boats geared towards Adult Training (for memory: one 1720, three RS Ventures and four Wayfarers), we have reconfigured the Club’s adult sail training programmes from a short and intensive three weeks course to a ten weeks one focused towards helming our boats and socialising in our Clubhouse! Our courses are nearly all hands on and it is you who will be mainly in charge of your boats;  you will rig and launch as well as crew and helm the boats. We will use skilled volunteers from the club as well as trained professionals to part on their skills and knowledge and build your confidence rapidly. We also have a few shore based theory sessions (mainly dictated by the weather conditions) and also a few lectures provided by some very knowledgeable club members. By the end of the course you will be able to assist in all parts of sailing.

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The lay out of the new course is a pathway that will take an absolute beginner from no experience to taking part in DBSC, Dublin Bay Sailing Club. This summer, We are running 2 Sailing Courses (from total beginners to intermediates) and 2 Racing Courses aiming towards people confident in handling a boat and hoping to join the racing scene in Dublin Bay. A/ NYC sailing courses These are 10 weeks sailing course designed to get you out and sailing. We want to get you confident to crew and helm. This course will introduce you to the world of sailing. If you have done our other courses last year and need a refresher this course will bring you up to speed. Once you have these skills covered you can move on into our next course. We believe in giving participants great personnalised attention and therefore there is a max limit of 25 trainees per sailing course!  Dates: Course 1: Wednesday 4th May 2016 to Wednesday 6th July – Currently taking bookings here: Adult Training 2016 – Sailing Course 1 Course 2: Wednesday 13th July 2016 to Wednesday 14th September   B/ NYC racing courses These are 10 weeks courses designed to take you from the NYC sailing course and progress you to racing in the DBSC. During these courses we will teach you the fundamentals of racing, the rules and how to improve you performance. We will run our own races so you will be well versed to in what to do and when to do it. We will guide you through every step of the way with volunteers and instructors both on the water skills development and in in-depth talks. Later on in the course when we start to take part in the DBSC races we will head out as a group instructors and all so you will never be alone. This is a great course with lots of potential to get to meet the members many of whom have a passion for racing and many of whom have their own boats. We believe in giving participants great personnalised attention and therefore there is a max limit of 16 trainees per sailing course! Dates: Course 1: Tuesday 3rd May 2016 to Tuesday 5th July – Currently taking bookings here: Adult Training 2016 – Racing Course 1 Course 2: Tuesday 12th July 2016 to Tuesday 13th September