Most children’s training events are non residential, although we do offer occasional residential weekends. Select your activity for the duration of the course.

“Get sailing” week and weekend courses are available with sessions designed for complete beginners through to the more experienced sailors. Following stages 1-4 of the RYA Youth Sailing Scheme, instructors will work to develop individual skills in a fun & exciting way.

RYA National Sailing Scheme
Basic Skills – If you have little or no experience this course will introduce you to the essential skills required to safely helm a sailing dinghy. Experienced RYA dinghy instructors will guide you through dinghy sailing theory and practice at your own pace. Having mastered the skills introduced on this course you can then develop further skills as you complete the following modules.

• Seamanship –  continue to build your dinghy sailing foundation skills and understanding.
• Performance Sailing – develop your sailing in more powerful and exciting dinghies.
• Day Sailing – an introduction to planning and completing dinghy sailing expeditions.
• Sailing with Asymmetric Spinnakers – get to grips with the theory and practice of sailing boats carrying asymmetric spinnakers.

RYA Dinghy Instructor preparation. - As a pre-requisite for the Dinghy Instructor training course you need to complete the RYA dinghy instructor pre-assessment, a one day first aid course and the RYA level 2 powerboat award. Each of these courses can be completed at CYESC as individual courses.

RYA Dinghy Instructor training and assessment. - A five day course designed to develop your coaching skills and knowledge of an effective teaching progression. This is an intensive course requiring good personal preparation in advance. Full details of content can be found in the RYA coaching handbook G14.
Minimum age for dinghy instructor training is 16.

RYA Safety boat course
Having mastered boat-handling skills, this course develops a range of rescue skills from a powerboat. These include inverted sailing dinghy recovery, recovery of personnel from the water, various towing techniques and more. These courses are run on demand so please contact the centre to register your interest and find out if a course is planned. Age group 16+

Kayak and Canoe
1-3 star kayak tests. Covering the range of skills and associated theory to take the complete beginner through to the level of ability required to join the coaching scheme.
1-2 star canoe test. An introduction to the art of paddling open canoes. Open canoes are controlled by a paddler kneeling in the boat using a single bladed paddle rather than kayaks in which the paddler sits using a paddle with a blade at each end.