Get Onboard – Beginners
Get OnBoard – Beginners
OnBoard is the RYA’s children’s sailing programme. It offers children the opportunity to try sailing in a safe, fun and structured environment.
Open to all children, OnBoard is a beginner programme that gets people on the water for the first time. There is no experience or equipment needed tog et you started. The programme is also progressive, so you can work your way through the RYA Youth Schemes.
Learning to sail usually takes place between spring and autumn and sessions will run on a Sunday afternoon every other week.
The OnBoard Beginners programme at Bough Beech SC is open to a maximum of 12 children, with the expectation that they are able to attend every session. Please check the Club Calendar for the exact dates of this year’s programme.
The club also offers Youth Sailing which allows young members to join together for informal practice or leisure sessions
| RYA Stage 1 | RYA Stage 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Required Experience | None | Sailing skills to the standard of Stage 1 |
| Duration | 2 days | 2 days |
| Minimum Age | 8 yrs | 8 yrs |
| Content | Launching and recovery
Sailing across the wind and turning around Steering and basic parts of the boat |
Improved sailing skills on all points of sail
Tacking, gybing and ropework Collision avoidance |
| Certificate issuing criteria | Able to sail across the wind
Steer and understand the basic principles of sailing |
Building confidence sailing, tacking and gybing
Improving boat control and speed |
| Format | Afloat | Afloat |
| Places Available | 6 | 6 |
Get Onboard – Improvers
Get OnBoard – Improvers
The OnBoard Improvers Sessions are designed to bridge the gap between RYA Stages 2 & 3 through regular participation and practice.
Each of the Improver Sailing sessions are linked to an OnBoard charter attribute. These are:
Seamanship – Confidence
Boat Handling – Creativity
Five Essentials – Independence
Racing – Determination
Double Handed Sailing – Communication
Sail Away – Teamwork
The OnBoard Improvers programme at Bough Beech SC is open to a maximum of 12 children, with the expectation that they are able to attend every session. Please check the Club Calendar for the exact dates of this year’s programme.
| RYA Stage 3 | RYA Dinghy Start Racing | |
|---|---|---|
| Required Experience | Sailing skills to the standard of Stage 2 | Pre-requisite sailing to the standard of Level 3 or Stage 3 in the Youth Sailing Scheme |
| Duration | 16 hrs | 8 hrs |
| Minimum Age | 8 yrs | 8 yrs |
| Content | Improved rigging, sailing theory, launching and recovery
Building confidence in a range of sailing techniques on all points of sail Capsize recovery |
All the skills required to start club racing, including basic start sequence and timing
Improved tacking and gybing, using the 5 essentials to best effect Having a basic understanding of racing rules |
| Certificate issuing criteria | Able to launch and sail a dinghy on all points of sail or around a triangle in moderate conditions | Able to take part in a small race in good conditions |
| Format | Afloat | Afloat |
| Places Available | 6 | 6 |
