Free Sailing Tuition for Adults & Young People (16-19)
Following a grant from Sport England, we are able to offer 60 lucky people free sailing tuition to enable participants to achieve their RYA Level 1 or Level 2 sailing certificate.
Each course will be run by Cobnor’s experienced RYA qualified sailing instructors.
Spaces are very limited for the courses which will be run over the next 12 months – the first two day non-residential courses will be held over the weekends of Saturday 15/ Sunday 16 October 2011 from 1000 to 1600, Saturday 14/Sunday 15 April 2012 from 1000 to 1600 and Saturday 26/Sunday 27 May 2012 from 1000 to 1600. More dates for next year will be announced later, and these may include some week day evening courses. Each weekend course will be designed to allow sufficient tuition to achieve either a Level 1 or Level 2 RYA Certificate by the end of the two days. If any part of a course is cancelled because of the weather, it will be re-scheduled.
Waterproof overclothing and buoyancy aids will be provided free of charge. Adult wet-suits can be hired at £5 per day.
To register your interest please email sail@cobnor.com with your name, address, age, your fitness level (as the courses will be using our lightweight Laser Pico dinghies), which date or dates you would like to come (please give more than one if possible), why you would like to join this scheme and where you heard about it. As the aim is to encourage more people to take up and continue sailing, preference will be given to those who can demonstrate this.
We will confirm whether there is a place available and send you a kit list and programme.
Afterwards, you will be introduced to one or more sailing clubs in Chichester Harbour who have expressed an interest in working with Cobnor to encourage more adults and young people aged 16 to 19 to take up and carry on sailing. Also register your interest with us if you would like to take part in our informal mid-week sailing in 2012.
Cobnor Activities Centre Trust has received a grant of National Lottery funding from Sport England’s Small Grants Programme for the purchase of six Laser Picos which has enabled it to offer this free sailing scheme. In 2012, a normal Cobnor RYA Level 2 course for an adult will be £260.
