Introduction to Racing - Beginner Race Training (Cruising conversion)
The perfect opportunity to try yacht
racing.
Perhaps you've got your RYA Day skipper and have been
cruising and are now looking to see how racing compares? Or maybe
you are a regular dinghy racer looking to make the move to yacht
racing? There are very few opportunities for
people with no previous yacht racing experience to get a chance to
go racing, so at Sailing Logic we have the perfect solution.
Our Introduction to Racing weekend course covers everything you
need to get started and takes place over a single weekend and
combines a day of training/teaching with a day of racing in a local
regatta, where you actually compete against regular crews! Perfect
as a cruising-conversion course, and an ideal
refresher for rusty racers.
The weekend starts at 9.30am on the Saturday morning with a
safety brief before heading out onto the water where you will
develop your teamwork and learn the basics of the different racing
manoeuvres. After a group meal out in Hamble, on Sunday you will
put into practice all you have learned when you race in the Hamble
Winter Series or Warsash Spring Series! You can join the course
again for a second week to really consolidate your learning and
build on your previous race experience.
This is an ideal way to get a taste of inshore
racing. You will experience the excitement of close racing
under the watchful eye of our experienced race skipper and first
mate. After completing this course you will be familiar with the
concept of round the cans racing and will ready to move onto the
next stage, which could include the popular Round the
Island Race, or racing at Cowes Week or the Warsash
Spring Series or even Antigua Race Week! You may also
want to consider the Race
Development Course.
If you have never been on a boat before, we recommend that you
start with an RYA Competent Crew course to familarise
yourself with the basics of sailing and then join this fantastic
racing course.
To find out more please call our shore support team on 023 8033
0999 or e-mail info@sailinglogic.co.uk. Or
read all about it from a previous course
participant's point of view.
Dates:
17-18 March 2012 (day
2 racing in Warsash Spring Series)
24-25 March 2012 (day 2
racing in Warsash Spring Series)
14-15 April 2012 (day 2
racing in Warsash Spring Series)
Cost: £250 per
person per weekend
Experience
Level: for sailors with either cruising or dinghy
sailing experience. No racing experience required.
What is
included?
Race entry and mooring fees,
training, professional racing skipper and first mate, accommodation
on board (bring a sleeping bag!), food aboard yacht and loan
of wet weather jacket and trousers.
Status: Places
available on all 2012 dates