Ever wanted to learn to sail? Now is the time
Are you an adult who wants to give sailing a go or an adult who has often wondered? Or perhaps you are a parent who wants to learn to sail with a child?
For teenagers & adults learning to sail can be a mission. The traditional way is to put them in a small single-handed dinghy to coach them. However while this may be ok for the smaller teens, often they are growing quickly and soon are too small for the boat.
This is where our fleet of Fevas and RS Quest comes into play. Because they are bigger boats we can team up sailors with other teens to learn to sail together in our Beginners Fevas.
Initially, the basics are taught in our RS Quest which can take 3 sailors and a coach. They then progress to their own Feva and swap between crewing and helming which gives a great overall understanding of sailing.
We start our Learn to Sail course with the Teenage LTS. When the teens hop into the fevas you are more than welcome to hop in a Feva as well or you can continue on in the RS Quest.
The reason for this is that the Quest is a lot more comfortable for the more mature sailor moving forward. The Course Content is exactly the same moving ward and at the end, you will be able to sail the boat without an instructor.
On Water Safety
Sailing
Boat Handling
Capsizing
Rigging
Knot Tying
Sailing and Boating Rules
Hiking
Upwind, Downwind and Reaching sailing
Launching and Retrieving
Our Teenage & Adults Learn to Sail program runs in conjunction with our Feva Beginner Program on Monday Nights
If you need more information, please email lts@maraetaisailingclub.org.nz
To Register
There are a couple of steps along the way. Unfortunately having everything in one form confuses people, so there are separate forms for each step.
First Register your sailor
To register your sailor or a family and are returning or are new to the club Click Here
Then Select Your Coaching, Boat Storage or Boat Hire
Then Select Your Coaching, Boat Storage and Boat Hire i.e in this instance, Teenage & Adult Learn To Sail Click Here
MARAETAI SAILING CLUB
188 Maraetai Dr, Maraetai Beach, Auckland
Ph: 09 536 6649 ext 2
Email: admin@maraetaiboatclub.org.nz