One of the most exciting sports around today, whether it’s racing round the cans, crossing an ocean or just going for a blast on a sunny summer’s day sailing has something to offer.
It doesn’t matter if you’re 8 or 80 you can always get that ‘life is good’ feeling after a sail. So come join us at the academy and let the world be your oyster.
Taste of Sailing
A fun introduction of the thrills and spills of sailing.
- Duration:
- Half Day
- Previous Experience:
- No previous experience or knowledge is required or assumed.
- Types of Boats:
- Dinghies and Keel Boats.
- Syllabus:
- Basic Controls, Clothing, Stopping & Tacking.
- Certificate:
- ISA Taste of Sailing Certificate.
- Price:
- €100 per person
Start Sailing
A foundation course for those new to sailing, building a solid skills base quickly, enabling you to enjoy sailing and gain confidence.
- Duration:
- 2 days
- Previous Experience:
- No previous experience or knowledge is required or assumed.
- Types of Boats:
- Dinghies and Keel Boats.
- Syllabus:
- Basic Controls, Stopping, Tacking, Gybing, Weather, Rules, Sailing Upwind & Downwind, Tides, Rigging and Ropework.
- Certificate:
- ISA Start Sailing Certificate (on successful completion).
- Price:
- €350 per person
Basic Skills
A development course designed to sharpen basic skills and improve competency and enjoyment on the water before heading onto the more advanced.
- Duration:
- 5 mid-week days or 2 weekends.
- Previous Experience:
- “Start Sailing” course or equivalent experience.
- Types of Boats:
- Dinghies and Keel Boats.
- Syllabus:
- Points of sailing, Reefing, 5 essentials, Coming alongside, Man over board, How a sail works, Weather, & Sailing in company.
- Certificate:
- ISA Basic Skills Sailing Certificate (on successful completion).
- Price:
- €550 per person
Improving Skills
A development course designed to sharpen basic skills and improve competency and enjoyment on the water before heading onto the more advanced.
- Duration:
- 5 mid-week days or 2 weekends.
- Previous Experience:
- “Basic Skills” course or equivalent experience.
- Types of Boats:
- Dinghies and Keel Boats.
- Syllabus:
- Tuning, Roll Tacking, Rudderless sailing, Sailing backwards, Weather forecasting.
- Certificate:
- ISA Improving Skills Certificate (on successful completion).
- Price:
- €550 per person
Advanced Boat Handling
A development course designed to sharpen boat handling, tuning skills and prepare you to sail flat out in strong winds.
- Duration:
- 5 mid-week days or 2 weekends.
- Previous Experience:
- “Improving Skills” course or equivalent experience.
- Types of Boats:
- Dinghies and Keel Boats.
- Syllabus:
- Tuning, Wave sailing, Optimising effectiveness of hull, spars and sails within class rules.
- Certificate:
- ISA Advanced Boat Handling Certificate (on successful completion).
- Price:
- €550 per person
Adventure 1
A course designed to give you the skills needed for longer day trips..
- Duration:
- 5 mid-week days or 2 weekends.
- Previous Experience:
- “Improving Skills” course or equivalent experience.
- Types of Boats:
- Dinghies and Keel Boats.
- Syllabus:
- Anchoring, Towing, Passage Planning for a day trip, Safety, Basic Navigation.
- Certificate:
- ISA Adventure 1 Certificate (on successful completion).
Adventure 2
A course designed to sharpen your skills and knowledge to become an independent sailor capable of undertaking extended trips and of making correct and appropriate decisions in adverse circumstance.
- Duration:
- 5 mid-week days or 2 weekends.
- Previous Experience:
- “Advanced Boat Handling” course or equivalent experience.
- Types of Boats:
- Dinghies and Keel Boats.
- Syllabus:
- Advanced navigation, Reefing underway, Towing under sail, Advanced Tides, Basic First Aid, Basic boat repairs.
- Certificate:
- ISA Adventure 2 Certificate (on successful completion).
- Price:
- €550 per person
Keelboat Instructor Pre-entry Assessment
- Duration:
- 2 days.
- Previous Experience:
- Your personal skill level should be that of the standard Sailing Instructor pre-entry ( full details are available on the links page) or the ISA Advanced Boat Handling course.
- Types of Boats:
- Backman 21.
- Syllabus:
- Part 1 skills assessment; Part 2 – background knowledge assessment.
- Certificate:
- ISA Instructor pre-entry Certificate (on successful completion).
- Price:
- €350 per person
- Duration:
- 2 days.
- Prerequisites:
- Minimum age 17 years, recommendation from Club Officer or Centre Principal, Keelboat Instructor pre-entry assessment within the last 12 months, valid first aid certificate, SRC VHF certificate, National Powerboat certificate (tiller and console endorsed) and 20 hours powerboating logged following certification.
- Types of Boats:
- Backman 21.
- Certificate:
- ISA Keelboat Instructor Certificate (on successful completion).
- Price:
- €350 per person
