Calshot Sailing Club is fortunate enough to have a fleet of dinghies available for hire to members. The boats we currently have in our fleet are:
8 Toppers - (Click here for more information)
1 Laser - (Click here for more information)
1 Pico - (Click here for more information)
1 RS Vision - (Click here for more information)
Any member who has a basic level of competence is allowed to hire however to ensure safety we insist that they are only used when a club safety boat is on the water.
All boats are used extensively during our training programmes enabling tuition and coaching to be provided for everyone, even if they do not own a boat.
CLUB TRAINING - Available exclusively to Members Only
The club offers a comprehensive programme of training each year. The following notes introduce what is currently being offered during the 2010 season. Dates can be found in the Club programme with further updates in the News and Event pages.
The more formal RYA courses - VHF Radio, First Aid, Powerboat Level 2 and Safety Boat (which result in the award of nationally recognised certificates) will be held as and when required. These courses will incurr a charge towards the costs. You will however find the charges are lower than those outside of the club. If you are interested in any of these or have any general training enquiries please use the link below in order to contact Andy Sutton and Richard Brooks:
A list of those booked for courses so far can be found here:
OOD and Safety Boat Training Every member is asked to help with OOD duties (running the races). It is ppreciated that many are newcomers and unaware of their repsonsibilities. To address this we always ensure that inexperienced members are on duty with the inexperienced. In addition We regularly run a one day introduction to this duty covering:
We try and make this a fun day and you will get a chance to practice your boat handling in the RIBs.
Friday Club - aims to provide a regular training programme for our junior sailors. This year the riday training will be focussed on the beginners and intermediate sailors - ie those who can sail but need to build their confidence as well as ability. These sessions are aimed at all and will be just as applicable for potential Ben Ainslies as well as those who wish just to sail.
Junior Training - Saturdays aims to provide training for the more experineced juniors - those wishing to learn more about racing will be coached to improve racing skill, those just wnating to get on the watrer and have a blast will get the opportunity improve their technique. We will aim to structure these sessions to the needs and wishes of the participants.
For the above sessions pre-registration is preferred - details will be provided in the newsletter and on the website nearer the time.
The first session is on Friday 7th May - we have 26 Juniors registered so far.
Adult Training - as last year we welcome Brett Cokayne to the club to coach our adults. We hope Brett will impart some of his skill onto the participants allowing them to improve their racing skills.
The Friday Club, Junior Training Saturdays and the Adult training days will incur a charge. These charges allow the club to use external instructors and coaches to reduce the pressure on the club coaches and instructors and to improve the club's training facilities for the benefit of everyone. Last year the fees helped fund the purchase of a video camera and train an additonal Race Coach and instructor (Jim Trice and Karen Thomas).
Supervised Sailing and other days with Safety Cover will be less formal - we will be guided by what the participants want to learn. We could have fun races, one-to-one coaching of sailing technique, we could play water games or just go for a sail. The aim is that everyone just gets on the water and hopefully learns something. These will be ideal sessions for novices to sail with more advanced sailors and for those with specific things they want to try to be able to do this in a safe environment with instructors on hand.
RYA Training Days are coaching days targeted specifically at juniors. On these days the RYA provide a professional coach, funded by Sport England for the benefit of youth sailors (under 24 in RYA terms). Our aim is to use these sessions to inspire the youth at Calshot (all abilities) to improve so that they can be good club racers or perhaps go further. Particpants for these sessions will be selected mainly form the Friday Club attendees and preference will be given to thoose who participate in club events. We have 4 days scheduled and hope to run 2 more days. The dates will be announced in due course when details are finalised.
Novice Days - we have 2 novice days planned, instructors will be on hand to assist with all aspects of sailing. These are primarily aimed at the less experienced adults in particluar newcomers to the sport.
RYA Powerboat Level 2 The club is able to offer a formal RYA Powerboat Level 2 course to club members at a greatly reduced price. Professional Instructors will provide tuition in boat handling, seamanship and safety over a 2 day period.
First Aid The RYA First Aid course is a one-day course specifically tailored to the needs of those who venture out on the water. It provides basic lifesaving skills including the initial treatment of minor injuries and illnesses including hypothermia.
Training Notes - some notes prepared during training have been put here for your use.