Dinghy Sailing courses for all ages and ability, delivered by our Qualified RYA Dinghy Instructors with enthusiasm and professional local knowledge. All our courses aim to help you improve your skills and take into account your personal requirements.
We operate from the comfort of St Catherine’s Sailing club with recently qualified RYA instructors.
Using Optimist, Pico, Feva and Omega sailing dinghies we are able to tailor your learning programme to suit your physical ability and learning levels.
Our courses start for 8 year old children, but families might like to bring younger members if they are accompanied on a course. (Check the Families course at the end of August)
Bookings open to fully paid up members from Monday 24th February 2025.
http://webcollect.org.uk/scsc for booking and further details.
Junior Learn to Sail RYA Stage 1 and 2 : Price £260
Wednesday 4th June for 6 consecutive Weeks: 4.30 to 6.30pm
Junior RYA Stage 3 and 4 club racing: Price £260
Thursday 5th June for 6 consecutive Weeks. 4.30pm to 6.30pm
ADULT SAILING RYA COURSE
Saturday morning sessions 9am tp 12pm for 6 weeks from sat 25th May
£260 per sailor. Max 12 pers.
S.C.S.C. RYA Assistant Instructor course. Saturday 21st June 9am until 3pm : Free for future Instructors
For Yr.10 students wanting to assist Instructors during the 2024 season.
RYA Dinghy Instructor Course. Price around £450 depending on attendee numbers.
Sat.12th July to Wed 16th July
Candidates must be over 16yrs, be a competent dinghy sailor and have completed the RYA safe and fun course online, as well as hold the RYA first aid certificate.
Adult RYA Dinghy Sailing Course: Price £300
Monday 30th June to Thursday 3rd July 1000hrs to 1600hrs.
(RYA levels 1-3 dependant on ability)
Summer Junior Courses.
Junior Summer 1 (all RYA stages) Price £300
21st to 24th July (4 days)
Junior Summer 2 (all RYA stages) Price £300
28th July to 31st Aug (4 days)
Junior summer 3 (RYA all stages) Price £300
4th to 7th Aug (4 days)
Junior summer 4 (RYA all stages) Price £300
11 to 14th Aug. (4Days)
Junior Regatta : Fun for all Summer course attendees and their Families Free for 2025 course attendees
16th Aug 10am (morning only)
Adults, Families and Teens Sailing Course. (Bespoke teaching and learning to suit individuals and groups) Price £300
18 to 21st Aug (4 days)
Private tuition will be by negotiation with the Chief Instructor during the dates of 9th June to 4th September, this will be tailored to your requirements and relies on availability of staff.
Booking will be online through Webcollect http://www.webcollect.org.uk/scsc
It is hoped that families will continue to make use of the club, and become active members throughout the year. We welcome all new members to join in at events.
Priority will be given to current fully paid up ordinary members for the first 2 weeks of bookings.
Further information about the course content can also be obtained from the RYA Website
Please note the following terms and conditions:
- The person who will attend the course must be a current SCSC member (temporary or ordinary). You will only be able to apply for a place if you are on our current membership database and priority is given to Ordinary members. If you are not sure please log on to Webcollect and check whether your subscription is current.
- All bookings will take place on our new Webcollect system and payments will be made using bank transfer. The lessons are only visible once you have logged on to Webcollect.
- Full payment is required at the time of booking. Once confirmation of a place is received from Tony Cavey Training, refunds are not possible. Sailing, powerboat or first aid lessons missed, or courses cancelled, cannot be refunded or exchanged for alternative dates as our courses are mostly fully booked. In the event of lessons cancelled due to adverse weather conditions, we will endeavour to offer one alternative date. We are a non profit making training centre administered by volunteers.
General information
We have a great team of RYA qualified dinghy sailing instructors – distinctive in their yellow T-shirts – who look forward to teaching and instilling a love of sailing and how to be safe at sea. Our instructors all have the RYA First Aid qualification.
Clothing required for the sailing courses:
- Wetsuit
- Wetsuit style shoes or old trainers (no open toes)
- A packed lunch is also required for the summer holiday courses
- Sunscreen and hat
Our fleet includes: Omega, Picos, Fevas, Optimist dinghies.
Own boat tuition / family groups are also welcome.
Additional Sailing Information
We hope that all our sailors will receive a certificate at the end of their course. However sometimes they might need to practice their newfound skills a bit more to achieve that level.
Also we regret that we may be unable to swap course days if your child is unable to make their lesson.
What next?…
Once our sailors have completed their course, we hope they will want to join in with club sailing at St Catherine’s Sailing Club. The club will be offering our newly qualified sailors, coached racing to help them get them started. For information about club sailing please contact our commodore Donald Forbes


