This
course is designed for people who only want to sail
as crew and not have the additional tasks and responsibilities
of the captain.
It ican be taaken in conjunction
with Basic
Cruising or as a separate course. It has the same
theoretical requirements as Basic Cruising.
During this
course you will become comfortable crewing, under the
direction of a skipper, a 20 to 30 foot keelboat under
motor and sail. You will learn all the techniques and
skills to become a prized member of the crew. On completion
you will be confident in assisting the skipper make safe,
local, daytime, cruises in moderate wind and sea conditions.
Safe Practices are stressed
Take
a look at the Performance
Standard to discover the details of what you will learn.
We believe that sailing is best learned on the water and
therefore we spend as much course time as possible on the
boat. Clients are encouraged to learn the theory at their
own pace assisted by coaching from our qualified and experienced
instructors.
All Ynot Sailing courses are offered
in a non smoking environment
Classroom
time is minimal and to succeed you will be required to read
the course text book outside of course time. We ship the
course material to you as soon as you pay your deposit so
that you have the maximum opportunity to prepare yourself
for your on the water experience. Students who have read
the book before the course, even though some of it did not
make sense to them at the time, always progress rapidly
and have an enhanced on the water experience. The faster
you climb the confidence curve the sooner you are allowed
autonomous use of our practice boat.
Course Text Book
On
successful completion of the course you will be awarded
a Canadian Yachting Association (CYA) Certificate and logbook
which can be used as proof of competency. You will also
be eligible to use our practice boat as crew for a qualified
skipper.
