RYA Windsurfing Courses
Our windsurfing courses are run at Notts County Sailing Club, near Hoveringham. The maximum instructor to student ratio is 1:6, though we often have more instructors. We have a variety of boards to suit most participants, with a number of rig sizes to help with progression.
Adults are provided with a logbook and manual, juniors with a logbook only (to keep costs down). The course is designed so at the end you should be able to complete a sailing course in light winds and build from that, this is generally after 8 hours of tuition. We try and keep the sessions short at about 2-3 hours so you get the maximum out of the course.
You will need wetsuit but we supply bouyancy aids, meet dressed in wetsuit, with suitable shoes (that grip and can get wet) at 5.30 pm (if you can’t make it by then let us know).
Please read our Terms and Conditions before booking
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None
8-10 hours delivered over a number of sessions or full days
None (although under 16s may prefer to learn through the Youth Windsurfing Scheme)
Your instructor will guide you through the basic fundamentals needed to confidently windsurf to a desired point
Able to sail to a chosen point on the water, tacking and gybing in light winds
Afloat
Around 8 hours taking you from no experience to sailing a shallow triangle in light winds
Introducing shortboard
Windsurfing skills to the standard of Start Windsurfing, or Youth Stage 2
8-10 hours delivered over a number of sessions or full days
None (although under 16s may prefer to learn through the Youth Windsurfing Scheme)
Your instructor will build your confidence on the water, coach you through more fluid transitions and introduce new techniques such as beach starting and using a harness
Able to sail on all points of sailing in stronger winds, using beachstarts and faster tacking and gybing
Afloat
None
8-10 hours delivered over a number of sessions or full days
Centre specific
All fun no theory. Get on the water and discover windsurfing. We’ll get you up and sailing around in no time
Stage 2: Your instructor will help you develop your tacks and gybes, building confidence on all points of sail
Stage 1: Having got to grips with the basics, you’ll be able to sail back and forth across the wind
Stage 2:
Windsurf on all points of sail in light winds, tacking and gybing
Afloat
Windsurfing skills to the standard of Stage 2
8-10 hours delivered over a number of sessions or full days
Centre specific
Stage 3: Enhance your skills afloat, improving tacking and gybing, and learning new skills such as basic harness technique and beach starting
Stage 4 builds on a confident ability to tack, gybe and windsurf in the harness, introducing you to the basic techniques needed to use the foot straps
Be able to windsurf on all points of sail in a variety of conditions, knowing when to tack and gybe, use the harness and beachstart
Stage 4: You should be able to confidently windsurf around using the harness, knowing when to tack and gybe and showing the basic ability to get blasting using the foot straps
Afloat