The Chase Sailing Club
Pool Road,
Chasetown,
Walsall,
WS7 8QW
Tel. 01543 686390
Dinghy & Power Boat Training at Chase Sailing Club – 2008
ADULT DINGHY
Chase SC is an RYA approved training centre, and all of our courses are delivered with enthusiasm and professionalism. Our aim is to offer a complete Learn to Sail experience starting with the RYA National sailing scheme levels 1, 2 and leading onto RYA Seamanship, Sailing with Spinnakers and Start Racing courses.
Learn to sail in our comfortable and stable teaching boats, our new Omega and refurbished
Wayfarer are very reassuring and a pleasure to sail. Once you have achieved levels
1 and 2 and have joined the club, you can hire one of our dedicated club hire boats
The Magno 2-
NEW...starting this spring the Club will be running post course practise sessions on Sunday mornings, ideal for all newcomers or for those who previously attended level 1 & 2 courses and need to brush up on their skills. This is the perfect opportunity to meet and make friends with other novice club sailors, share practise, build up confidence and swap telephone numbers with other sailing buddies.
YOUTH SAILING @ CHASEWATER
Youth Sailing @ Chasewater is a fun and friendly way for youngsters (aged 10 to 18 or whilst in full time education) to sail, whether learning from scratch or improving existing skills.
We offer a full training programme, run by RYA qualified instructors, which sees absolute beginners sailing solo in as little as two sessions, if they feel confident enough to do so.
We operate on Saturday mornings (9.30 -
This activity is fully supervised by RYA qualified instructors with rescue facilities provided at all times.
It’s a great way for young people to be introduced to sailing and gain RYA qualifications.
ADULT POWER BOAT
All Chase SC club members benefit from a free RYA Power Boat level 2 and more advanced Safety Boat course. Learn the skills required to handle a RIB or Jenneau. …add an extra dimension to your ‘time on the water’.
1ST AID – Our RYA 1st Aid course runs twice a year and is a combination of practical and theory sessions. Have you got the knowledge to save a life?
COURSE FEES
DINGHY Members £75.00 Non-
POWERBOAT Members FREE Non-
1st AID Members £15.00 Non-
The Club is always looking for enthusiastic experienced Dinghy Helms and Sailboarders to join its training team. If you have the ambition to teach others to sail, we’ll help you acquire the skills needed.
Training Courses – 2008
RYA Level 1 Start Sailing
An introduction to the sport, covering the minimum knowledge required to get afloat under supervision. It will give you a basic understanding of boat handling techniques and background knowledge.
Course Content: How to sail in all directions, including an awareness of launching and recovery.
Ability After Course: Able to sail in light winds under supervision.
Assumed Knowledge: None Course length: 2 days
RYA Level 2 Basic Skills
Becoming a competent sailor in light winds with an introduction to sailing techniques and manoeuvres, rigging, launching, safety, capsize recovery and basic rules of the road.
Course Content: Rigging, launching, sailing in all directions. Capsize recovery & essential safety
background.
Ability After Course: Able to sail and make decisions in light winds.
Assumed Knowledge: Knowledge to Level 1 standard Course length: 2 days
Seamanship Skills – sail independently
How to handle a boat in all circumstances and solve problems afloat. This will teach you to sail in a seamanlike manner and make decisions in moderate conditions.
Suggested Minimum Pre-
Course Content: Launching and recovering the boat in different circumstances, stopping,
reducing sail, recovering man overboard and anchoring.
Ability After Course: Able to handle a wide range of situations afloat.
Assumed Knowledge: Knowledge to Level 2 standard Course length: 2 days
RYA Level 2 Powerboat Course
This two-
RYA Safety Boat Course
This two-
Windsurf Training at Chase Sailing Club – 2008
ADULT & YOUTH WINDSURFING
Here at Chase we would welcome you to your first taste of what is an exciting and dynamic sport for all ages and ability.
We are an RYA Training Centre, which has been independently inspected to create informative and enjoyable courses in a safe learning environment.
We run the RYA National Windsurfing Scheme at our approved centre with nationally recognised and qualified instructors. The RYA Scheme has been designed to take you progressively through the skills required to become a competent windsurfer in a variety of conditions. Each level enables you to log your progress, set goals and enhance your knowledge and understanding of the sport. In addition to the practical elements, each session covers an amount of windsurfing and related background knowledge.
T15
T15 is a Club for children and young people who have completed a level 1/ Start Windsurfing
course. Once they can sail out and back, 8 -
Some Chase Aces have their own kit; others hire a set of T15 kit to practise on. We have various sail sizes which sailors can try.
There are also T15 events across the region and keen sailors can go along to various lakes to pick up top tips for going faster. Parents are always surprised how quickly their children progress when they are able to encourage and challenge one another. For the past two years we have run some weekend sessions in the autumn too.
£2.50 – per session; £5 – kit hire for one evening. Members of T15 can come along for 3 evenings on trial to see if they want to join; they will then need to become Club members which means that they can come along to any weekend and autumn training sessions and (if they have their own kit) can sail outside T15 training times.
The T15 Thursday evening activity operates alongside other Club training.
COURSE FEES
FAST FORWARD INTERMEDIATE
NON PLANING/PLANING Members £75.00 Non-
START WINDSURFING LEVEL 1 Members £65.00 Non-
TASTER SESSIONS Members £25.00 Non-
JUNIOR/YOUTH Members £30.00 Non-
The Club is always looking for enthusiastic experienced Dinghy Helms and Sailboarders to join its training team. If you have the ambition to teach others to sail, we’ll help you acquire the skills needed.
Training Courses – 2008
Intermediate Windsurfing (non planing / planing)
Day & Time: Thursdays 5.30 pm
Pre-
Course Content: New techniques such as the beachstart and harness work will get you ready
for the excitement of blasting control.
Ability After Course: Able to sail on all points of sailing in stronger winds, using beachstarts and
faster tacking and gybing.
Assumed Knowledge: The Start Windsurfing course Course length: 12 hours approx.
Start Windsurfing Level 1
Day & Time: Thursdays 5.30 pm
Pre-
Course Content: Teaches you the basics of windsurfing using the right equipment, enabling
you to sail to where you want to go and sail back to where you started.
Ability After Course: Able to sail to a chosen point on the water and return to where you started
from in light winds.
Assumed Knowledge: None Course length: 10 hours approx.
Youth 1: Starting Point
Day & Time: Thursdays Start -
Age range: 10 years to 16 years
Pre-
Course Content: Getting to know the board, learning about the wind, getting to know the rig,
sailing the board, free sailing.
Ability After Course: You will be able to sail to a chosen point on the water and return to where
you started from in light winds.
Assumed Knowledge: None Course length: 8-
Team 15
Day & Time: Thursdays (May 8th onwards) Start -
Age range: 10 years to 16 years
Pre-
Preferably children who have their own boards, but can hire
for £5 per lesson, plus £1.00 member, £2.00 non members per lesson
Activities throughout 2008
Chase Sailing Club Open Day Monday May 5th
Boardwise Demo van with equipment Every Thursday pm
Free to members £5.00 non-
(must be competent windsurfers)
Birmingham University Windsurf Club Wednesday pm
Contacts...
Only a few places left on windsurfing courses. Don’t miss out Contact Betty Irwin now.
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