Sailing - RYA Better Sailing Level 3

Title: RYA Better Sailing (Level 3)

Price: £190 p/p

Duration: 2 Days

Catchment area: Serving London, Brighton and the counties of Sussex, Kent and Surrey in the South East of the UK.  About 45mins from Eastbourne's sovereign harbour and 20 minutes from Newhaven harbour and Lewes to the East.  About an hour from Croydon and Crawley, and 40 minutes from Haywards Heath and Gatwick Airport to the North.  About 45 minutes from Worthing, an hour from Littlehampton and 35 minutes from Shoreham Harbour yacht club.

Location: Brighton Marina.

Parking: Free in the marina multi storey car park.

Candidates: keelboat sailors, next step to Level 2 candidates, advanced keelboaters, spinnaker training candidates, Club sailing Learners.

Frequently asked questions:

What is the Level 3 Sailing Course?

This improver course seeks to bridge the gap between Start Sailing L1, Basic Skills (L2) and the five Advanced Modules and is intended to make the transition easier for those sailors wishing to progress further through the scheme, allowing them opportunity to practice and consolidate their techniques and also have a taster of what some of the advanced modules have to offer. This would help build confidence, support progression and enable a greater chance of success and achievement of the advanced module outcomes.

What is the Level 3 Syllabus?

Section A
Practical
Rigging
Understands how to use rig set up and sail controls to prepare the boat according to different weather conditions and sea states

• Can check a spinnaker is rigged correctly (if fitted)

• Can leave and return to jetty or mooring, including windward and leeward shore

• Revision of Sailing Techniques and Manoeuvres

Practice and apply the following:

• Adjusting the centre board according to point of sailing

• Correct sail trim for different points of sailing

• Using crew weight to influence the correct trim and balance of the boat

• Choosing the best route to sail depending on conditions

Development of Sailing Techniques and Manoeuvres

• More efficient sailing

• Use of double hander or single hander as an option

• Understands principles of “dry capsize” and how to avoid inversion

• Use of tell tales

Taster Sailing Techniques and Manoeuvres (Examples)

• Can recover a man overboard

• Has knowledge of basic spinnaker handling as crew or helm including; hoist, trim, gybe, drop

• Understands typical club courses

• Understands simple starting and finishing procedures

• Can start and finish a simple race

• Understands the “simplified ISAF racing rules”

Section B

Sailing Background
Sailing Theory and Background

Understands points of sailing and No Go Zone
Knows and can apply the following International Rules for the Prevention of Collision at Sea (IRPCS):
Meeting other sailing vessels
Meeting power driven vessels
Following or crossing narrow channels
Action by stand-on vessel
Navigation
Can use local tide tables
Tidal heights – can read an internet tidal curve prediction
Understands the effect of tide and wind direction on sailing conditions
Meteorology
Understands the Beaufort Wind Scale
Knows sources of information on weather for the day
Has an awareness of changing weather conditions