Sailing Dinghy Cruising
Sailing Dinghy Cruising
Royal Yachting Association Sailing Courses
The Royal Yachting Association has centers in forty one countries and is respected worldwide as an international leader in teaching powerboat and sailing courses. The roots of the RYA go back to 1875 when it was formed as a yacht racing association and has become recognized as the premier trainer for all levels of skills.
Few of todays coastal and bluewater sailors were fortunate enough to have the opportunity of learning to sail as kids but dreams, of many, are alive with visions of casting off and traveling the winds. RYA sailing courses present an opportunity for all to gain the knowledge and abilities to safely and competently sail boats from racing dinghies to cruising yachts.
There’s an old saying that you can learn the basics of sailing in a weekend but it takes the rest of your life to learn the rest. With the start yachting course even the greenest landlubber can begin to learn the ropes of basic seamanship, handling the boat underway and handling emergencies. When incorporated with the competent crew course the student will have a good working knowledge of sailing terms, handling the sails and rigging, steering the vessel and basic ropework.
For the sailor that has a little experience the day sailor course prepares the students to safely take short voyages. All that goes into passage making is covered from preparation for sea, navigation, meteorology, and yacht handling under power and sail. The next step in sailing courses is the fifteen day coastal skipper course that prepares the sailor to take command and prepare and execute coastal passages both day and night.
Whether novice, day skipper or yachtsman, RYA courses have something for everyone.
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What does it cost to get into sailing, boat ownership, cruising? ?
I’m familiar with the costs of cars, trucks, motorcycles and even a bit of airplanes. What are the licensing requirements and costs of learning to sail? What are the insurance requirements, especially in the U.S.? What are the registration/documentation costs and requirements? Maintenance expenses = ? There are plenty of books that address these matters for airplane ownership and flying, but I can’t find any that answer these for sailing.
The kind of sailing I’d like to do would be first, starting out with a dinghy on inland lakes. Later, if finances, health, time, etc. permit doing some blue water cruising around North & South America. Some of it possibly single-handed as experience permits.
“latitude 38″ is a very interesting magazine for cruisers. people who are sailing send in articles. and they have topics related to sailing only.The most intresting boating mag. I know of. google it and get a subsciption. –you dont lic. etc for sailing in the usa. just boat regisration.====you can join a sailing club to learn to sail and they have various size of boat to use. as to prices of boats ,google” boat trader” it as a national mag. for used boats in usa
Dinghy Cruising ,Sales point to Bradwell