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Keelboat Level 1 - Start Sailing

A course for complete beginners specific to learning to sail a keelboat, teaching you how to leave and return and sail in all directions.

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Scheme Type
Keelboat
Beginner
Afloat
Required experience

None

Minimum duration

Approximately 2 days, 16 hours or equivalent number of sessions

Minimum age

None (although under 16s may prefer to learn through the Youth Sailing Scheme)

Content

Learn to sail in all directions, leaving and returning, and master the skills of tacking and gybing

Certificate issuing criteria

Able to sail on all point of sail, tacking and gybing in light winds, and leave and return under supervision

Format

Afloat

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