This two-day course provides the skills required when acting as an escort craft, safety boat or coach boat for a fleet of dinghies, windsurfers or canoes, or for racing or training activities. It includes rescue techniques and elements of race management and mark laying. It is strongly recommended that a member of the rescue crew...
Day: Sunday Briefing: 10:45 Start:12:15 Tides: LW | 14:17 Course: Erith
This event is for members & applying members only. Christine is running a workshop on a Tuesday night every other month, to learning different types of “knots” and learn parts of the boat, on the dates at the top of this poster. Sailors learn many types of nautical knots because different tasks demand different combinations...
GYC members welcome new and applying members interested in sailing and rowing. Every Tuesday from 1930, enter the club via the pedestrian entrance next to the main gate at the end of Peartree Way. Ring the bell if closed.
A one day course for children. No previous experience required. It will give you confidence to drive a powerboat safely under supervision. You will practise leaving the pontoon, coming alongside, picking up buoys, manoeuvring, and driving safely round a short course. In the afternoon you will helm at up to 12 knots (the speed limit)...
GYC members welcome new and applying members interested in sailing and rowing. Every Tuesday from 1930, enter the club via the pedestrian entrance next to the main gate at the end of Peartree Way. Ring the bell if closed.
Day: Sunday Briefing: 08:45 Start:10:15 Tides: LW | 12:20 Course: QE Bridge
Day: Monday Briefing: 17:30 Start:18:30 Tides: HW | 19:28 Course: Cutty Sark
GYC members welcome new and applying members interested in sailing and rowing. Every Tuesday from 1930, enter the club via the pedestrian entrance next to the main gate at the end of Peartree Way. Ring the bell if closed.
The RYA Level 1 Start Sailing course is designed for complete beginners with no prior sailing experience. Over 2 days (typically 8-16 hours), you'll learn fundamental sailing theory and practical skills in a small dinghy or keelboat. The course covers basic boat parts, rigging, essential knots, helming and crewing techniques, points of sailing, and basic...
GYC members welcome new and applying members interested in sailing and rowing. Every Tuesday from 1930, enter the club via the pedestrian entrance next to the main gate at the end of Peartree Way. Ring the bell if closed.
Day: Sunday Briefing: 11:00 Start:12:30 Tides: HW | 13:31 Course: Club House
