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CYMRAEG
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CYMRAEG
Our training is hands on, with learners receiving close support from our Training Team.
If you are interested in learning to sail with us, please keep an eye on this page for updates on what sessions we will be holding and when. You can reserve your place and pay for your course through our WebCollect page here.
Alternatively, feel free to contact our Training Principal for further information.
Anyone considering learning to sail with us should read our Club’s Code of Conduct.
We offer training courses as a centre accredited by the Royal Yachting Association.
The RYA dinghy sailing scheme allows a newcomer to gain a Level I or Level II certificate recognised throughout the United Kingdom.
We also run Level I and Level II powerboat training and First Aid training.
Llyn Brenig Sailing Club is holding its Saturday Club on eight
Saturdays during May – September 2026 to provide low-cost, closely supervised training to youngsters (aged 7 – 17 years) who wish to start to learn to sail or to develop their skills as ‘newbie’ dinghy sailors.
Additional sessions may be arranged during school holidays depending on demand.
Morning sessions will run from 0930 – 1230; afternoon sessions from 1300 – 1600.
Participants will be given an initial taste of dinghy sailing – either as ‘crew’ on a dinghy sailed by one of the Instructors or single-handed in a suitable training dinghy – according to their level of confidence.
Thereafter they will receive instruction according to the Royal Yachting Association’s “Get On Board” Youth Sailing Scheme syllabus, which – with satisfactory, regular progress over the three months – will result in the award of either a Stage 1 (Beginner) or Stage 2 (Intermediate) certificate.
No minimum number of sessions is set, but we expect that at least 5 or 6 sessions will be needed for such certification.
For more details, please download this information sheet [PDF]
Taught by RYA-accredited Dinghy Instructors under the supervision of a Senior Instructor, these courses will last 2 days (approx. 16 hours in total).
Each trainee will be trained and assessed against the RYA Level 1 syllabus, which includes rigging, wind awareness, ropework, sailing techniques & manoeuvres, launching and recovery, some sailing theory and background, clothing and equipment, meteorology and capsize recovery – with the aim of each qualifying for the RYA’s Level 1 Dinghy Sailing Certificate.
Trainees whose aptitude and ability show sufficient progress will be taken on into the RYA Level 2 syllabus, which includes more advanced levels of rigging for weather conditions, ropework, sailing techniques and manoeuvres, close-quarter handling, launching and recovery, capsize recovery, introductory racing, meteorology, anchoring and safety equipment, with the aim of qualifying for the RYA’s Level 2 Dinghy Sailing Certificate.
Youngsters will receive the equivalent RYA Stage 1 and/or Stage 2 Certificates.
For more details, please download this information sheet [PDF].