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UKCRA Youth Coordinator
 Apr 14, 08 - 2:04 PM |
Junior & Youth Catamaran Introduction Days 2008
This year there will be 7 weekends of catamaran introduction days at various venues across the UK. On each day a fully qualified cat instructor will take out 6 teams of young sailors and teach them how to sail catas. A typical day would have the following format: 8:30 Rigging the boats (not compulsory, but help would really be appreciated!) 9:00 Briefing from fully qualified Multi-Hull coach telling the youngsters what the plan is for the day. 9:30 – 10:30 On shore demonstration of rigging, tacking, gybing, spinnaker hoist & recovery and capsize. Each child practises tacking and gybing to maximise their learning on the water 10:30 – 13:00 All 6 boats (3 Hobie Twixxys and 3 Topper Topax 14CX’s kindly supplied by Loday-White and Hobie Europe) are launched. The coach follows all 6 boats around the exercise area giving all boats assistance and tips 13:00 – 13:30 Quick lunch in the clubhouse 13:30 – 14:00 Short briefing about afternoon’s activities. Instruction on trapezing technique. 14:00 – 16:30 Children may swap to sail with other partners and may also swap type of boat sailed, for example from Hobie Twixxy to Topaz 14CX. There will be a series of exercise involving trapezing. A series of small friendly races. 16:30 – 17:00 De- briefing from the coach and a prize giving for most improved, best spinnaker hoist & recovery most spectacular capsize (if any), child with the happiest smile and so on. Prizes supplied by Hobie Europe 17:00 – 18:00 Shower, change and help de-rigging the boats. The dates and venues for the cat intro days are as follows: Datchet Water Sailing Club – April 19 and 20 2008. Clacton SC – May 17 and 18 2008. Newhaven and Seaford SC – June 7 an 8 2008. Bala Cat Club – June 21 and 22 2008. Grafham Water Sailing Club July 5 and 5 2008 Minnis Bay SC – July 19 and 20 2008 Weymouth WPNSA – August 30 & 31 There are spaces available this coming Saturday at Datchet. If you have any junior sailors who would like to sail a cat for a day, please call Nick Henson on 07968 310077. |
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