Intro to Sailing
Enjoy a full weekend on the water and build a solid foundation to start your sailing journey. Sailors are guided by friendly instructors in small class sizes to create a memorable adventure with friends & family. Saturday begins with a lesson on basic theory followed by demonstrations to get you on the water as soon as possible. The rest of the weekend focuses on gaining practical experience and spending time sailing around Toronto Harbour. Great for beginners or as review, sign up with a partner to spend your weekend in the sunshine and become qualified to take a boat out on your own.
Intro to Sailing can be used as a foundation to begin working towards CANSail certification. This two-day course may be paired with private lessons in order to achieve CANSail 1 or 2 depending on individual sailor’s abilities. Please contact sailing@rcyc.ca for more information on how this can be accomplished.
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CANSail Program
Level 1 or 2
Begin your journey towards becoming a certified sailor this summer with CANSail 1, or continue building your basic sailing skills with CANSail 2. The CANSail program is designed to be a set of progressive learn-to-sail standards focused on providing sailors with a solid foundation of core skills. It allows sailors to learn and progress in any type of boat and consolidates key skills and solid experiences before adding complex skills.
With RCYC's CANSail program, participants learn theory through lessons on shore and develop fundamental skills on the water. Lessons include sail trim, helming, boat maneuvers and safety procedures taught by experienced instructors in small class sizes. Sailors can continue to work on CANSail levels with one-on-one coaching throughout the year. Over 6 weeknights, sailors will be evaluated on their developing skills and provided with updates on their tracked progress. Book a private lesson for one-on-one instruction and identify key areas to focus on for the remainder of the course.
- Weeknight lessons begin at 6:00 pm and finish by 9:00 pm.
Session 1 - June 7th to July 12th
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Session 2 - July 19th to August 23rd
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Weeknights don’t work with your schedule? Sign up for an Intro to Sailing course for a crash course on many of the required CANSail skills. Follow this with private lessons tailored to your busy schedule to complete your level this season. Contact sailing@rcyc.ca for more information on achieving your goals.
Skills Sessions
New this season, sailors from all areas of the Club can train important skills to improve their performance on the water. Coaches focus on a featured topic with on-water drills and on-shore theory followed by a debrief. This program is geared towards sailors aiming to develop their boat speed & handling.
May 25th - Boat Handling
June 1st - Sail Trim
June 12th - Spinnaker Trim
More dates to be announced.
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