Saturday Club.

The Saturday Club is open to all Carsington Club Junior members who can sail and wish to practice skills taught in their RYA training courses. Please note that the Saturday Club is for Junior Member Sailors only.

To check whether the Saturday Club is taking place please phone the club office (01629 540609) after 10.00 am on the day in question.

Who runs the Saturday Club?

The Saturday Club is always led by one of our RYA qualified instructors, to ensure good safe fun.

Race Coaching carried out by suitably qualified instructors. Matthew Archer, Bob Marples and Andy McMillan are the main team behind this.
We also need parents to help out and all parents are welcome; just put on your sailing gear and make yourself known to one of the instructors.

What Does it Do?

It should be noted that Saturday Club is not a teaching course. Instead it is a managed sailing session used to encourage junior sailors to develop their sailing skills by Sailing and having Fun.

Crucial time on the water allows fun exercises to be used, which reinforce training and build on confidence. We are often to be seen on the far-shore, or any shore as this allows safe lee-shore landings to be practiced.
Boats are often doubled up, which allows us to "cruise" around Carsington in a safe controlled manner, as inexperienced sailors are placed with an experienced one.

All aspects of sailing are covered. However young sailors must know how to sail, as this is not a training session.

Should there be no wind we have a plentiful supply of oars!!
We sometimes go and annoy the Race Officers, which is useful to allow juniors to understand how racing works.
Most weeks will often finish with race back to shore.

For full details of the course dates and costs please follow the links on the right hand side of the page.