Weekly RYA Children's Courses » Optimist Weekly Stage 1

This is the first step to sailing for young children, they will discover a basic understanding of how a boat sails, and will cover launching and recovery, steering, handling and parts of the boat.

Course Prerequisites: Water Confident

Timings: 4.00pm till 6.00pm 

Schedule Dates: 

• Every Monday Afternoon - 16th Sep, 23rd Sep, 30th Sep, 7th Oct, 21st Oct, 28th Oct, 4th Nov, 11th Nov, 18th Nov, 25th Nov, 9th Dec  (11 weeks)

Minimum Age: 6-9

Ability after course: Able to steer and understand basic principles

Please note that there is no sessions on the 14th October & 2nd December

Student/s who are booked on this weekly fixed afterschool term will need to attend all sessions, and kindly note that no makeup session/s are offered if student/s missed any session/s regardless of any reasons. Please refer to the T&Cs for reference.

Once booked, cancellation or postponement of the whole course has to be informed to DOSC in writing at least minimum of 48 hours prior to the course start date.

Kindly send an email to be added to the waiting list or if you are having issues with payment: sailingadmin@doscuae.com

*All boats need to be off the water at sunset

Last updated 9:00am on 18 October 2024