Boat Maintenance
This is a fundamental part of any sailing project. Equipment failures are not only inconvenient they can be downright dangerous. It is also essential that all running rigging and controls have been modified to be to hand and easy to use. Sometimes quite simple modifications can make all the difference.

For instance our Squibs can be sailed by paraplegics just by adding transverse thwarts for helm and crew to get up to weather. A lifting tiller also aids the helm to do this. Another very important element of boat maintenance is working together as a team during the winter months when sailing may not be possible or desirable.

For Serious Sailors
For the serious sailor a wide range of courses is available through our host club Carsington Sailing Club. Being a Recognised Training Centre by the Royal Yachting Association, means that courses for all kinds of sailing can be obtained from Dinghy Sailing to RYA Powerboat II certification. Winter theory courses cover Day Skipper to Yachtmaster Offshore. First Aid and VHF courses are run throughout the year.

Please bear in mind that although you can take people out in boats and demonstrate sailing without any qualifications you cannot issue certificates or purport to be a qualified sailing instructor without complying with the rules and guidelines set out by the RYA. In effect you must become a Recognised Training Establishment to do so. Another very important aspect of this activity is that you must ensure that you are covered by insurance. Talk to your insurance provider for this kind of information. See information about Insurance