Course and qualification

Keelboat Start Racing

RYA schemes:Small Boat SailingRYA
Age:Age requirement varies by training centre.
Level:IntermediateAdvanced
Setting:Afloat

Quick answers

What to know about Keelboat Start Racing

Which schemes include it?
Small Boat Sailing, RYA.
How is it taught?
Afloat.
Who is it for?
Age requirement varies by training centre
Where can I take it?
33 published training providers are currently linked below.

About this course

Having learnt to sail you may wish to start racing and join a club. This course takes you through the fundamentals of getting off the start line and round the course, introducing the basic skills needed to enter your first race or have fun with friends

Course fundamentals

Minimum ageAge requirement varies by training centre
Duration8 hours on water tuition
Course contentAll the skills required to start club racing, including basic start sequences and timing; improved tacking and gybing, using the 5 essentials to best effect and having a basic understanding of the racing rules
Certificate or qualificationThe appropriate RYA course completion certificate is awarded following successful completion of the course and its prescribed assessment.
Award typeCourse completion certificate
Separate assessmentNot required

Prerequisites

Knowledge or skills to a stated level

Level 2 or Stage 3 in Keelboats Sailing and knowledge to at least the standard of the Level 2 course or Stage 3 in the Youth Sailing Scheme

Check the official RYA prerequisite information (opens in a new tab)

Recommended course progression

Starting from the beginning

We have not assessed your existing qualifications, knowledge or experience yet, so every step is shown as still to do.

View your course roadmap5 steps · Starts from the beginning

Follow these courses in order to build the course knowledge or certificates described above.

Once you tell us what you already know or hold, we can recognise equivalent knowledge or skills and adjust this route.

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Training providers

Where you can take this course

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Colne Yacht Club

  • Clubs & Organisations
  • Ports & Marinas
  • Training & Teaching

Colne Yacht Club

Explore Colne Yacht Club, a Clubs & Organisations listing in Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom.

Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom

  • RYA Training Centre
  • RYA affiliated club
  • RYA Active Marina
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Guernsey Sailing Trust

  • Training & Teaching

Guernsey Sailing Trust

The Guernsey Sailing Trust was established in 1988 to enable local children from all walks of life to experience and enjoy the fun and challenges involved with sailing, as well as to make the…

St. Peter Port, Channel Isles, Guernsey

  • RYA Training Centre
  • ICC Test Centre
  • RYA Sailability
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