October 2024 Half Term Kids Activity Club

Kids activity club October half term

Date: Monday 28th October - Friday 1st November 2024

Time: 9:30am-3:30pm

Location: Piddinghoe Lake, Cedar Lane BN9 9AF.

Price : £399 (£150 deposit)

  Please email an expression of interest : info@thebrightonwatersports.co.uk

Brighton Watersports, working with Newhaven and Seaford Sailing Club, have created a another exciting week of fun for October Half Term 2024

This will be a week of RYA Youth sailing, kayaking, paddle boarding, canoeing and our fun giant jumbo sup. This will be a fun learning experience aimed at 8 yrs and over.

To be accepted in the stage 3 and 4, kids would need to have done stage 1 and 2.

Parents do not need to be present for this activity. (Click here for our Child Welfare policy.) Our Senior Child welfare officer will be present for the first day and any other day that is required. All our instructors are welfare trained.

The days will be divided into morning and afternoon activities - what we do will depend a little on the weather each day. But our aim is to teach the beginner and advanced sailing,  progression will depend on speed of learning.

RYA Youth Start Sailing Stage 1 course content: 

• Launching and Recovery of a small sail boat 
• Sailing across the wind, 
• Turning control 
• Steering and rudder controls 
• Learning parts of the boat. 

RYA Youth Start Sailing stage 2 course content: 

• Improving points of sail skills 
• Tacking 
• Gybing 
• Learning different knots 
• Collision avoidance. 

RYA Youth Start Sailing Stage 3 Content: 

• Improved rigging 
• Learning the sailing theory, 
• Improving launch and recovery. 
• Building confidence 
• Learning different Points of sail 
• recovering of capsized boat 

RYA Youth Start Sailing stage 4 course content: 

• Improving pre-learnt skills, 
• techniques and manoeuvres to sail crewed boats, 
• Improved rigging skills 
• Improved launching techniques 
• Man overboard recovery and techniques 

Paddle sports: 

• Parts of the kayak/canoe/paddle board, 
• Learning to paddle, 
• Improved paddle stroke, 
• Balance, 
• Self-rescue, 
• Capsize recovery, 
• Towing. 

Land based activities: 

• Rope work, 
• Sailing theory, 
• Water safety, 
• Weather watch. 

What we provide: 

• Wetsuits, 
• Buoyancy aids. 

What you need: 

• Own winter wetsuit if you have. Warm clothing.
• Old shoes or wet shoes, 
• Lunch, 
• Water vessel, 
• Shower kit. 

All kids must be able to swim. 

 Click here for our Parental consent form.