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RYA Sailing with Spinnakers
Hoist, gybe and drop without wrapping the kite around the forestay.
Sailing with Spinnakers is the advanced dinghy module for downwind sail handling, covering both symmetric spinnakers on a pole and asymmetrics on a bowsprit.
Typical content:
Most club racing in Australia happens in boats with an asymmetric. If your reason for taking the module is joining a fleet, ask which sail the school teaches on — the two are handled very differently.
- Who it suits
- Level 2 or 3 sailors moving to a boat with a kite, and crews joining a club racing fleet.
- What it is not
- Not a racing course. It teaches handling, not tactics.
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RYA Cruising Level 2: Basic Skills
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RYA Day Skipper Practical Sailing
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RYA Coastal Skipper and Yachtmaster Offshore Theory
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Which course should you actually book?
Three questions — your experience, the boat you want to sail, and your goal — give you a starting course and the schools that teach it near you.