BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1172@donaghadeesc.co.uk DTSTART:20260330T090000Z DTEND:20260401T160000Z DTSTAMP:20260326T091803Z URL:https://www.donaghadeesc.co.uk/events/easter2026-coaching/ SUMMARY:2026 Easter Refresher Coaching DESCRIPTION:A three-day Easter Refresher Coaching course open to all sailor s\, experienced or otherwise\, who have completed RYA Stage 4 (juniors) ( 1\,3\,4)\n\nSailors will be split into fleets based on experience\, allowi ng tailored coaching from confidence-building refreshers to advanced race performance.\n\n3 days –  Monday March 30th to Wednesday April 1st.\nTh is 3-day programme is open to  JUNIOR sailors.\nCourse will run for three days from 09.00 - 16.00\n\nCourse Fee:      Members: £130 (£105 Sibl ings)        Non-Members £160 (£130 Sibling)\n\nThis Easter Refreshe r is your opportunity to get some general sailing practice\, build your co nfidence\, hone your race skill and gain lots of practice in readiness for the new sailing season.\n\nWe hope that this Easter Refresher Course will encourage all sailors to get more involved in club racing on a regular ba sis. \n\nFLEETS:\nBased on their individual skill level\, all sailors will be divided into two fleets Gold(1) &\; Silver.\nThis will enable the c oaches to provide a more sailor specific instruction\, tailored to better suit each participant\; thus the induvial sailor will get maximum personal benefit.\n\n Silver Fleet:\nThis Easter Refresher is your opportunity to get some practice and build your confidence ready for the new sailing sea son. Sailors will receive refreshers on de/rigging\, launching/retrieval\, race start sequence and various points of sail. Most of all\, time on the water will be of most benefit and sailors will gain confidence on the wat er.\n Gold Fleet:\nThe programme is suited to those who have considerable racing experience\, are comfortable dealing with on the water incidents\, and aim improve their race skills and increase their boat speed etc.\n\nG old Fleet Coaching by Charlotte Eadie\n\nKey points:\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n Course Fee: Members: £130 (Sibling £105)\nNon-Members £160 (Sibling £130)  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n Junior participants must hold RYA Stage 4\, as a minimum.\n Participants should bring a packed lunch each day.\n Club sai l training boats (training Picos &\; Toppers) will be made available fo r all participants free of charge\n As a valued DSC member\, you will ben efit from:\n~ MEMBERS DISCOUNTED FEE\n~ EXCLUSIVE EARLY ACCESS to booking up until February 27th.\n(After which bookings will be open to non-members .)\n At the discretion of the course organisers\, once all bookings have been received\, participants will be assigned their respective fleet based on their experience &\; past participation in DSC club racing etc.(4)\ n Club RACE boats (Club race Toppers ) are available for a small rental f ee to gold fleet participants upon request(3)\n\nRace Boat Rental(3) :    Race Topper:  £55      (for 3 days rental)\n\n Please come prepa red to go afloat each day to minimise time lost getting changed\, bring su n cream\, warm hats\, a towel\, and a change of warm clothes ashore.\n Se parate male/female and Adult/Junior changing and shower facilities will be available.\n Wetsuits and buoyancy aids are available if needed but must rinsed and hung to dry at the end of the day.\n Bookings close on March 25th.\n\n \;\n\n Participants in the GOLD fleet should ideally have t heir own race boat. DSC club race boats can be rented for a fee if needed\ , or a club training boat may be used free of charge. \n n/a.\n Rental o f DSC race boats is available to club members only\, and on a first come f irst serve basis. If required\, please email: sailing@donaghadeesc.co.uk\n Gold/Silver Fleet allocation: Once fleets have been allocated\, particip ants / guardians are kindly requested to refrain from pushing themselves/t heir child into the gold fleet\, as refusal may offend. Please make the mo st of the fleet allocation in the knowledge that the fleet system will all ow the Coaches to provide instructions more suited to the individuals skil l level. The sailor will get more out of this. The fleet allocation will b e fluid\; ie if in the opinion of the coaches a sailor demonstrates improv ement over the three days\, they may be moved between fleets.\n\n \;\n HAPPY SAILING!!! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.donaghadeesc.co.uk/wp-content/upload s/2025/03/CommodoresCup2025.jpg CATEGORIES:Adult Sailing Course,Junior Sailing Course END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR